vaccination

A sign out front of Rose Park Elementary in Salt Lake City lets the community know when classes resume for the school year, Aug. 3, 2025.

Qué saber sobre el sarampión en Utah mientras se acerca el regreso a clases

Martha Harris

La preocupación es mayor en las áreas del estado donde un alto porcentaje de estudiantes no tiene la vacuna MMR (sarampión, paperas y rubéola), como en la esquina suroeste de Utah.

Education

What to know about measles in Utah as back-to-school approaches

Martha Harris

The concern is greatest for areas of the state where a high percentage of students do not have the MMR vaccine, like the southwest corner of Utah.

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks to the media, Friday, June 27, 2025, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington.

Politics & Government

Charges dropped against Utah doctor accused of throwing away $28,000 in COVID vaccine doses

Associated Press

Dr. Michael Kirk Moore was also accused of giving children saline shots instead of the vaccine and selling faked vaccination cards. U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a post Saturday on X that the charges against the Midvale, Utah, doctor were dismissed at her direction.

Utah State Epidemiologist Leisha Nolen talks to reporters, June 20, 2025, about the measles cases reported in Utah.

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Utah ahora tiene 5 casos de sarampión y se prevén más

Vanessa Hudson

El Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de Utah está pidiendo a las personas que verifiquen que estén vacunadas contra la enfermedad.

Health

Utah now has 5 measles cases and is expecting more

Vanessa Hudson

The Utah Department of Health and Human Services is asking people to check to make sure they’re vaccinated against the disease.

FILE - This Feb. 6, 2015, file photo, shows a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine on a countertop at a pediatrics clinic in Greenbrae, Calif.

Health

Vaccine exemption rates and missing measles shots have Utah health officials on guard

Tilda Wilson

Kindergarten vaccination rates have fallen well below recommended herd immunity levels. With cases popping up across the nation, a district health official said Utah schools “are sitting ducks” for a measles outbreak.

Utah’s COVID-19 case counts, ICU visits and wastewater levels have all increased since mid-July.

Health

With Utah in the middle of a COVID bump, keep an eye out for rashes in children

Sean Higgins

Utah is experiencing the same rise in COVID-19 cases as the rest of the country, but the advice is to wait until the newest booster is out before getting a shot.