Today on In the Hive, we piggyback on some coverage provided this week by City Cast Salt Lake on the local spread of monkeypox. To date there have bee 42 cases of the viral disease in Utah, the bulk — 33 cases — in Salt Lake County. The virus primarily spreads through close physical contact involving skin-to-skin…
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…
According to the World Health Organization, Long COVID is a condition that occurs in people who were infected with COVID-19 and who have symptoms “that last for at least 2 months and cannot be explained by an alternative diagnosis.” It’s a necessarily broad definition, as scientists are still barely scratching the surface in their understanding…
On Wednesday, Utah registered its highest single-day number of coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic — more than 7,200 cases. Soon after those numbers were released, State Epidemiologist Dr. Leisha Nolen jumped on a Zoom call to answer questions from Utah media. No surprise, Dr. Nolen said that the fast spreading Omicron variant…
On Wednesday, Utah registered its highest single-day number of coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic — more than 7,200 cases. Soon after those numbers were released, State Epidemiologist Dr. Leisha Nolen jumped on a Zoom call to answer questions from Utah media. No surprise, Dr. Nolen said that the fast spreading Omicron variant…
(KCPW News – AUDIO follows text) Utah Gov. Spencer Cox on Tuesday raised an alarm about a surge in coronavirus cases in the state, and about a resulting crisis for Utah’s healthcare system. During a coronavirus briefing at the state capitol Tuesday morning, Cox said that Utah recently reached an unwelcome milestone. “For the first…
A shortage of donated blood is impacting hospitals around the country. The Salt Lake Tribune reported yesterday that one of Utah’s largest hospitals came close to running out of blood and even delayed a surgery as a result. The American Red Cross says the pandemic is partly to blame for the shortage, with a surge…
Earlier this week, medical researchers and doctors from the University of Utah held a press conference to talk about an uptick in coronavirus infections in Utah, and to draw attention to the arrival in the state of the more-contagious Delta variant of the virus. The variant, first identified in India, was recently classified as a…
(KCPW News) Doctors at University of Utah Health say they recently treated a man suspected of suffering from an extremely rare blood-clotting syndrome after receiving the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. During a press conference Wednesday afternoon, doctors with the healthcare group said their experts immediately diagnosed and treated the man who is now recovering at…
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