News Clips | March 17-21, 2022

New scientific discoveries are the purview of researchers, but that vital information is important to everyone. How does science move from lab to your living room?

Fourth-year medical students and future doctors at the University of Utah waited with bated breath Friday to find out where they will go to complete residency as new doctors.

“At last.” Those were the two words Lynn de Freitas, executive director of FRIENDS of Great Salt Lake, led with when asked about a bill headed to the governor’s desk that would give natural lands, like the Great Salt Lake, access to water rights.

The author and Harvard professor says the world needs more rationality and open-mindedness.

The Utes, who are appearing in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2011, draw the Texas-Fairfield winner on Sunday in Austin.

With the Covid-19 pandemic receding, colleges and universities are beginning to unveil their spring commencement plans, and this season promises to feature dozens of marquee speakers at spring graduation ceremonies across the country.

In the United States, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major health problem accounting for nearly 40 percent of all deaths each year, according to the US National Library of Medicine.

Intermountain Healthcare is relaxing some of the limitations on hospital and clinic visitors put in place for the COVID-19 pandemic as case counts continue to decline in Utah, but masks will still have to be worn in lobbies, hallways and other common areas.

An international research team led by scientists at University of Utah Health, Stanford University, and University of Copenhagen has developed a new form of fast-acting injectable insulin based on venom from the marine snail, Conus kinoshitai.

The work provides new insights on the geologic structures’ seismic stability.

The Beehive State’s total fertility rate has been falling faster than the nation’s since 2009. But is it about to stabilize?

The earthquake centered near Magna on March 18, 2020, damaged buildings in nearby cities and caused some injuries, but no deaths.