Hoping it will streamline the implementation of Utah’s 2020 trigger abortion ban should the Utah Supreme Court uphold it, lawmakers are advancing a bill to repeal portions of last year’s legislation that bans abortion clinics. The Utah House last week approved HB560 on a 59-10 vote, ...
There are more than 100 operational public safety K-9s working throughout the state of Utah and sometimes they are injured in the line of duty. Now, instead of transporting them by car, any dogs needing urgent care can now be taken to the nearest specialized animal hospital via Intermountain ...
With several concerned Medicaid advocates sitting behind him in the committee hearing’s audience, Rep. Brady Brammer, R-Pleasant Grove, acknowledged HB463 can be “a bit of a scary bill.” “That’s because it’s meant to be a scary bill in the event of scary circumstances,” Brammer ...
OGDEN — Every year, 436,000 Americans die from cardiac arrest. More than 350,000 occur outside of the hospital, with 85% of those occurring at home. That’s why it’s so important to learn how to perform CPR, say experts at Intermountain Health and the Ogden Fire Department. CPR can ...
Intermountain Health’s transplant program had a record-breaking year in 2023, thanks to the generosity of donors, their families and caregivers. It was the fifth consecutive year Intermountain Health has performed record-breaking numbers of adult transplants, according to the company. In ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
