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The national fight over redistricting and the Utah judiciary
Utah Public Radio
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August 28, 2025
Both Sides of the Aisle—Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by John Dougall and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani. The hosts discuss the Supreme Court's approval of funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health, the growing federal use of...
Researchers see stunning drop in children's ER visits after local facility closes: 'Large public health benefits'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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August 28, 2025
Photo Credit: Clean Air Council Three years after a Pittsburgh-area coal plant closed, research has discovered that children's asthma-related visits to the ER dropped by more than 41%. According to Philly Voice, the Shenango Coke Works in Avalon...
RFK Jr. objects to CDC listing vaccines among top medical advances
USA Today
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A day after Susan Monarez, the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was fired by the White House after clashing with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., he lashed out at the "priorities" of the agency. "The CDC has...
Internal Medicine Physician Igor Huzicka joins Estes Park Health
Estes Park Trail Gazette - Colorado
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August 28, 2025
Estes Park Health is pleased to announce that board-certified internal medicine physician Igor Huzicka will join its physician clinic this fall. Dr. Huzicka brings extensive expertise in diagnostic medicine and the management of complex, chronic...
Pauly Shore Reveals Shocking Health Update From His Hospital Bed
The Daily Caller
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August 28, 2025
“Encino Man” star Pauly Shore revealed he had a tumor removed from inside his pancreas in an Instagram video shared Thursday. The 90s comedian and actor filmed the video from his hospital bed, admitting that three months ago he decided to undergo...
RFK Jr. rails against CDC listing vaccines among top medical advances
Yahoo News
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A day after Susan Monarez, the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was fired by the White House after clashing with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., he lashed out at the "priorities" of the agency. "The CDC has...
Emergency Medicine's Premier Meeting, ACEP25, Set For Salt Lake City
MENAFN
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August 27, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) WASHINGTON, Aug. 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Emergency physicians, researchers, and health care leaders will meet for ACEP25 , the world's largest emergency medicine conference, presented by the American College of Emergency...
Fighter jets, lake preservation, law enforcement earmarked by Utah's congressional delegation
KSL - Utah
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WASHINGTON — Nearly $60 million for Air Force repairs. Tens of millions of dollars for various water projects. Investments in dozens of law enforcement offices. That's a glimpse into some of the funding requests submitted by Utah lawmakers for...
20 years on, a Hurricane Katrina evacuee says he found ‘genuine love’ in Utah
KUER - Utah
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August 28, 2025
Social worker Ernest Timmons buckled his seatbelt on a JetBlue plane in New Orleans 20 years ago — destination unknown. Beside the 56-year-old sat Arthur Williams, a friend and neighbor he’d known his entire life. They were among the thousands...
Nusano debuts radioisotope production plant in Salt Lake City amid industry's supply squeeze
Fierce Pharma
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August 26, 2025
Nusano, a privately held physics company that specializes in making medical radioisotopes, cut the ribbon at a much-needed manufacturing plant in Utah. The 190,000-square-foot production facility, located in Salt Lake City, has the capability to...
Utah schools face mental health shortages as demand for services grows
FOX 13 Salt Lake City - Utah
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August 26, 2025
SALT LAKE CITY — LeAnn Wood, a mom and member of the Utah State Board of Education, calls her son’s former school counselor “one of the heroes of our family.” “She was there when we needed that extra support,” Wood said, noting that the counselor...
Utah’s NOMAS says legal help for immigrants strengthens the whole community
KUER - Utah
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August 27, 2025
On a Tuesday evening in Ogden, a Utah resident from Mexico shared her life story with two volunteers. The trio sat around a table at a community resource center. One volunteer typed answers into a questionnaire while the other translated back and...
AI Therapy: Lifeline or Risk for Mental Health?
To Vima
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August 28, 2025
When Pierre Cote struggled for years to access public mental health services, he turned to an unconventional solution: he built his own AI therapist. “I couldn’t wait any longer. It saved my life,” Cote says of DrEllis.ai, a chatbot designed to...
Utah named worst state for women’s equality
TownLift - Utah
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August 27, 2025
Photo: Photo by CoWomen SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Utah ranks 50th in the nation for women’s equality, according to a new WalletHub study that compares disparities between men and women across all 50 states WalletHub, a personal finance website known...
Players healthy for opener
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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August 28, 2025
FAYETTEVILLE -- University of Arkansas Coach Sam Pittman said linebacker Xavian Sorey Jr. and slot receiver Raylen Sharpe should be ready to participate in Saturday's season opener against Alabama A&M after being sidelined in camp by injuries....
Nearly 100 dogs rescued from a Salt Lake City home
KSL TV 5 - Utah
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August 25, 2025
SALT LAKE CITY — Ninety-seven small dogs and a single tortoise are now safe after being rescued from a hoarding situation over the weekend, thanks to a concerned neighbor and swift action from Salt Lake County Animal Services, the Humane Society...
Health-Care Firm KindlyMD Plans $5B Equity Raise for Bitcoin Treasury
CoinDesk
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KindlyMD (NAKA), the Nasdaq-listed health-care company that recently merged with bitcoin BTC$111,782.47 treasury firm Nakamoto, is set to offer as much as $5 billion in equity to fund the purchase of more BTC. The Salt Lake City-based firm filed a...
Fighter jets, lake preservation, law enforcement: The earmarks Utah’s congressional delegation asked for
Deseret News - Utah
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August 28, 2025
WASHINGTON — Nearly $60 million for Air Force repairs. Tens of millions of dollars for various water projects. Investments in dozens of law enforcement offices. That’s a glimpse into some of the funding requests submitted by Utah lawmakers for...
A Roadblock Utahns will celebrate: Local pet store celebrating b'day of 25-year-old resident
KTVX - Utah
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August 27, 2025
TOOELE, Utah (ABC4) — A local pet store is inviting the community to celebrate the 25th birthday of their very own resident, a sulcata tortoise. Appropriately named “Roadblock,” the 95 pound tortoise first arrived at Rockstar Pets 18 years ago....
Attempted murder charge dismissed for Mapleton man committed to state hospital
KSL - Utah
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PROVO — Charges have been dismissed against a Mapleton man accused of stabbing his father multiple times at his parents' Spanish Fork home after he was found not competent to stand trial. Jay Terry Hoskins, 32, was charged with attempted murder, a...