Weber-Morgan Health Department

Weber-Morgan officials to visit schools to immunize against whooping cough

Last updated Sunday, February 5, 2012 - 10:26pm

OGDEN -- Weber-Morgan Health Department will visit schools through the end of April to offer sixth-graders the whooping cough vaccine.

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Classes offered on chronic conditions

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Last updated Sunday, January 8, 2012 - 11:18pm

OGDEN — Weber-Morgan Health Department is offering to the public a free six-week “Living Well with Chronic Conditions” self-management class.

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Weber-Morgan Health Department offers immunizations

Standard-Examiner staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, December 29, 2011 - 11:04pm

Weber-Morgan Health Department offers childhood and adult immunizations Monday through Friday by appointment.

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Whooping cough outbreak raises questions about vaccinations

Rachel J. Trotter Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, October 31, 2011 - 10:26pm

OGDEN -- Some parents who choose not to vaccinate their children are feeling frustrated and angry about the way they were notified of a whooping cough outbreak in a city school last week.

More than 65 Mount Ogden Junior High School students were sent home for being underimmunized or on immunization exemption -- for personal, religious or medical reasons -- on Oct. 24, when one student case of whooping cough was confirmed.

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Ogden restaurant gets clean bill of health

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Last updated Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 9:24pm

OGDEN — An Ogden restaurant that came under scrutiny for possible food poisoning has received a clean bill of health from the Weber-Morgan Health Department, the owner said Thursday.

Blake Hawkins, who owns Hug-Hes Cafe, 4387 Harrison Blvd., said tests showed 20 people who reported becoming ill last month after eating food from his restaurant were infected by a norovirus, a common virus easily transmitted from person to person.

“They did find the norovirus, but they didn’t find any problems with our food,” Hawkins said of the health department.

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Whooping cough scare sends 65 Ogden students home

Rachel J. Trotter Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 10:16pm

OGDEN -- Sixty-five unimmunized students from Mount Ogden Junior High School were sent home for at least five days Monday morning after the school was notified that one of its students had been diagnosed with whooping cough.

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Got pills? Ditch them Saturday

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, October 24, 2011 - 9:51pm

LAYTON -- A half-ton of unused over-the-counter and prescription medicines are expected to be collected Saturday in Davis County through the biannual "clean out your medicine cabinet" campaign.

A similar effort that day will take place in Weber County. Last year's effort there resulted in 475 pounds of unused medicines being collected, Weber-Morgan County Health officials said.

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Shirley Lou Sevy Smith

Obituaries Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, October 21, 2011 - 10:04pm

Shirley Lou Sevy Smith, 84, died Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011, at her Roy home. A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 24, at Lindquist’s Ogden Mortuary, 3408 Washington Blvd. Friends may visit family from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday and from 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Monday at the mortuary. Interment, Eden Mountain View Cemetery. Post condolences at www.lindquistmortuary.com. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

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S. Ogden restaurant under scrutiny after group sickened

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, October 2, 2011 - 6:18am

SOUTH OGDEN -- The Weber-Morgan Health Department is investigating an incident in which a group of about 20 people became ill after eating food from a South Ogden restaurant last week.

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(ANTHONY SOUFFLE/Standard-Examiner) Children, including Andrew Soto (center), 5, and Carson Gailey (right), 4, run during a game of musical hula hoops as they spend their recess playing outside Friday at the Let Them Be Kids! Childcare Center in Clearfield.

Care providers increasing children's healthful eating, exercise

Jamie Lampros Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, September 27, 2011 - 11:01pm

OGDEN -- Healthy food choices and more exercise are among the lifestyle changes being made by dozens of child care centers in the Top of Utah. Both Weber-Morgan and Davis County health departments are participating in the pilot program called "Targeting Obesity in Preschool and Child Care Settings (TOP Star)," coordinated through the Utah Department of Health.

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Health officials: West Nile virus still likely, so take precautions

Jamie Lampros Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, September 18, 2011 - 10:17pm

With school back in session and fall just around the corner, the thought of mosquito bites might not be on many people's minds. But health officials warn this is no time to become complacent. As long as a mosquito is flying around, the risk of West Nile virus is still there, said Brian Hatch, Davis County Health Department epidemiologist. "West Nile is here in Utah forever. We're not going to see it disappear.

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Ben Cash, 3, of Ogden, laughs as he plays inside the TumbleBus, a retired school bus turned gym on wheels.

Kids taught how to stay safe in Ogden

Jamie Lampros Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Saturday, May 14, 2011 - 8:24pm

OGDEN -- During the first hour of Safe Kids Day, more than 6,000 people learned how to keep themselves out of harm's way.

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Pleasant View: Concession stand needs work

Standard-Examiner correspondent, Terrie L. Stephenson

Last updated Sunday, May 8, 2011 - 8:39pm

PLEASANT VIEW -- The new concession stand at Pleasant View Park will remain empty and unused because it does not meet county health department requirements, City Administrator J.J. Allen said. Until those requirements are met, the city cannot sell any food products from it.

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(NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner) A farm sits under floodwaters in Marriott-Slaterville on Tuesday.

Flooding briefs: Who to call and regional updates for Top of Utah floods

Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - 11:19pm

Who to call in case of flooding

In Box Elder County, call 435-723-4071. Flood-preparedness information can be found on Brigham City's website, www.brighamcity.utah.gov.

In Weber and Morgan counties, call 801-629-8221. Also in Weber, residents may call Weber County Emergency Management Director Lance Peterson at 801-940-7255.

In Davis County, officials ask residents to call their city offices or local fire departments.

Easter Rendezvous canceled by flood

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Salt Lake-area measles cases shake up Top of Utah parents

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau

Last updated Monday, April 11, 2011 - 10:54pm

CLEARFIELD -- Four confirmed cases and six suspected cases of measles -- a highly contagious disease that can be spread quickly among teens -- in Salt Lake County have the attention of Davis and Weber-Morgan county health officials.