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 5 or older. Booster doses are now available those age 12 or older, with certain stipulations. On March 29,…
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 5 or older. Booster doses are now available those age 12 or older, with certain stipulations. Visit vaccinate.utah.gov to schedule…
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…
(KCPW News) Republican Spencer Cox became the State of Utah’s 18th governor on Monday during a sweeping ceremony at the Tuacahn Center For the Arts in Ivins, Utah. During his inaugural address, Cox said that America “is facing a crisis of empathy; a scourge of contempt.” “Very little feels ‘United’ about the United States today,” Cox…
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…
For this edition of Community Curiosity, we’re calling an audible, and answering a question of our own. With some viral (pun intended) social media posts claiming that the novel coronavirus was genetically engineered in a lab and then accidentally or intentionally released, we thought we’d try our hand and some myth-busting. Featuring University of Utah…
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…
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