SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The school year is days away for many kids in Utah and public health experts are worried about whether kids too young to get vaccinated will stay safe in school amid a wave of coronavirus cases. Salt Lake County Health Department Executive Director Dr. Angela […]
In a letter send out on Aug. 3, the Sevier School District shared that they have received guidelines from state and local health officials regarding COVID-19 protocols. They then shared a summary of how those guidelines will affect the Sevier School District specifically. Those protocols are broken down into eight […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s hospitals are feeling the strain as coronavirus cases increase, the vast majority among unvaccinated people, officials said Tuesday. Republican Gov. Spencer Cox called the latest wave a pandemic of the unvaccinated. He maintained the state would not require people show they got the shot. […]
Anyone looking to go to the Sundance Film Festival in Utah next year is going to need more than a badge. All participants must be fully vaccinated, festival director Tabitha Jackson said Tuesday. The 2022 Festival is requiring people attending the festival or Sundance-affiliated events to have received the COVID-19 […]
DRAPER, Utah (AP) — Dozens of new inmates at the Utah State Prison in Draper have received a free dose of the COVID-19 vaccine from a mobile vaccination clinic. The Daily Herald reports the doses were provided Tuesday by Nomi Health, a direct health care company that has coordinated vaccination […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s daily coronavirus count eclipsed 1,000 cases Thursday for the first time in five months as a summer surge of the virus triggered concerns from state officials. Data from the Utah Health Department showed the state’s weekly positivity rate of 14.7% was also the highest […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah has recorded its highest number of people hospitalized due to COVID-19 in five months as the virus surges among unvaccinated people. State health officials renewed their pleas on Wednesday for people to get vaccinated as Utah intensive care units reached 81.5% capacity. There are […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah pharmacist has been stripped of his license and fined after acknowledging he gave people COVID-19 vaccination cards without administering the vaccine. The Salt Lake Tribune reported the pharmacist said he was giving six reluctant patients what he called a choice. In one case, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah health officials have announced that the governor’s previous assertion that the state had reached its goal of vaccinating 70% of adults by July Fourth was false because of a data error. Republican Gov. Spencer Cox issued an apology to state residents on Monday, about […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Hospital leaders in Utah are renewing their pleas for people to get vaccinated as the state experiences another surge in COVID-19 cases from the faster-spreading delta variant. State health officials told reporters Wednesday that the delta variant has begun to surge in Utah over the […]
