Health

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (354+ words) For more than 25 years, when a crash, fall, or other catastrophic injury has pushed a patient to the edge of survival, teams at University of Utah Health have been ready. This year, U of U Health marks a quarter-century as…...

4+ day, 40+ min ago   (223+ words) A live storytelling and music event called The Voice Collective: Resonance will take over the Utah Safety Council facility in Sandy on October 10, bringing together survivors, live acoustic music, and interactive experiences meant to help people feel heard. The event…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (120+ words) Three to five years from now, Salt Lake City will have a new, gleaming hospital. But the historic LDS Hospital won't be disappearing fully. What’s next for Salt Lake City’s historic LDS Hospital? Intermountain Health has finally shared some plans....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (162+ words) The Utah County Health Department said the newest case involves the neuroinvasive disease, the more serious form of the West Nile illness. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, 11 other human cases have been reported in Utah this year in…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (809+ words) by Utah Department of Health and Human Services A trip to the farmers market can help an older adult bring home healthy food, spend time with neighbors and local farmers, and keep food dollars circulating in Utah communities. The Senior…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (120+ words) Utah received $195.7 million in federal funds to transform health outcomes in rural Utah. Will it make a difference? Utah received millions to transform rural health. Will it work? Utah received nearly $200 million in year-one funding from the federal Rural Health…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (535+ words) Utah has registered the second-highest number of measles cases in the country this year as the disease reaches the highest numbers seen since it was effectively eliminated from the U.S. in 2000. The state has seen 522 cases of the highly contagious disease…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (240+ words) The Stroke Center also received the American Heart Association’s Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus and Advanced Therapy awards for meeting tight criteria for fast treatment with clot-busting medications and mechanical clot removal in eligible patients. “This is very important…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (277+ words) The ongoing national outbreak of a parasite that causes “watery diarrhea” has not yet spread to Utah. That’s despite a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map that indicates the “number of sick people” in the state ranges…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (169+ words) Two instances of a fatal and infectious disease that strikes rabbits has been found in two Utah counties, the state's Division of Wildlife Resources reports. A lethal virus has been found among Utah’s wild rabbits. Here’s what to know. The…...