SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — While no one living at a Salt Lake City hospice center for homeless people has tested positive for COVID-19, the vaccine’s arrival has provided a new sense of relief. Kimberlin Correa, executive director of the INN Between, said staff and medically fragile residents at the medical […]
FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA (AP) – The news came during a hopeful time on the largest Native American reservation. Daily coronavirus cases were in the single digits, down from a springtime peak of 238 that made the Navajo Nation a U.S. hot spot. The tribe, wanting to ensure a COVID-19 vaccine would […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Nationwide COVID-19 vaccine delays could push back Utah’s vaccination timeline and affect when groups like teachers can receive it, state health officials said Wednesday. Rich Lakin, immunization program manager for the state health department, said Utah has received about 40% fewer doses from the federal […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah is one of more than a dozen states that have been told to expect far fewer doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in its second week of distribution, the state’s health department said Friday. Instead of receiving the expected 23,400 doses, Utah will instead receive 16,575 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An intensive care nurse in Salt Lake City became the first person in Utah to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday morning as hospitals began administering vaccinations to front-line healthcare workers with the highest risk of exposure. Christy Mulder, a nurse at University of Utah […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gov. Gary Herbert said Thursday that Utah plans to prioritize front-line health care workers after it receives its first round of coronavirus vaccine doses that could arrive as early as mid-December. The first doses in Utah will go to front-line workers such as doctors and nurses in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah could receive its first round of a coronavirus vaccine as early as mid-December but wider distribution likely won’t be available until July, health officials said Wednesday. Rich Lakin, immunization program manager for the state health department, said that even though the vaccine options look promising, wearing […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Democratic candidate for Utah’s 2nd Congressional District says she considers “the person in our White House” to be the biggest threat to national security. Shireen Ghorbani did not reference President Donald Trump by name at a Monday debate in St. George with Republican incumbent […]
