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Key staffers tasked with tracking infectious diseases, providing health care and connecting residents of Utah’s most populous ...
Firearms, ballistic vests, breathalyzers, police vehicles, wages for law enforcement officers — these are some of the ways ...
The fallout from the Trump administration’s move to claw back about $11 billion in public health funding as part of federal budget cuts targeting COVID-19 response grants has hit Utah.
With a late night announcement of his signature of HB81, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox secured Utah's position as the first state in ...
The Department of Health and Human ... So it has a ripple effect across public health practice,” said Adriane Casalotti, ...
SALT LAKE CITY — Officials with the Salt Lake County Health Department are in the process of identifying and cleaning up camps along the Jordan River that have been settled by unhoused residents.
Utah has become the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water, over opposition from dentists and national health organizations who warn the move will lead to medical problems and ...
SALT LAKE CITY — Following last week's mass layoffs in the U.S. Department of Education, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox wrote an op-ed stating that education "is, and always has been, a state and local ...
John Barrett, MD, has been named chair of the Department of Family & Preventive Medicine (DFPM) for University of Utah Health, effective March 17, 2025. Barrett has been serving as interim chair since ...