Gov. Spencer Cox

Having stable income, safe housing and social support have greater combined impacts on a person’s health than any individual behavior, according to the World Health Organization. Addressing these social determinants of health in Utah is a priority of Gov. Spencer Cox’s administration, and the focus of a free health clinic in rural Moab, Utah.

KUER’s Sonja Hutson caught up with Gov. Spencer Cox to ask him about what he’s accomplished so far and what still needs to be done.

In March 2020, the first COVID-19 cases were reported in Utah. A year later, KUER politics reporter Sonja Hutson helped break down how the pandemic affected Utah’s political landscape.

During a press conference Thursday, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox addressed the upcoming end of the statewide mask mandate. He asked Utahns to be respectful of others — including continuing to wear masks in businesses that require them.

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Gov. Spencer Cox responded to two controversial bills moving through the state legislature related to LGBTQ issues. He also announced that as of Thursday, Utahns between the ages of 65 and 69 are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox gave his first State of the State address Thursday. Cox noted it was shorter than speeches by his predecessor, former Gov. Gary Herbert, to limit physical contact at the Capitol as a COVID-19 precaution.

Local health departments, hospitals and Community Nursing Services have administered more than 90% of their vaccines that they’ve had for longer than a week. But pharmacies that got their doses directly from the federal government have only used 17% of their first doses that are more than a week old.

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In the past week, Utah has administered almost the same number of vaccines it did during the first roughly three weeks it was available.