rural health care

The latest Utah news from Wednesday evening, February 3, 2021.

Hospital employees in Heber City and Park City became the first rural healthcare workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. As of this week, doses of the vaccine have now been delivered to every local health department in the state, according to the Utah Department of Health.

Daniel Bear lives in Kenilworth, Utah, a small community of around 200 people between Salt Lake City and Moab. Earlier this year, Bear suffered a...

It all started at Dr. Sanjeev Arora's clinic in New Mexico. "One Friday afternoon, 18 years ago, I walked into my clinic in Albuquerque to see a 42-year...

The United States is seeing its highest unemployment levels since the Great Depression. And nurses, doctors and other health care workers are not immune...

This story was powered by America Amplified , a public radio initiative. Shelby, Mont. is home to a lot of wheat and barley fields, a decent high school...

Friday morning, Feb. 28, 2020Some Doctors Question Joining Cannabis ProgramUtah’s medical cannabis program is set to launch this weekend, with patients…

When the Creek Valley Health Clinic celebrates its grand opening on Dec. 18, it will have been over a year in the making.In addition to renovating its…

Representatives from the U.S. Department of Agriculture met with a dozen groups affected by the state’s opioid epidemic on Wednesday. They were looking…

A new report out this week measures the health of every county in the nation. Overall, researchers said Utah compares well, but at the county level, there…

A Utah lawmaker wants to tax e-cigarettes, and use the money for rural healthcare.Republican Representative Paul Ray says his main concern with electronic…