An picture of a mosquito. The West Nile virus, which is often transmitted to people by way of mosquito chunk, was detected Friday in Cache County. (Shutterstock) HYDE PARK — The West Nile virus was not too long ago detected in a mosquito pool in Cache County for the primary time this 12 months, officers with the Cache Mosquito Abatement …

SALT LAKE CITY — Now that adolescents are in a position to be vaccinated towards COVID-19, they will play “a huge part” in controlling the unfold of the lethal illness in Utah, the state with the nation’s youngest inhabitants, a pediatric infectious ailments specialist stated Monday. But Dr. Andrew Pavia, chief of pediatric infectious ailments on the University of Utah …

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a serious step towards returning to pre-pandemic life, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased mask-wearing steerage for totally vaccinated folks on Thursday, permitting them to cease carrying masks outside in crowds and in most indoor settings. “Today is a great day for America,” President Joe Biden mentioned throughout a Rose Garden handle heralding the …

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah has reached the COVID-19 pandemic endgame. The state crossed the brink within the three metrics outlined in Utah HB294, additionally recognized as the pandemic “endgame” bill, Tuesday afternoon, based on health officers. That implies that most state and local health orders will end Tuesday. The invoice required restrictions to be lifted as soon as the …

NEW YORK (CNN) — Amanda Saucedo did every thing the pure parenting blogs she learn instructed her to do earlier than she introduced her new child son Ben into her mattress to co-sleep in October 2014. “I was a single mom of two kids, so I took sleep any way I could get it,” mentioned Saucedo, who was 27 on …

SALT LAKE CITY — On the primary day and not using a statewide masks mandate since November, the state’s variety of COVID-19 instances elevated by 407, with two more deaths and 32,887 vaccinations reported Saturday, in line with the Utah Department of Health. The rolling seven-day common variety of optimistic instances per day is now at 396, in line with …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The extremely contagious variant of COVID-19 first found in the United Kingdom has turn into the most common strain of the virus in the United States as instances proceed to climb, a high U.S. health official mentioned on Wednesday. The strain, referred to as B.1.1.7, was recognized in Britain final fall and has since been detected in …

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s variety of COVID-19 circumstances has elevated by 422 on Friday, with six more deaths and 40,049 more vaccinations reported, in accordance with the Utah Department of Health. Four of the deaths occurred earlier than March 1 however had been nonetheless being investigated by state health workers, the health division stated. The rolling seven-day common variety …

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah has formally delivered greater than 1 million coronavirus vaccine doses, Gov. Spencer Cox introduced on Twitter Saturday morning. That quantity would not fairly match the Utah Department of Health tally of 993,168 — 25,687 extra doses administered than on Friday — however the discrepancy could also be as a consequence of reporting delays. Lt. Gov. …

When Lori realized that the COVID-19 vaccine could be accessible to her as a University of Utah Health worker in February 2021, she confronted a frightening query. She’d given start to her second son in late June 2020, in the center of the COVID-19 pandemic. She was breastfeeding her baby, Parker. Should she take the vaccine or not? She reached …