Amanda Seitz, Associated Press | Posted Sept. 26 - 12:28 p.m.
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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.
Emily Ashcraft, KSL.com | Posted Sept. 18 - 5:02 p.m.
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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.
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted Sept. 16 - 7:34 p.m.
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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.
Lois M. Collins, Deseret News | Posted Sept. 13 - 8:05 a.m.
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When the world shut down in the pandemic, adolescent brains started aging faster — especially the brains of adolescent girls, according to researchers.
Lois M. Collins, Deseret News | Posted Sept. 4 - 7:22 a.m.
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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.
Cheyanne Mumphrey, Associated Press | Posted Aug. 25 - 9:41 a.m.
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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.
Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press | Posted Aug. 23 - 12:33 p.m.
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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.
Lois M. Collins, Deseret News | Posted Aug. 23 - 9:32 a.m.
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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.
Lois M. Collins, Deseret News | Posted July 20 - 12:27 p.m.
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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.
Lois M. Collins, Deseret News | Posted June 28 - 5:58 p.m.
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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.
Mae Anderson, Associated Press | Updated June 23 - 7:46 a.m.
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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.
Logan Stefanich, KSL.com | Posted June 11 - 5:04 p.m.
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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.
The Associated Press | Updated June 3 - 1:45 p.m.
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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.
Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press | Updated June 3 - 10:38 a.m.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci is facing heated questioning from Republican lawmakers about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. The top U.S. infectious disease expert until 2022, Fauci was grilled by the House panel behind closed doors in January.
Deidre McPhillips, CNN | Updated May 17 - 2:11 p.m.
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COVID-19 levels are about the lowest they've ever been in the United States, but another new crop of virus variants once again threatens to disrupt the downward trend as the country heads into summer.
Lois M. Collins, Deseret News | Posted April 15 - 6:17 a.m.
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More people think the COVID-19 pandemic's ongoing than don't, according to a new HarrisX poll for the Deseret News. That's despite the fact that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services declared the pandemic in America over nearly a year ago.
Emma Pitts, Deseret News | Posted March 24 - 7:18 a.m.
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In 2020, when the oldest members of Generation Z were turning 23 and taking on their first experiences in adulthood, the world was forced to shut down.
Lois M. Collins, Deseret News | Posted March 22 - 10:31 p.m.
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In Utah, 94% of the people dropped from Medicaid rolls recently lost coverage without any determination of being ineligible. Their application/review process had not been completed.
Emma Pitts, Deseret News | Posted March 10 - 10:32 p.m.
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Exacerbated by the pandemic, the mental health crisis in America is growing as more and more people admit to having symptoms of anxiety and depression — and at younger ages, according to reports.
Amanda Musa, CNN | Posted March 6 - 8:44 a.m.
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The U.S. government's free at-home COVID-19 test program will be suspended Friday, according to the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response.
Zeke Miller, Associated Press | Posted March 5 - 8:19 a.m.
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The White House has lifted its COVID-19 testing requirement for those who plan to be in close contact with President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and their spouses.
Mike Stobbe, Associated Press | Posted March 2 - 10:01 a.m.
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Older U.S. adults should roll up their sleeves for another COVID-19 shot, even if they received a booster in the fall, an advisory panel said Wednesday.
Mike Stobbe, Associated Press | Posted March 1 - 3:32 p.m.
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U.S. health officials say people with COVID-19 no longer need to stay in isolation for five days. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed its longstanding guidance on Friday.
Associated Press | Posted Feb. 21 - 8:40 a.m.
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The Supreme Court has rejected appeals from three Republican House members who challenged fines for not wearing face coverings on the House floor in 2021.
Chandni Shah and Mariam Sunny, Reuters | Posted Feb. 13 - 2:35 p.m.
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The CDC plans to drop its five-day COVID-19 isolation recommendations under new guidance planned by the agency, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday.
Jen Christensen, CNN | Posted Feb. 13 - 8:20 a.m.
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Millions of people deal with COVID-19 symptoms long after their initial infections. Two new studies — one looking at pregnant people and the other on children — give a better look at the burden from this health problem that doctors say often goes under the radar.
Lois M. Collins, Deseret News | Posted Feb. 11 - 11:17 a.m.
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The next time someone giving you a shot asks, "Which arm?" don't be cavalier. New research suggests the question may be more important than you think — at least if the vaccine calls for two doses.
Lois M. Collins, Deseret News | Posted Feb. 4 - 3:34 p.m.
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The latest round of COVID-19 boosters is about 54% effective in preventing symptomatic infection in those with normal immune systems, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Deidre McPhillips, Amanda Musa and Carma Hassan, CNN | Posted Jan. 2 - 9:45 a.m.
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As seasonal virus activity surges across the U.S., experts stress the importance of preventive measures – such as masking and vaccination – and the value of treatment for those who do get sick.
Jennifer Peltz and David A. Lieb, Associated Press | Posted Dec. 22 - 9:40 p.m.
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States that stockpiled millions of masks and other personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic are now throwing the items out. Associated Press found at least 15 states have rid themselves of the items because of expiration dates or they have more than they need.
Patrick Wingrove, Reuters | Posted Dec. 17 - 6:23 p.m.
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U.S. drug regulators in September found quality control lapses at Moderna's main factory including with equipment used to manufacture drug substance for its COVID-19 vaccine, according to the report obtained by Reuters via a Freedom of Information Act request.
Christy Santhosh, Reuters | Updated Dec. 14 - 8:06 p.m.
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The CDC on Thursday issued an alert urging health care providers to increase immunization coverage for influenza, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus.
Mike Stobbe, Associated Press | Posted Dec. 1 - 9:04 p.m.
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U.S. health officials say flu is picking up steam while RSV lung infections may be peaking. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that COVID-19 remains the main cause of hospitalizations and deaths in the country.
Emily Ashcraft, KSL.com | Posted Nov. 27 - 9:38 p.m.
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A Salt Lake County woman filed a lawsuit claiming a COVID-19 vaccine dose five-times larger than the recommended dose has negatively impacted her health. CVS subsidiary MinuteClinic Diagnostic of Utah says they are immune from the claims.
Chris Reed, St. George News | Posted Nov. 24 - 9:55 p.m.
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If there's something that the southern Utah medical community may be thankful for this year, it's that local levels of respiratory diseases like COVID-19 and influenza are at their lowest for the Thanksgiving holiday since before the pandemic.
Amanda Seitz, Associated Press | Posted Nov. 20 - 9:08 a.m.
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Americans can order four free COVID-19 tests again online. Anyone who did not order a batch of four COVID-19 tests in September can secure up to eight of them beginning Monday at covidtests.gov.
Gitanjali Poonia, Deseret News | Posted Nov. 15 - 7:34 p.m.
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Sen. Mitt Romney led a Senate hearing Tuesday to investigate widespread fraud in federal spending during the pandemic, when billions of dollars in relief spending were left unaccounted for.
Cassidy Wixom, KSL.com | Posted Nov. 14 - 10:27 p.m.
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A Herriman man is accused of lying about being a convicted felon on small business loan applications during the pandemic and receiving more than $180,000.
Richard Lardner, Associated Press | Posted Nov. 13 - 7:00 a.m.
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Pandemic fraudsters perpetrated the greatest grift in U.S. history: They potentially plundered more than $280 billion in federal COVID-19 aid; another $123 billion was wasted or misspent.
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted Oct. 31 - 7:18 a.m.
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Just in time for respiratory virus season, there's a new COVID-19 variant dominating cases in the United States — and yet another version of the coronavirus that's already starting to spread overseas.
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted Oct. 29 - 8:53 a.m.
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Fewer than 5% of all Utahns have received the latest COVID-19 shot since it was released in mid-September, a rate that lags behind nationwide numbers that are being described as "abysmal."
Manas Mishra, Reuters | Posted Oct. 27 - 4:32 p.m.
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Pfizer and German partner BioNTech said on Thursday that their vaccine to prevent flu and COVID-19 generated a strong immune response against strains of the viruses in an early- to mid-stage trial.
Michael Erman, Reuters | Posted Oct. 20 - 9:11 a.m.
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Pfizer on Wednesday said it will set the U.S. price for its COVID-19 antiviral treatment Paxlovid at nearly $1,400 per five-day course when it moves to commercial sales after government stocks run out, more than double what the government currently pays for it.
Meg Tirrell, CNN | Posted Oct. 17 - 11:38 a.m.
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The price of the lifesaving COVID-19 medication Paxlovid is likely to rise next year for most patients as the United States continues to transition out of the emergency phase of the pandemic.