WEBER COUNTY — As the summer mosquito season drags on, West Nile virus continues to be detected in counties across the Beehive State. So far in 2024, the virus has been found in mosquito pools in Weber, Davis, Box Elder, Cache, Salt Lake, Utah, Uintah, Tooele and Millard counties. "It's ...
In 2023, 216 people died while homeless in Utah. Out of 21,816 deaths reported in the state that year, people experiencing homelessness in Utah had 10 times the rate of death compared to the rest of Utah’s population. And, on average, Utah’s homeless died 16 years younger. Those are some ...
Feeling stressed out? There’s good news — and bad. Not all stress is bad. In fact, according to Dr. Jake Veigel, a sports medicine physician at Intermountain Health, if managed properly, it can give motivation to get things done. Eustress, also known as good stress, helps people accomplish ...
Influenza sickens millions of people each year, hospitalizing hundreds of thousands and killing tens of thousands, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Getting vaccinated not only reduces the risk of influenza, it also has been shown to lessen potentially serious ...
Summer break is coming to an end for school-aged kids. This means getting to sleep earlier and shopping for school clothes and supplies. But there’s another item on your checklist you shouldn’t ignore: a mental health toolkit. Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital is encouraging ...
No official decisions have been made, but there’s a chance the Utah Legislature could hold a special session as soon as this week as GOP legislative leaders face calls to tackle two key Utah Supreme Court rulings that rankled Republicans. The day the Utah Supreme Court upheld an ...
