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It's been 5 years since COVID-19 hit Utah. What we've learned since then
Emily Ashcraft, KSL.com | Posted March 6 - 9:54 a.m. | Save Story
Utahns and Utah's health leaders have learned quite a bit about infectious diseases and how to respond in the five years since the state's first COVID-19 infection.
CIA now says COVID-19 'more likely' to have come from lab
Erin Banco, Reuters | Posted Jan. 25 - 12:38 p.m. | Save Story
The Central Intelligence Agency has assessed that the COVID-19 pandemic is "more likely" to have emerged from a lab rather than from nature, an agency spokesperson said on Saturday.
COVID-19 increases the risk of chronic fatigue syndrome, U. Health study says
Emily Ashcraft, KSL.com | Posted Jan. 16 - 8:01 p.m. | Save Story
A study published by Utah researchers found a COVID-19 infection increases the risk of developing chronic fatigue syndrome by almost eight times.
Teen drug use defies expectations, still down
Lois M. Collins, Deseret News | Posted Dec. 29 - 7:13 a.m. | Save Story
Call it the expected rebound that didn't happen. After the pandemic, when youths could gather again, experts thought adolescent drug use would increase, since it had dropped when they were more isolated.
Trump chooses US COVID policy critic Bhattacharya to lead NIH
Reuters | Updated Nov. 27 - 7:30 a.m. | Save Story
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday chose Stanford academic and COVID policy critic Jay Bhattacharya to run the National Institutes of Health, the country's top public funder of medical research with a budget of some $47.3 billion
CDC expects COVID and RSV levels to increase in coming weeks
Christy Santhosh, Reuters | Posted Nov. 21 - 7:47 a.m. | Save Story
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday it expects to see an increase in levels of COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus in the country in the coming weeks, as is usual during the holiday season.
Idaho health department isn't allowed to give COVID-19 vaccines
Devi Shastri, Associated Press | Posted Nov. 2 - 5:24 p.m. | Save Story
A regional public health department in Idaho is no longer providing COVID-19 vaccines to residents in six counties after a narrow decision by its board.
FDA pauses Novavax's trial of combo COVID-flu shot on safety concerns
Bhanvi Satija and Leroy Leo, Reuters | Posted Oct. 16 - 11:12 a.m. | Save Story
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has put Novavax's trial of an experimental COVID-flu vaccine combination on hold after one person who received the shot reported nerve damage, the company said Wednesday.
Study: COVID may increase risk of heart attack, stroke, death for 3 years after infection
Brenda Goodman, CNN | Updated Oct. 13 - 7:06 p.m. | Save Story
COVID-19 could be a powerful risk factor for heart attacks and strokes for as long as three years after an infection, a large new study suggests.
The US is mailing Americans COVID tests again. Here's how to get them
Amanda Seitz, Associated Press | Posted Sept. 26 - 12:28 p.m. | Save Story
Americans can once again order COVID-19 tests, without being charged, that will be sent straight to their homes. The U.S. government reopened the program on Thursday.
Americans can order free COVID-19 tests beginning this month
Associated Press | Posted Sept. 23 - 7:17 a.m. | Save Story
Americans will be able to order up to four COVID-19 nasal swab tests delivered to their home free of charge starting later this month.
Sen. Mitt Romney sponsors new bill to repeal COVID-era tax credit after fraud
Gitanjali Poonia, Deseret News | Posted Sept. 19 - 10:32 p.m. | Save Story
U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney and his colleagues are attempting to curb widespread fraud by ending a COVID-19-era tax credit.
Doctors encourage Utahns to get the new widely available COVID vaccine
Emily Ashcraft, KSL.com | Posted Sept. 18 - 5:02 p.m. | Save Story
The new COVID-19 vaccine is now available at clinics, pharmacies and doctor's offices. A doctor with University of Utah Health says it will help prevent serious illness from new COVID-19 variants in an expected winter surge.
Austrian woman convicted of fatally infecting her neighbor with COVID
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted Sept. 16 - 7:34 p.m. | Save Story
After the death of a neighbor from COVID-19, an Austrian woman has been fined and given a suspended sentence for grossly negligent homicide, her second pandemic-related conviction in a year, The Associated Press reported.
COVID lockdown may have aged teen brains, study finds
Lois M. Collins, Deseret News | Posted Sept. 13 - 8:05 a.m. | Save Story
When the world shut down in the pandemic, adolescent brains started aging faster — especially the brains of adolescent girls, according to researchers.
New COVID vaccines could cost uninsured up to $200
Lois M. Collins, Deseret News | Posted Sept. 4 - 7:22 a.m. | Save Story
Updated COVID-19 vaccines are already showing up on some pharmacy and health provider shelves. But a key program that paid for the vaccines when people lacked coverage is out of money. So those who are under-insured or uninsured could pay up to $200 for the booster.
Zuckerberg says the White House pressured Facebook over some COVID-19 content during the pandemic
Associated Press | Posted Aug. 27 - 7:19 a.m. | Save Story
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says senior Biden administration officials pressured Facebook to "censor" some COVID-19 content during the pandemic.
Got cold symptoms? Here's when kids should take a sick day from school
Cheyanne Mumphrey, Associated Press | Posted Aug. 25 - 9:41 a.m. | Save Story
School attendance tanked during the pandemic and has only started to recover. Parents are struggling to decide when it's ok to send a child to school while sick.
