(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. […]
(Washington, DC) — Senator Mike Lee is joining a group of Senate Republicans who plan to threaten a federal government shutdown over the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement for private businesses. According to Politico, Lee and Republicans will drag their feet on a stopgap measure to keep the government funded […]
(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 […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The lights at Salt Lake City’s Temple Square have returned to visitors for the first time in two years as of Friday night. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints closed the square down to pedestrians last year due to concerns with the COVID-19 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes has tested positive for COVID-19. His office says in a statement released Monday that Reyes is fully vaccinated, but tested positive last week after suffering cold symptoms. His family has tested negative. Fox13 reports the Republican is involved in numerous […]
