covid-19 pandemic

Red Cross phlebotomist April Hall works with donor of convalescent plasma Alisha Wolf. (Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross) Did you know that if you’ve had Covid-19 your blood could save a life? Now that school has started again, and our lives have once again become busier, blood donations have decreased.  The prob ...

Governor Gary Herbert is still resisting a statewide face mask order despite the rising number of COVID-19 cases reported in Utah.  Herbert said during his monthly press conference yesterday that some rural parts of the state would see no benefit if he implemented a statewide mask order. Downl...

Intermountain Healthcare Launches New Saliva-Based COVID-19 Community Testing Today  Starting today, Intermountain Healthcare is transitioning to saliva-based COVID-19 testing at its community testing sites throughout Utah for patients ages six and older in an effort to make the testing process more comfortable and streamlined for patients.   This met ...

The Utah Department of Health (UDOH) and Mountainstar HCA announced the state’s first COVID -19 related death Sunday. At the time of their death, UDOH officials say the patient was being treated at Lakeview Hospital. The patient is a male, was older than 60 and was a resident of Davis County. He had un ...