Some of Utah’s most relied-upon clinics for the low income aren’t sure what’s ahead when it comes to their funding, with Congress still working on a deal for next year’s budget. But as KCPW’s Jessica Gail reports, one of the world’s largest corporations joined two young donors this morning Monday in making a contribution to charitable healthcare.
At least nine people who worked at the Utah National Guard’s Joint Language Training Center in Ogden have fallen ill or died – but there could be more. A new investigation in the Salt Lake Tribune looks at some of those employees, and what the Guard has and hasn’t done about the situation.
The Salt Lake Valley Health Department and the Utah Department of Health are urging anyone who attended two specific events to be aware they may have been exposed to measles. As KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, they’re asking anyone who attended either event to call the Utah Poison Control Center, and stay home if they show symptoms.
The Salt Lake Valley Health Department says people at two recent events may have come in contact with someone infected with the measles.
A recent expansion of Utah’s freedom of conscience law re-enforces a physician’s right, and now, a medical facility’s right, to deny an abortion without fear of liability. But as KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, it probably won’t change the way Utah hospitals do business.
Planned Parenthood is no stranger to scrutiny from politicians. But Republicans in Congress have sparked a fierce battle over federal funding for the organization. We talked with Planned Parenthood of Utah President & CEO Karrie Galloway.
The Salt Lake Valley Health Department has four confirmed cases and six suspected cases of measles in the county, keeping many Granite School District students who haven’t been vaccinated home from school.
While most Utahns will likely remember open records or immigration as the key issues of this year’s session of the Utah legislature, a Medicaid reform bill passed by Utah lawmakers will also have a lasting impact. Republican Senator Dan Liljenquist was the sponsor of SB 180, which passed the House and Senate with unanimous support.
With former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman’s brother Peter Huntsman confirming the current Ambassador to China is indeed interested in running for president, even if not right away, the speculation that he’s stepping down from that position later this month to launch a presidential bid is ramping up. Every week, we talk with Thomas Burr, Washington Correspondent for the Salt Lake Tribune and author of Political Cornflakes, a daily, online round-up of Utah politics.
Senator Orrin Hatch and Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff claim to have business on their side when it comes to the federal health care law. This morning, they visited with the owner of Utah Metal Works, who denounced the effects the law will have on small business. But as KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, another local business owner is defending the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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