1+ day, 11+ hour ago (345+ words) Vinay Prasad, director of the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, reportedly authored a memo stating the agency has identified 10 pediatric deaths from 2021-24 directly linked to COVID-19 vaccines. The memo, obtained by The Washington Post, has not been independently confirmed by Scripps News. It is unclear how the FDA determined the vaccines caused the deaths. During an interview with Fox News on Saturday, FDA Commissioner Martin A. Makary suggested the memo could lead to changes in the approval process for COVID-19, flu and other vaccines. "We're not just going to rubber-stamp new products that don't work, that fail in a clinical trial," Makary told Fox News. "It makes a mockery of science if we're just going to rubber-stamp things with no data." The memo also suggested changes to the annual flu vaccine framework, criticizing "low-quality evidence, poor…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago (469+ words) SALT LAKE CITY " There are thousands of Utahns who will be celebrating with family and friends this week thanks to overdose reversal medications like naloxone and Narcan " and hundreds of them saved by Utah police officers who had the medication. But that wasn't always the case. A little more than a decade ago, we first told FOX 13 News viewers how an emergency room doctor and a police chief joined forces to ensure officers were armed with Naloxone. It's been saving lives ever since. It happened to Diana Duke more than a decade ago " the night she overdosed on prescription pain medication at her mom's house. "She said she was trying to wake me up and I wasn't waking up and my lips were, that I wasn't breathing, that I wasn't anything," she recalled. Paramedics using Narcan revived her and saved…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago (464+ words) TOQUERVILLE, Utah " The current horse virus outbreak affecting the southwest U.S. couldn't have come at a worse time for those who ride, care, and love the animals in Utah. "The cowboys and the stock contractors worked their entire year to get their animals and their qualification for the [National Finals Rodeo]. They can make more money at the NFR than they do the rest of the year combined," said Cyndi Gilbert, co-owner of the Diamond G Ranch in Toquerville. Gilbert's concern is the two-week junior and pro National Finals Rodeo starting on Dec. 4, considered to be the Super Bowl of the rodeo circuit. The Cedar City native is still the only woman to have won three gold buckles on the pro rodeo circuit in one year. Her ranch now produces many of the top bucking horses and bulls. "I would be…...

2+ week, 20+ hour ago (1044+ words) A Virginia woman says she walked into a local hospital for help with a collapsed breast implant, but ended up undergoing a surgery she claims was unnecessary and has been life-altering. In her $25 million lawsuit, she also claims the surgeon who performed the operation should never have been allowed to perform breast reconstruction. When Mandy Moore walked into the Richmond Breast Center on July 17, 2023, she says she only wanted one thing. "I had told them I just wanted my implants removed, I wasn't 20 anymore, I had enough breast tissue," Moore said. A mammogram showed one implant had collapsed, but Moore says when she arrived, she received shocking news from a nurse practitioner at the center. According to her lawsuit, Moore alleges she was told that the breast surgeon in the practice, Dr. Sasa Grae Espino, had reviewed her records and…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago (295+ words) KANAB, Utah " A great-horned owl that fell into a concrete mixer is now on the road to recovery in southern Utah after the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary took it in. According to the organization, the owl came in with dried concrete covering 25% of its body. In its 40-year history, the group says this was the first time they had seen a case like this. "We reached out to other wildlife rehabilitators and they had never heard of an owl falling into concrete before, either," Bart Richwalski, Best Friends Animal Society's Wild Friends supervisor, said. "After doing some research, our team quickly came up with a plan to help the owl in the least invasive way possible." The plan included a 20-minute daily bath for the owl while it was under anesthesia. Following a series of concrete removals to the owl's…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago (308+ words) Officials have confirmed 5 cases of Measles in Wasatch County from Wasatch High School students Saturday. Two more cases are still being evaluated. Officials have confirmed 5 cases of Measles in Wasatch County from Wasatch High School students Saturday Two more cases are still being evaluated.Officials have also confirmed that one or more of these students did attend school or school activities while infectious during school hours on November 14, 17 and 18 and a school play on Saturday on November 15.We did have a wastewater test indicate the presence of measles in the community on November 6, and with cases existing in other parts of the state, we weren't surprised to see cases here," said health department director Jonelle Fitzgerald The cases we have confirmed at the high school are not connected to each other, and because of that, we suspect that other cases…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago (269+ words) In an effort to reduce the impacts of drug overdoses in the region, the Ogden Police Department has launched a new, free, and anonymous Narcan vending machine. OGDEN, Utah " In an effort to reduce the impacts of drug overdoses in the region, the Ogden Police Department has launched a new, free, and anonymous Narcan vending machine. The machine is located in the lobby of the Francom Public Safety Building at 2186 Lincoln Avenue. The vending machine is one of the multiple located across Weber County. Narcan (naloxone) is a safe and easy-to-use nasal spray that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose and save lives. According to the department, each kit available in the machine includes the nasal spray, step-by-step instructions, and local resource information. No ID, money, or prescription is required. However, some anonymous questions are questions to help…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago (468+ words) SALT LAKE CITY " Students who attend the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, along with their parents, are breathing a sigh of relief. This comes after a legislative audit recommended some changes to the school's governance and management, but no major funding cuts. Fewer than 2,000 students attend Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. But on Tuesday, inside the Utah state capital, dozens of them and their relatives made sure lawmakers heard them loud and clear" in sign language. "We were signing the 'I love you sign,'" Sandra Zavala explained. "Definitely I feel like USDB is not just a school, per se. I feel like it's more like a large family." Zavala drove from Ogden with her 7-year-old daughter Rosalie, who is deaf and attends USDB. Zavala and others were fearful that programs might be cut that…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago (212+ words) SALT LAKE CITY " The first lab-confirmed case of measles in Salt Lake County during the current national outbreak has been identified, health officials announced Friday. According to the Salt Lake County Health Department, the infected adult male was unvaccinated, and officials are concerned because the source of the man's infection is not known. "They have not knowingly had contact with anyone who had measles, which means their infection is the result of transmission somewhere out in the community," said the department's executive director, Dorothy Adams. County epidemiologists are attempting to notify people who may have been exposed to the patient, who is known to have visited a public location while infected. Anyone who was at the Taylorsville InstaCare location at 3845 West 4700 South on November 7 between 3 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. may have been exposed. Even if those at the InstaCare location did not have…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago (285+ words) SALT LAKE CITY " Utahns who are self-employed and those without employee healthcare benefits are facing dramatically higher health insurance costs as congressional gridlock prevents lawmakers from addressing the crisis. Rep. Mike Kennedy (R) represents Utah's 3rd Congressional District and follows the party line, claiming Democrats are responsible for the impasse, saying the government shutdown prevents Congress from getting anything done, including addressing the expiration of enhanced premium benefits on the Affordable Care Act Marketplace. "I was intent. We were intent on having those conversations, and the government has been shut down," Kennedy said. "We can't have conversations and committees in regular order when the government is not functioning." Kennedy's point of view contrasts with his Democratic colleagues, who are demanding an extension of the health benefits before freeing up government funding. Why your health care monthly premium is going up & what you…...