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New laws to give Utah women easier and less expensive access to birth-control pills and IUDs

By Luke Ramseth | March 21, 2018, 1:26 a.m.

Utah pharmacies gave out thousands of opioid-combating naloxone doses without prescriptions last year. Health officials say it’s saving lives.

By Luke Ramseth | March 14, 2018, 10:35 p.m.

‘This is a matter of rural prosperity’: USDA plans Utah discussion on opioid epidemic in small communities

By Luke Ramseth | March 13, 2018, 9:59 p.m.

Lawmakers partly expanded Utah Medicaid, took small steps to address suicide, opioid addiction and marijuana issues

By Luke Ramseth | March 13, 2018, 8:52 p.m.

Medicaid expansion in Utah up for debate on the Legislature’s final day, even as feds signal they might not approve all the state wants

By Luke Ramseth | March 9, 2018, 12:49 a.m.

Utah legislators approve abortion bill requiring women to complete an ‘information module’ that discourages the procedure

By Luke Ramseth | March 6, 2018, 11:59 p.m.

Protest signs show up on Utah Capitol trash cans ahead of Senate vote on controversial Down syndrome abortion ban bill

By Luke Ramseth | March 7, 2018, 12:39 p.m.

Here’s what you need to know about Utah’s proposed Down syndrome abortion ban

By Luke Ramseth | March 4, 2018, 4:29 p.m.

Concealed carry gun class — organized after Florida’s high school massacre — may be the largest ever taught in Utah

By Luke Ramseth | March 5, 2018, 2:44 p.m.

Trump-endorsed Medicaid expansion bill clears first test in Utah Legislature

By Luke Ramseth | March 6, 2018, 5:51 a.m.

Intermountain Healthcare upgrades digital care for Utah patients with a new, more centralized ‘virtual hospital’

By Luke Ramseth | March 1, 2018, 11:10 p.m.

More than half of Utah teens who say they drink alcohol also use e-cigarettes, survey finds

By Luke Ramseth | March 1, 2018, 12:41 a.m.

Utah Lt. Gov. Cox tells of his own brushes with suicide — and urges others to speak out on the subject

By Luke Ramseth | February 26, 2018, 10:26 p.m.

At University of Utah Hospital, a small group of volunteers pledges that no patient will die alone

By Luke Ramseth | February 26, 2018, 2:46 p.m.

With Utah governor’s suicide task force urging action, lawmakers back two prevention bills

By Luke Ramseth | February 23, 2018, 10:45 p.m.

With youth suicides at ‘epidemic proportions,’ Utah panel calls for expanding mental-health support, outreach and encouraging more gun locks

By Luke Ramseth | February 21, 2018, 12:52 a.m.

‘Speak out. Opt out. Throw Out.’ — New awareness campaign in Utah County hospitals and clinics hopes to stem opioid addiction

By Luke Ramseth | February 16, 2018, 8:27 p.m.

Utah lawmakers reject bill calling for mental-health care to be based on scientific evidence

By Luke Ramseth | February 16, 2018, 1:24 a.m.

Criminal charges filed against former Utah mortuary workers accused of mishandling human remains

By Luke Ramseth | February 15, 2018, 4:47 p.m.

Utah support for proposed Medicaid expansion initiative holds steady, with two-thirds in favor

By Luke Ramseth | February 9, 2018, 9:53 p.m.

Hepatitis A outbreak keeps growing in Utah — but not from recent restaurant exposures

By Luke Ramseth | February 2, 2018, 1:03 a.m.

Before 2016, this deadly genetic disease had no treatment. Now that it does, all Utah newborns will be screened, potentially saving 5-6 lives a year.

By Luke Ramseth | February 1, 2018, 11:22 p.m.

For years, female patients reported inappropriate touching by a Utah chiropractor. It took putting him behind bars to stop him from practicing.

By Jessica Miller Schreifels | Luke Ramseth | January 30, 2018, 2:33 p.m.

Utah’s support for legalizing medical marijuana hasn’t budged, with 76 percent of voters in favor, a new poll says

By Luke Ramseth | January 26, 2018, 2:59 p.m.

Utah lawmakers want to ban abortions sought by parents based on Down syndrome test

By Luke Ramseth | January 23, 2018, 4:44 p.m.