Newly appointed Chief Wellness Officer Amy Locke, MD, continues to champion the important programs and services that drive the health and well-being of our health care teams, our patients, and...
With vaccinations and the continued public health actions of masking, washing hands, staying home when sick, and keeping physical distance, fewer than one in 159 Utahns has an active case...
We continue to see sustained declines in cases, hospitalizations, and deaths from COVID-19. Thanks to Governor Cox and our legislators, the state continues to successfully roll out vaccinations, with about...
At the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, Dr. Mark Rapaport, CEO of Huntsman Mental Health Institute, participated in a panel discussion with four accomplished filmmakers. They talked about the powerful combination...
As Utah continues to see decreases in cases, hospitalizations, and deaths, it indicates that our strategies are working. We are in a race between vaccinations and mutations and we must...
As the new, and first female, chair of dermatology, Kristina Callis Duffin, MD, MS, believes a leader should find their greatest joy and satisfaction through the success of others. While...
Family medicine physician Jessica L. Jones shares key takeaways from the latest Friday Forum on Racism in Higher Education. National thought leaders discussed how we can begin the process of...
As of Feb. 2, 2021, one in 85 Utahns currently has an active coronavirus infection, down from one in 53 this time last month. Increasing numbers of vaccinated Utahns, growing...
When the FDA granted emergency authorization for a COVID-19 vaccine, U of U Health had four days to receive shipments and begin inoculating thousands of frontline health care workers. Chief...
We are finally beginning to see downward trends in cases, hospitalizations, and deaths caused by coronavirus infections across Utah. Between increased efforts around asymptomatic testing, masking, hand washing, physical distancing...
With holiday disruptions behind us, trends are coming more clearly into focus. Statewide, people testing positive for coronavirus are trending downward, which is good news because hospitalizations are trending up...
A completely reworked admissions process; a diverse class of new medical students; tremendous growth and change in the Office of Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion; and an expanding effort to...
Mark H. Rapaport, MD, a nationally recognized clinician and researcher known for his interdisciplinary approach to mental health treatment and care is the inaugural CEO of Huntsman Mental Health Institute...
During recent holiday periods, fluctuating decreases followed by rebounding increases characterize most metrics that describe the coronavirus pandemic in our county and state. The number of Utahns hospitalized with COVID-19...
While we saw downward trends for Utahns with coronavirus, statewide hospitalizations, and deaths during the latter weeks of December, we are again seeing increases in the early days of January...