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Utah health officials talk sledding safety, pass out helmets

Last year, 20-year-old Mckyliee Young of Provo was riding a tube down a snowy hill when it flipped backward and crashed into two metal poles. The accident was so severe, it fractured her spine and skull, broke 21 ribs, her scapula and collarbone. She ended up at Intermountain Utah Valley ...

Ban of transgender people from Utah’s public bathrooms passes Senate

Editor’s note: This article is published through the Utah News Collaborative, a partnership of news organizations in Utah that aims to inform readers across the state. Transgender Utahns would no longer be able to use the bathroom of their gender identity in Utah’s government-owned and ...

MountainStar hospitals partnering with company on mammography services

One in eight women will develop breast cancer sometime during their life, according to the American Cancer Society. And despite advances in care, the disease remains the second leading cause of cancer death in women. Beginning later this month and early next month, women can receive ...

Utah youth receive mental health kits, courtesy of Intermountain Health

Messages of hope recently were inserted into mental health kits delivered to several youth throughout the state by Intermountain Health’s leadership team. The employees assembled and delivered 350 kits that also are filled with resources to help those struggling with mental ...

Utah lawmakers moving fast on DEI, transgender restrictions

Lawmakers are wasting no time prioritizing what will likely be two of the more controversial bills of the legislative session. On Wednesday, Equal Opportunity Initiatives, or HB261, is set to go in front of the House Education Committee. Sponsored by Rep. Katy Hall, R-South Ogden, in the ...

Study ranks Intermountain Health highly for patient outcomes

Intermountain Health has been named one of the "Top 15 Health Systems" in the nation for delivering a high level of care to its patients and preventing more deaths and complications than other health systems across the U.S. in 2023. The organization came in at No. 3 in the large health system ...