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 ...
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 ...
Your home could be making you sick. At least 1 in 3 homes have elevated levels of radon, an odorless and colorless gas that can accumulate in the ground near homes. Enough of it inside a home could cause inhabitants to develop lung cancer. In fact, radon is the second-leading cause of lung ...
OGDEN — Money from a national opioid addiction lawsuit settlement will be used to expand help for Weber County Jail inmates withdrawing from substance use disorder. Last week, Weber Human Services received a $40,000 check from the Weber County Commission, which is the gatekeeper for ...
Intermountain Health has effectively treated 1,000 patients in the comfort of their home rather than keeping them admitted to the hospital, which can save in medical costs. The Hospital-Level Care at Home program, which began in 2020, is available to patients at 16 Intermountain hospitals from ...
More people suffer from heart attacks during the holiday season than any other time of the year. Dr. Skyler Nguyen, a family practice physician for Optum Utah, said research shows more cardiac deaths occur on Christmas than any other day of the year, followed by the day after Christmas and ...
