Salt Lake County Health Department

About 13% of Utah’s adult population is Latino or Hispanic. However, they account for just 4.4% of people with at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Some local health departments have reported vaccine appointments going unfilled. But after the state recently opened up eligibility to more Utahns, appointments are picking up again.

By Wednesday night, Salt Lake City’s largest homeless campus will likely be empty. The organizer of Camp Last Hope and the city government recently began working together to safely close the campus and connect residents with resources.

Kindergartners and first graders in the Salt Lake City School District returned to the classroom Monday, many for the first time since March.

The latest Utah news from Thursday evening, January 14, 2021.

On the morning of Jan. 8, people on the Salt Lake City's west side woke up to a sickly smell wafting through their homes. Residents of nearby neighborhoods were alarmed, and some began feeling health effects. It took 48 hours for local authorities to respond to their concerns.

The latest Utah news from Friday evening, January 8, 2021.

The latest Utah news on Friday evening, December 11, 2020.

The Salt Lake City Council voted unanimously Friday afternoon to allow a zoning change that would make it possible to convert a hotel on the west side of the city into an emergency overflow shelter for people experiencing homelessness. The decision to open the shelter comes the day after the Salt Lake County Health Department cleared out homeless encampments and a public safety summit focused, in part, on the city’s unsheltered population.

Sandy officials and affected residents continue to grapple with important questions after a snowstorm three weeks ago caused a fluoride pump failure that…

Officials with the Salt Lake County Health Department announced two deaths from hepatitis A this week. They mark the first two fatalities in a months-long…

An outbreak of hepatitis A is spreading in Salt Lake County. But, while cases go up, it hasn’t gotten a lot of attention. One reason for that could be the…