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ST. GEORGE, Utah (KDXU/ABC4) - According to Dr. Patrick Carroll, the Medical Director at the Intermountain Healthcare St. George Regional Hospital, caregivers have never seen patients taking over the majority of beds with a single diagnosis in the hospital’s history. A ...

Photo by Alli Hamblin 11/8/2020 Governor Herbert says "We must do more and do it now!” as he pleads with Utahns to stop the spread of Covid-19 On Sunday, Nov 11, 2020 at 9:30p.m. Governor Gary Herbert addressed the state of Utah after sending out a reverse 911 alert to all citizens. He i ...

g Researchers at Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City have developed a new clinical tool to accurately identify and diagnose COVID-19 patients who are at high risk of developing a serious inflammatory condition that can damage the lungs and other organs ...

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 ...

It won’t be long now until school teachers will be able to get free Covid-19 testing with or without symptoms of the virus. The Utah Department of Health is hoping the new program through TestUtah will decrease the number of outbreaks at schools.  ...

Dixie Regional Medical Center (DRMC) set up a second BLU-MED tent owned by the Utah Department of Health to extend preparedness efforts Wednesday as predictive models continue to forecast a potential surge in COVID-19 cases. Agencies joining Dixie Regional’s maintenance team to arrange the tent, which is located easy of the emergency entrance just south of the ambulance bay, include Washington Cou