Erin Alberty

Patients have fallen behind on their screenings during the pandemic, Intermountain doctors say — and they could end up dying needlessly.

“There are people who could stand to take this disease a lot less seriously,” Utah’s governor said, urging businesses to remove restrictions.

Utah doctors also have noticed a pattern in who is suffering.

Testing has dropped sharply since state officials discontinued rapid tests at free sites due to high rate of false negatives.

State officials confirmed 18 new COVID-19 deaths as hundreds remain hospitalized.

“It could have been over with a long time ago,” Intermountain doctor says as state reports 10 new deaths.

Utah has broken its own records for new cases this month, but its national ranking may be overstated.

Utah’s latest coronavirus data released from the state Department of Health.

Utah’s fall surge of the coronavirus doesn’t appear to be over after all. A month after cases started to decline, they are on the rise again — especially in the state’s rural, less-vaccinated communities.

Leo, Aquarius, Aries and Sagittarius had the highest vaccination rates in Salt Lake County — far higher than those born under Scorpio and Virgo.

Intermountain Healthcare is planning to merge with Colorado-based, Catholic-affiliated SCL Health.

Utahns are reporting long waits for COVID-19 tests or difficulty finding testing appointments, just as cases are rising amid the spread of the delta variant.

Intermountain Healthcare is warning that its intensive care units are full. Here’s how that is impacting Utahns.

Utah is at or near the bottom of rankings of how quickly states are vaccinating their residents. But the same analyses show the state is administering the shots it receives relatively quickly — suggesting Utah is not getting as many doses per capita as most other states are.

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With measles breaking out in the Pacific Northwest, health experts in Utah say it’s more important than ever for parents to vaccinate their kids.