(Salt Lake City, UT) – Public health and safety officials are reminding all residents to use extreme caution around fireworks over the 4th of July holiday. …
Do your part to avoid mosquitoes and mosquito bites
(Salt Lake City, UT) – Public health officials across Utah are reminding all residents who will be outside over the 4th of July holiday and the …
Avoid a Deadly Summer
(Salt Lake City, Utah) – Summer is one of the most exciting times of the year for children, but it is also a time when they …
National Diabetes Prevention Program Enters 3rd Year Helping Utahns Prevent Type 2 Diabetes
(Salt Lake City, UT) – It began quietly in 2015 with just 80 participants, but the National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP) looks toward its third …
Utahns Urged to Use Caution around Water
(Salt Lake City, Utah – As families take to the water this summer, there is reason for extra caution. An above average snowpack, wet spring, and …
Questions About Medication use in Pregnancy or While Breastfeeding?
(Salt Lake City, UT) – Imagine you’re pregnant and your doctor has prescribed you some new medication to help treat your depression. Is it safe? Or …
Medically Complex Children’s Waiver Opens Enrollment
What: The Utah Department of Health (UDOH) Medically Complex Children’s Waiver will open enrollment today and accept applications until Wednesday, May 31, 2017. This program is …
Safe Kids Coalitions Offer Free Safety Events throughout Utah
(Salt Lake City) – Preventable injuries are the number one cause of death among children ages 0-19. Every year more than 8,000 families in the United …
Talk to Your Pharmacist about the Dangers of Opioids
(Salt Lake City, Utah) – From 2002 to 2015, there was a 29.4 percent increase in the rate of prescription opioids dispensed in Utah. In 2015, …
NEWS ADVISORY: Talk to Your Pharmacist about the Dangers of Opioids
NEWS ADVISORY What: The Utah Department of Health (UDOH) and Utah Pharmacy Association will host a press conference to encourage Utahns to talk to their pharmacists …