Dr. RJ Bunell is leading one of two teams of Utah medical staff providing relief to New York City hospitals hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. For this COVID-19 audio diary entry, Bunnell describes the real picture – beyond the politics – of what’s happening on the front lines of this crisis.
Dr. RJ Bunnell is part of a team of Utah medical staff in New York working to help hospitals strained to their maximum because of the coronavirus pandemic. In his latest entry to KCPW’s COVID-19 diaries, Dr. Bunnell examines the toll the disease is taking on everyday New Yorkers.
A medical crisis response team from Utah’s Intermountain Healthcare is in New York City and the surrounding metropolitan area providing assistance to overburdened hospitals there during the coronovirus outbreak. One of the members of the team, Dr. RJ Bunnell, is keeping an audio journal of his experience for KCPW. This is his second entry to…
Three weeks ago we hosted a live Q-and-A on COVID-19. Today on In the Hive we revisit that conversation and speak again to two health researchers to hear what we’ve learned in the intervening weeks about the novel coronavirus. Guests: Lindsay Keegan, Research Assistant Professor and Epidemiologist at the University of Utah School of Medicine…
In the midst of a global pandemic we feature three conversations with local experts about the impact this surreal moment in history is having on our mental health. How do we stay grounded when things can feel helpless? How do we take some degree of control back? How do we talk to our kids about…
This week, In the Hive hosted a live Q&A on the impact of the coronavirus in Utah with a particular focus on the science behind the virus, and the implications for individual and public health. The program included answers to some frequently asked questions about how the virus is spread, the importance of social distancing,…
Utah’s plan for rolling out medical marijuana is in flux. Last week, two Utah county attorneys advised the health departments in their counties not to distribute medical cannabis. They said that by participating in the state’s distribution scheme, those health departments would be in violation of federal law, and could be at risk of losing federal…
(KCPW News) [Audio after break] A bill that would have started Utah down the path toward importing lower-cost subscription drugs from Canada was voted down in a senate committee on Friday. Provo Republican Rep. Norm Thurston’s House Bill 267 would have prompted an application from Utah to the Department of Health and Human Services. That…
The final gavel fell on the 2016 Utah State Legislative Session late last night. On today’s Better Utah Legislative Update we feature a recap of what got funded, defunded, passed and shelved on the hill this year – from Medicaid to marijuana, coal exports to water pipelines, education to air quality and beyond.
(KCPW News) The Utah House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill that would provide health coverage under Medicaid to a limited number of people living in poverty in the state. House Majority Leader Jim Dunnigan’s HB437 would provide coverage to 16,000 Utahns who are chronically homeless, have mental health problems, or who have recently…
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