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Melting Pot Earns Eat Well Utah Certificate
Southeast Utah Health Department (SEUHD) would like to announce that Eddy Gutierrez Director, Culinary and Nutritionist of the Melting Pot at the Castleview Hospital and his staff received the EAT WELL UTAH PARTICIPANT certificate. Gutierrez has completed the necessary requirements that the state required of him to receive this certificate. Eat Well Utah (EWU) is the Utah Department of Health and Human Services statewide initiative to help make healthy food choices more available and appealing wherever food is served or sold. Southeast Utah Health Department works with the state dietitian to make the necessary changes with interested venues to achieve the goals the state has set for them.
Utah campgrounds close as bear activity increases
KAMAS, Utah (KUTV) — Summertime in Utah brings campers, and campers bring bears. Several campgrounds in the state have been closed due to repeated visits from bears. One of the latest is the Soapstone Campground near Kamas. On Tuesday, there were several reports of a black bear that had...
Deadly fentanyl is 'most serious drug threat' in US history and on the rise in Utah, DEA warns
SALT LAKE CITY — A record number of fentanyl pills were seized in Utah in 2023. And through the first six months of 2024, that record has already been broken. "Fentanyl is the deadliest drug threat this country has ever faced. And unfortunately we're seeing an increase in that threat," U.S. Attorney for Utah Trina Higgins said Thursday. "We're seeing an increase in the amount of pills that are being trafficked into and through the state of Utah."
Utah drug trafficking ringleader sentenced to 20 years in prison
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 24, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — Joe Robert Rael, of Salt Lake City was sentenced to 20 years in prison and a term of 60 months of supervised release for engaging in a conspiracy to traffic narcotics and launder money. The sentence, imposed by U.S....
Friday Faves
This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure & privacy policy. The patriotic feelings continued this week with July 24, Utah’s state holiday and the anniversary of the pioneer’s thousands-mile trek to their new home in the Salt Lake Valley 177 years ago. Here in Utah, Pioneer Day (or as some have monikered Pie and Beer Day) is as big a deal as the Fourth of July, if not bigger. Rodeos, parades, fireworks, and of course BBQs and potlucks (mine included this salmon and these veggies). To add even more fireworks to this year’s celebrations, it was the same day Salt Lake City was named to host the 2034 Winter Olympics after first hosting in 2002. Yeah baby, let’s go!
ABC 20/20’s If Something Happens To Me: When Did Susan Powell Disappear?
Disclaimer: This article contains mentions of murder and suicide. Reader discretion is advised. The case of Susan Powell, a missing Utah mother who was never found, will now air on ABC 20/20‘s “If Something Happens To Me.” The case initially started as a disappearance and ended on a rather tragic note. Susan’s husband, Josh Powell, was a person of interest in the case but never faced charges. Then, in 2012, Josh killed their two young sons in a murder-suicide. The 20/20 episode premieres on Friday, July 26, 2024, at 9 p.m. ET.
Opinion: What Utah parents should know about newborn vitamin K injections
As a hospital-based pediatrician in Utah, I have witnessed an increasing number of parents refuse the vitamin K injection recommended for their newborn infants. I fear that parents who refuse this do so without understanding why it is recommended, and unknowingly cause their newborn unnecessary risk of harm. Below are 10 important facts every expecting parent should know prior to considering refusing this important supplement. Newborn vitamin K injection refusal is increasingly common and is much higher for infants not born in hospitals. While hospital vitamin K injection refusal rates are approximately 3%, a recent study showed that infants born at home are five times less likely to receive the injection (~15% refusal rate), and infants born in birthing centers are a staggering 10 times less likely (~31% refusal rate). To put these numbers in perspective, there were 45,774 live births in Utah in 2022, and infants in Utah are more than twice as likely to be born outside the hospital than the national average (4.4% vs 2.1%). Assuming a 1:3 ratio of birthing center to home births (following the national average), this means that the following numbers of infants will not receive vitamin K injection in the following settings:
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