KCPW is providing regular updates of the rapidly changing news on the novel coronavirus and its local impact. Check back here for info on cases, health restrictions, and more. Vaccines are currently available to Utahns age 16 or older. Contact your local health department to schedule a vaccination.
Today on “In the Hive,” a primer on coronavirus variants. Three variants of SARS-Cov-2 have drawn the attention of health officials because they may spread more easily or in some cases may be more deadly than the original. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that the so-called UK Variant has now been detected…
Today on “In the Hive” we speak with Tom Hudachko, spokesman for the Utah Department of Health, about the state’s multi-phase plan for immunizing its residents against COVID-19. So far, Utah has given the first dose of the two-dose vaccine to a number of frontline healthcare workers and has begun the work of immunizing staff…
Today on “In the Hive,” we hear about Utah’s plan to distribute a COVID-19 vaccine to residents. Two drug-makers, Pfizer and Moderna, have announced promising vaccine trial results and state health officials say the first doses could be available to Utah hospital workers as early as mid-December. After that there would be a phased rollout to…
On this episode of “In the Hive” we look at a novel method for detecting coronavirus – but one that has nothing to do with nasal swabs or blood tests. Instead, scientists are measuring the genetic material of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) in sewage. And in some instances they’re detecting the presence of…
Today on “In the Hive,” the plan for Utah’s flagship university to reopen, with various precautions in place, this fall. The University of Utah’s ‘Return to Campus’ plan calls for a hybrid of in-person and online classes. Masks will be required. But what happens if Utah’s sustained spike in coronavirus cases continues? Will the U…
This week on In the Hive we take a look at the state’s decision to lower the coronavirus risk level from red to orange (high risk to moderate risk), and to begin to reopen the economy. What’s driving that decision? And what do local governments think about the move? Plus, a conversation with one restaurant…
A medical crisis response team from Utah’s Intermountain Healthcare is in New York City helping in hospitals stretched to their limits because of the coronavirus outbreak. A member of the Utah team, Dr. RJ Bunnell, is keeping an audio journal of his experience for KCPW. In this entry we hear about some of the challenges…
Today on In the Hive we take a look back at how Utah experienced the 1918 Flu pandemic that killed as many as 50 million people worldwide. That pandemic had a disproportionate impact on the Navajo Nation, and it would appear that history is repeating itself. We’ll hear from a Navajo author and journalist about…
A team of doctors from Utah’s Intermountain Healthcare is in New York City and the surrounding metropolitan area providing assistance to hospitals there during the coronovairus outbreak. One of the members of the team is documenting the experience through a series of audio postcards. For his latest entry to KCPW’s COVID-19 diaries, Dr. RJ Bunnell…
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