SALT LAKE CITY — Without the free syringes from the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/utahharmreduction/" target="_blank">Utah Harm Reduction Coalition</a>, more people would be getting Hepatitis C or contracting the HIV virus, Sadie Levie fears.More people would ...

OGDEN — <a href="http://www.ogdencity.com/271/Police-Department" target="_blank">Ogden Police Chief Randy Watt</a> understands the passion motivating the advocates pushing for a local needle-exchange program geared to heroin, meth and other drug users.“They are ...

Have unused or expired medication taking up room on your shelves? Get rid of them Saturday during <a href="https://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drug_disposal/takeback/" target="_blank">National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day</a>.  Twice a year, law enforcement ...

OGDEN — Plans to launch a needle-exchange program in Ogden for drug users have been put on hold, at least temporarily, due to questions and concerns from local law enforcement leaders.The program has been in the works since earlier this year and organizers, led by the <a ...

OGDEN — After conducting a long-overdue assessment last year, the <a href="http://www.webermorganhealth.org/" target="_blank">Weber-Morgan Health Department</a> now has a plan of attack for improving community health.The department presented its <a ...

OGDEN — When Adele Adams, 92, came down with pneumonia, it probably saved her life.In December, the Ogden resident was diagnosed with pneumonia, but during her exam, her physician also discovered a lump in her right breast that turned out to be early-stage breast cancer.“I'm leery of ...