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Think COVID went away? Utah health officials monitoring new variants

A couple of new COVID-19 variants are making the rounds across Utah and the rest of the nation. Based on a study that has yet to be peer reviewed, the new set of variants, nicknamed FliRT, are unique in the fact that they may not be as infectious but are better at getting around our immune ...

Almost $60 million from ’90s-era tobacco settlement headed to Utah

The 1990s-era settlements from big tobacco continue to benefit states, with Utah set to see another $57 million that will go toward public health programs. That’s according to Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes, who announced Thursday that the state will get $30 million for 2023 and $27 ...

Study links junk food with memory loss, but Utah nurse raises doubts

Parents might as well give their child a can of beer if they’re going to allow them to eat junk food — if some new scientific conclusions are to be believed. According to a study conducted at the University of Southern California, rats who were fed a diet full of fat and sugar during ...

New system helping Intermountain Health monitor energy usage

Intermountain Health has a new Remote Operations Center that tracks and monitors energy use at 18 of its facilities in Utah and Idaho. The system uses billions of data points that keep track of energy use and spots inefficiencies in systems that work poorly. One example provided by the company ...