Officials with the Utah Department of Health on Tuesday said 12 more Utahns have died from COVID-19 while 257 additional residents have tested positive for the virus.
The U.S. has reached a "landmark day" in the COVID-19 pandemic as 60% of American adults have gotten at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
Days after the announcement that Utah would opt out of federal unemployment pandemic assistance, the Department of Workforce Services launched a new campaign to promote their program to help Utahns get back into the workforce.
A top pediatrician in Utah has urged parents to get their children vaccinated now that the Pfizer vaccine has been authorized in the U.S. for children 12 years of age and older.
With daily COVID-19 cases dropping in Utah, Weber State University announced it has lifted face mask requirements on campus and inside university-owned buildings.
Officials with the Utah Department of Health on Monday said another Utahn has died from COVID-19 while 164 additional residents have tested positive for the virus.
Gov. Spencer Cox has called for state legislators to meet in a special session Wednesday to discuss 22 issues, including accepting and appropriating funds from the American Rescue Plan.
The families of more than 65 million children will start receiving enhanced child tax credit monthly payments of up to $300 on July 15, the Biden administration announced Monday.
The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is defending the decision to ease mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people, stressing that increasing political pressure had nothing to do with the abrupt shift in guidelines.
One more Utahn has died of COVID-19, according to the latest report issued by the Utah Department of Health. There were 242 additional cases, with an additional 13,617 vaccines administered.
Shoppers who are vaccinated against COVID-19 can shop without masks in some Walmart, Sam's Club and Costco locations as well as at Trader Joe's, the companies said in separate announcements Friday.
Officials with the Utah Department of Health on Saturday said two more Utahns have died from COVID-19 while 320 additional residents have tested positive for the virus.
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Heather Hollingsworth & Stephen Groves, Associated Press
A number of states have embraced new federal guidelines that say fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks indoors or out in most situations.
More than a dozen World War II veterans from Utah were slated to visit their memorial in Washington, D.C. when the coronavirus hit, but the flight was canceled. Some of those veterans were honored with a luncheon Friday where Honor Flight officials said they may still make it back.
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Ladd Egan, Madison Swenson & Cary J. Schwanitz, KSL TV
Salt Lake County leaders announced that fully vaccinated people were no longer required to wear face coverings or social distance in county facilities.
Officials with the Utah Department of Health on Friday said another Utahn has died from COVID-19 while 336 more residents have tested positive for the virus.
New guidance from the CDC that fully-vaccinated people can ditch the mask and social distancing was welcome news for many Utahns, but the impact was not immediately felt at businesses across the state.
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A Utah man who lost his job during the pandemic and has been surviving on state and federal unemployment benefits said he will now have to look outside the state for a job.