(Pleasant Grove, UT) — Utah state Representative Jon Hawkins is proposing a bill that would let anyone who has been infected by COVID-19 be legally able to opt out of having a vaccine with a note from a physician. The Republican almost died from COVID-19 this year and says natural […]
(Undated) — Utah colleges say a majority of their students are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Eight Utah colleges are reporting a vaccination rate of 60-percent or higher, according to KSTU-TV. Westminster College is reporting the highest vaccination rate in the state at 93-percent, while Dixie State is at the bottom […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – Doctors anticipate the COVID-19 Omicron variant will become the most dominant strain in Utah by the start of 2022. While talking with reporters Friday, Dr. Brandon Webb for Intermountain Healthcare explained the rise of the more infectious variant in the Eastern U.S. will eventually be […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A state lawmaker is introducing a bill that would prevent local governments and the state of Utah from implementing vaccine mandates. The bill from Republican State Representative Robert Spendlove would apply to all vaccines, not just COVID-19 shots. The bill would not prevent Utah schools […]
(New Orleans, LA) — A vaccine mandate for health workers is back in place for roughly half the country. A federal appeals court in Louisiana made a ruling in a case that involves more than one-dozen states, including Utah. They had sued in federal court, over a policy that affects […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah health officials have confirmed its first COVID-19 case of the omicron variant in a patient who traveled to South Africa. The positive case was discovered in an older adult who lives in the southwestern part of the state. Utah health officials said Friday the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — State health officials are testing for signs of the COVID-19 variant known as omicron [[ahm-ih-cron]] as it begins to spread across the country. The first case in the United States was confirmed in California Wednesday and it has now been found in New York and […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A state hospital that treats the most severe cases of mental illness is facing a staffing crisis. Officials at Utah State Hospital say they lost 20-percent of their workforce over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic and have been unable to fill currently open positions. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah health experts are urging residents to remain calm following the revelation of a new COVID-19 variant of concern in South Africa. News of the Omicron variant prompted the U.S to limit travel from southern African nations starting yesterday. The Utah Department of Health says […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utahns are trying to make sure they remain healthy following holiday travel and Thanksgiving get-togethers. A spokesperson for Nomi Health tells that nearly ten-thousand COVID-19 tests were done yesterday at sites around the state. The healthcare group partners with the state to do coronavirus testing […]
