Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer
CDC’s Rochelle Walensky resigns, citing pandemic transition
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, submitted her resignation Friday, saying the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic was a good time to make a transition.12 months ago
Maria Cheng and Jamey Keaten
WHO downgrades COVID pandemic, says it’s no longer emergency
The World Health Organization says that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency.12 months ago
Zeke Miller, AP White House Correspondent
US to lift most federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates next week
The Biden administration will end the last remaining federal COVID-19 vaccine requirements next week when the national public health emergency for the coronavirus ends.12 months ago
Brenda Goodman, CNN
CDC set to stop tracking community levels for Covid-19
As the nation's public health emergency expires on May 11, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will stop reporting its color-coded Covid-19 Community Levels as a way to track the spread of the infection.12 months ago
Tami Luhby
New White House plan aims to provide uninsured with free COVID-19 vaccines
The Biden administration unveiled Tuesday a $1.1 billion program aimed at providing COVID-19 vaccines and treatments to the uninsured at no cost after the federal supply is exhausted.1 year ago
Joe McDonald
China health officials lash out at WHO, defend virus search
Chinese health officials defended their search for the source of the COVID-19 virus on Saturday.1 year ago
Emily Ashcraft
Pandemic led to increase in rate and severity of depression, Intermountain study says
The COVID-19 pandemic had a large impact on mental health, specifically depression, an Intermountain Health study using research from thousands Utah patients found.1 year ago
Emily Ashcraft
Masks no longer required at Intermountain Health facilities, 3 years after pandemic started
Intermountain Health announced wearing masks will become optional for visitors and patients beginning March 15, following an anticipated decline in respiratory illnesses.1 year ago
Paul LeBlanc
New assessment on the origins of COVID-19 adds to the confusion
Three years after the start of the pandemic, researchers are beginning to look more into how COVID-19 began and its origins.1 year ago
Jen Christensen, CNN
FDA authorizes first at-home test for flu, Covid-19
If you've got a fever and a cough, you don't necessarily have to go to the doctor anymore to find out if it's the flu or COVID-19.1 year ago
Ashley Moser
COVID long-haulers push lawmakers to approve funding for treatment research
The request for $4,000,000 would help U of U Health’s Comprehensive COVID-19 Clinic, which has seen 1,800 long COVID-19 patients since July of 2021.1 year ago
Katija Stjepovic
Utah arts and cultural jobs are surging after COVID pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic pulled the curtains on most of Utah's arts and cultural jobs, but after nearly three years, they are reemerging.1 year ago
Ashley Moser
Flu, COVID and RSV all trending down for the first time in months, says CDC
Major respiratory illnesses are all trending down for the first time since September, according to the CDC.1 year ago
Josh Ellis
Utah doctor, others charged with running COVID vaccine scheme, issuing fake records and giving fake shots
A Utah plastic surgeon, his medical corporation and three others have been charged after prosecutors say they issued fake COVID-19 vaccination record cards and injected minors with saline shots.1 year ago
Michael Houck
Salt Lake County ends its COVID-19 emergency status
After nearly three years, the Salt Lake County Health Department ended its COVID emergency status Tuesday.1 year ago
Eliza Pace
Gov. Cox, along with 24 other governors, call on President Biden to end Federal Public Health Emergency
Gov. Spencer Cox signed a letter with 24 other governors calling on President Joe Biden to end the federal public health emergency over the COVID-19 pandemic.1 year ago
ZEKE MILLER, AP White House Correspondent
White House reveals winter COVID-19 plans, more free tests
The Biden administration is again making some free COVID-19 tests available to all U.S. households as it unveils its contingency plans for potential coronavirus surges this winter.1 year ago
FREIDA FRISARO, Associated Press
DeSantis seeks grand jury investigation of COVID-19 vaccines
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking the state’s Supreme Court to convene a grand jury to investigate “any and all wrongdoing” with respect to the COVID-19 vaccines.1 year ago
CARLA K. JOHNSON and LAURA UNGAR, Associated Press
Hospitalizations signal rising COVID-19 risk for US seniors
Coronavirus-related hospital admissions are climbing again in the United States. Older adults make up a growing share of U.S. deaths.1 year ago
Nectar Gan, Yong Xiong and Selina Wang, CNN
How a Twitter account with a cat avatar took on Beijing
The unprecedented protests that swept China late last month, posing the biggest challenge to leader Xi Jinping's authority since he came to power, had a peculiar focal point: a Chinese Twitter account with a cat avatar.1 year ago
Deidre McPhillips, CNN
Hospitals in the US are the fullest they’ve been throughout the pandemic — but it’s not just COVID-19
(CNN) — Hospitals are more full than they’ve been throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a CNN analysis of data from the US Department of Health and Human Services. But as respiratory virus season surges across the US, it’s much more than Covid that’s filling beds this year. More than 80% of hospital beds are […]1 year ago
LOLITA C. BALDOR and KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press
Congress set to rescind COVID-19 vaccine mandate for troops
The COVID-19 vaccine mandate for members of the U.S. military would be rescinded under the annual defense bill heading for a vote this week in Congress.1 year ago
Joe McDonald, Associated Press
China eases anti-COVID measures following protests
China has rolled back rules on isolating people with COVID-19 and dropped virus test requirements for some public places.1 year ago
