Intermountain Healthcare is donating more than $1 million to Weber State University to help combat the shortage of health care workers and increase the number of students accepted into its programs. The funding will help support WSU’s new physician assistant program, which will launch next ...
Four out of every 10 Americans lied about their COVID-19 diagnosis or whether or not they complied with preventive measures during the height of the pandemic, a new nationwide study purports. According to the study, led in part by scientists at University of Utah Health, wanting to feel normal ...
A new COVID-19 booster vaccine is available to everyone ages 12 and up who has received their original series. But according to a new survey, many Americans don’t plan on getting the jab anytime soon, if at all. According to a Kaiser Family Foundation survey released last week, out of 333 ...
Children in Utah and across the country are becoming sick with respiratory illnesses earlier in the season than usual. Doctors at Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital have been seeing a spike in respiratory syncytial virus, also called RSV, and enterovirus D68, which typically hit ...
Dr. Richard Ferguson believes everyone can live a healthier lifestyle despite differing racial backgrounds. “We can all be doing a little more,” he said. “We just need a little guidance.” Ferguson is the founder and president of Black Physicians of Utah and chief medical officer for ...
OGDEN — Medicaid-friendly dental services in Ogden are back in full swing with 2,000 patients having been seen at the University of Utah dental clinic in Ogden since the facility opened 10 months ago. The dental clinic, formally Family Dental, was well established in the community, ...
Two local hospitals are among six in the state that have been nationally recognized for delivering high-quality care. Intermountain Layton Hospital and Intermountain McKay-Dee Hospital were listed among the top performers based on the annual Vizient Quality and Accountability Study and the ...
OGDEN — While undergoing cancer treatment, sometimes too weak to even sit up, Justina Parsons-Bernstein started drawing comic panels to show what it’s like to live with the disease. Now, over a year later, the Ogden resident’s 20-page comic book is one of over 45 exhibits that will be ...
Utah children and teachers now have the opportunity to breathe cleaner air in their classrooms. Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment and the Utah Department of Health and Human Services are offering every classroom in every school throughout the state an air purifier to filter out many of ...
OGDEN — Wendy Spradley’s recent trip to the grocery store left her in tears. She said if it hadn’t been for the heroic efforts of Dr. Daniel Humphries, she may not have been here to complete what most people consider such a mundane task. “I no longer think, ‘Oh, I have to do this. ...
