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Around A Third Of Those Eligible For The COVID-19 …

WEBAll healthcare workers and teachers in Utah are eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine. But public health directors in the southeast part of the state said around a third of them are …

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Utah’s New State Epidemiologist Takes On Key Role As COVID-19 …

WEBThe arrival of the Delta variant in Utah has led to a rapid increase in the number of COVID-19 cases this summer. Numbers started to spike just as Utah’s new state epidemiologist, …

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Healthy soil can save water. And for Utah farmers, that’s pay dirt

WEBBy improving the health of his soil, the amount of irrigation his grain crops need has gone from 18 inches a year to just 10. “You pencil that out and that is millions and millions of …

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Navajo Nation Will Begin To Reopen Based On High Vaccination

WEBThe Navajo Nation announced it will begin lifting COVID-19 restrictions on March 15, due to a steep decline in cases across the reservation. Navajo President Jonathan Nez …

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Urban-rural health disparities are widening, but in Utah, access

WEBThe CDC attributes part of this disparity to age as rural populations are older on average than urban ones. Still, they wrote that “differences in social circumstances, …

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Shame And Illness Have A Long History

WEBShame can be a powerful tool when it comes to human behavior. But in a pandemic, shaming someone for contracting a disease can do more harm than good. Gretchen …

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Hispanic And Latinx Utahns Still Face More Hurdles When It …

WEBAt its peaks in April and June, nearly 60% of new COVID-19 cases in Utah came from the Hispanic and Latinx community. They now make up just about 15% of new cases. But …

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Utah schools are in ‘triage’ mode when it comes to mental health

WEBiStockphoto. Southern Utah University saw a 400% increase in the number of students seeking help during the pandemic. Student mental health needs have been growing for …

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As Utah faces a labor shortage, the state hospital feels the impacts

WEBUtah State Hospital, the psychiatric facility in Provo, has always dealt with staff shortages. But now with the labor crisis and healthcare worker burnout, it’s the worst it's ever been. …

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Clinical study of psychedelic drugs for cancer patients could be a

WEBPaul Thielking helped design Huntsman’s psychedelic clinical trial and serves as the project’s lead therapist. He also used to work as a palliative care doctor under Beck. …

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CDC data shows why lawmakers are worried about the mental …

WEBIn the name of protecting youth and their mental health, state lawmakers have been focused this session on the effects of social media with the governor going as far as …

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Lakebed dust is a worry in Utah. For California’s Salton Sea, it’s a

WEBScattered near the roughly 27,000 acres of exposed Salton Sea playa are lines of hay bales. Charlie Diamond, a researcher with the Salton Sea Task Force at the University …

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A Tale Of Two Pandemics: Utah's Response To The 1918 Flu and

WEBBut even in 1918, most public health officials viewed masks as a simple and effective measure to prevent viruses from spreading. “The mask has been brought into particular …

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Utah has made a big dent in teen vaping in the last 4 years

WEBNew findings from the Utah Department of Health and Human Services show a decline from a high of 12.4% of teens in 8th, 10th and 12th grade who vape in 2019 to 7.4% in 2023. …

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Provo Canyon School Parent Company Awarded Grant To Provide …

WEBThe Pennsylvania-based company also owns the youth treatment business, Provo Canyon School. Universal Health Services has been awarded more than $143,000 in federal …

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Reaching for Air: How a historic mistake led to Salt Lake City’s

WEBFeeling like ‘human filters’ The Environmental Protection Agency released an environmental justice assessment for neighborhoods on Salt Lake City’s west side earlier this year, …

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Delta restoration is one small step for the Provo River, one

WEBThe June sucker is unique to Utah Lake and its tributaries but has been unable to spawn for decades due to an unhealthy habitat. The project broke ground in 2020 on a 260-acre …

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Not everyone is on board with a plan to build hydropower on the …

WEBIf all three of the projects are built as planned, nine reservoirs would generate power in the region, stretching nearly 40 miles across the Navajo Nation. “There's a huge need in the …

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Dire drought conditions dominate Utah’s environmental

WEBEnvironmental issues dominated headlines in Utah in 2021. Chief among them is the dire drought that’s parched the landscape. As KUER looks back at the biggest stories of the …

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