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Study: COVID may increase risk of heart attack, stroke, death for 3 years after infection
Brenda Goodman, CNN | Updated Oct. 13 - 7:06 p.m. | Save Story
COVID-19 could be a powerful risk factor for heart attacks and strokes for as long as three years after an infection, a large new study suggests.
The US is mailing Americans COVID tests again. Here's how to get them
Amanda Seitz, Associated Press | Posted Sept. 26 - 12:28 p.m. | Save Story
Americans can once again order COVID-19 tests, without being charged, that will be sent straight to their homes. The U.S. government reopened the program on Thursday.
Americans can order free COVID-19 tests beginning this month
Associated Press | Posted Sept. 23 - 7:17 a.m. | Save Story
Americans will be able to order up to four COVID-19 nasal swab tests delivered to their home free of charge starting later this month.
Sen. Mitt Romney sponsors new bill to repeal COVID-era tax credit after fraud
Gitanjali Poonia, Deseret News | Posted Sept. 19 - 10:32 p.m. | Save Story
U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney and his colleagues are attempting to curb widespread fraud by ending a COVID-19-era tax credit.
Doctors encourage Utahns to get the new widely available COVID vaccine
Emily Ashcraft, KSL.com | Posted Sept. 18 - 5:02 p.m. | Save Story
The new COVID-19 vaccine is now available at clinics, pharmacies and doctor's offices. A doctor with University of Utah Health says it will help prevent serious illness from new COVID-19 variants in an expected winter surge.
Austrian woman convicted of fatally infecting her neighbor with COVID
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted Sept. 16 - 7:34 p.m. | Save Story
After the death of a neighbor from COVID-19, an Austrian woman has been fined and given a suspended sentence for grossly negligent homicide, her second pandemic-related conviction in a year, The Associated Press reported.
COVID lockdown may have aged teen brains, study finds
Lois M. Collins, Deseret News | Posted Sept. 13 - 8:05 a.m. | Save Story
When the world shut down in the pandemic, adolescent brains started aging faster — especially the brains of adolescent girls, according to researchers.
New COVID vaccines could cost uninsured up to $200
Lois M. Collins, Deseret News | Posted Sept. 4 - 7:22 a.m. | Save Story
Updated COVID-19 vaccines are already showing up on some pharmacy and health provider shelves. But a key program that paid for the vaccines when people lacked coverage is out of money. So those who are under-insured or uninsured could pay up to $200 for the booster.
Zuckerberg says the White House pressured Facebook over some COVID-19 content during the pandemic
Associated Press | Posted Aug. 27 - 7:19 a.m. | Save Story
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says senior Biden administration officials pressured Facebook to "censor" some COVID-19 content during the pandemic.
Got cold symptoms? Here's when kids should take a sick day from school
Cheyanne Mumphrey, Associated Press | Posted Aug. 25 - 9:41 a.m. | Save Story
School attendance tanked during the pandemic and has only started to recover. Parents are struggling to decide when it's ok to send a child to school while sick.
FDA approves updated COVID-19 vaccines, shots should be available in days
Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press | Posted Aug. 23 - 12:33 p.m. | Save Story
Updated COVID-19 vaccines are on their way. The FDA approved new shots from Pfizer and Moderna on Thursday for adults and children as young as 6 months.
Long COVID in kids: Symptoms vary by age, differ some from adults
Lois M. Collins, Deseret News | Posted Aug. 23 - 9:32 a.m. | Save Story
Millions of children are suffering from long COVID, the lingering post-viral illness that follows SARS-CoV-2 infection and can last weeks, months or even years.
COVID-19 is on the rise this summer due to new variant
Lois M. Collins, Deseret News | Posted July 20 - 12:27 p.m. | Save Story
A new COVID-19 variant is leading an increase in cases nationwide, and President Joe Biden is among those who tested positive. Most of the cases being seen in emergency departments are a variant known as KP.3 and a new vaccine is expected.
U. Health's long COVID clinic continues to help people manage debilitating symptoms
Emily Ashcraft, KSL.com | Posted July 18 - 8:50 p.m. | Save Story
The University of Utah Health's Long COVID Clinic has treated 3,000 patients over the last three years, and doctors say the clinic is here to stay.
CDC recommending updated vaccines for COVID, flu in fall
Lois M. Collins, Deseret News | Posted June 28 - 5:58 p.m. | Save Story
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that both updated influenza and COVID-19 vaccines be part of the vaccination plan that people adopt come fall and winter.
IRS says 'vast majority' of 1 million pandemic-era credit claims show a risk of being improper
Mae Anderson, Associated Press | Updated June 23 - 7:46 a.m. | Save Story
The Internal Revenue Service said Thursday a review of 1 million claims for the Employee Retention Credit representing $86 billion shows the "vast majority" are at risk of being improper.
Utah ranks third in nation for child well-being, but educational challenges persist
Logan Stefanich, KSL.com | Posted June 11 - 5:04 p.m. | Save Story
A new report analyzing how children are performing in a post-pandemic society points to areas for improvement when it comes to proficiency scores and absenteeism.
Minn. fraud trial juror reports getting bag of $120K and promise of more if she'll acquit
The Associated Press | Updated June 3 - 1:45 p.m. | Save Story
A juror was dismissed from a multimillion-dollar pandemic fraud trial in Minneapolis on Monday after reporting that a woman dropped a bag of $120,000 cash at her home over the weekend.
