News Clips | May 25-June 5, 2023

As retailers like Target face backlash for selling Pride Month items, LGBTQ+ students say it’s especially meaningful to see their universities selling such merchandise in the campus store.

An addictive formula—kill enemies and collect the powerful gear they drop—is back, this time in a transformed video game industry where players now expect free content updates.

Eat more fruits and vegetables, lean protein, and whole grains, and avoid starchy carbohydrates, sugar, and MSG, says Kathleen Digre, MD, FAAN, chief of the division of headache and neuro-ophthalmology at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.

Armando Solorzano, a professor at the University of Utah, says the time has come for Latino-American Utahns to reclaim their history and regain a sense of belonging to this state.

As weird as that may sound, athletes can actually harness pain and use it to enhance their performance, said clinical psychologist Eric Yelsa. He’s a clinical health psychologist at the University of Utah Hospital’s Pain Management Center and a cycling coach.

Critics of proposed limestone quarry cite air pollution, damage to mountainous landscape.

During the summer of 2021, the Wasatch Front saw some of the worst air quality in the world due to smoke from both in and out-of-state fires.

“It snowed again!” exclaimed Crystal Tulley-Cordova during a phone call on a frigid January morning. After years of drought, it felt like a relief.

New Utah Children’s Collaborative will build on community partnerships to identify and support children coping with the death of a parent or other caregiver.

In 2014, Candalyn Winder Mettmann accepted a teaching position in China—a monumental step for her, her husband Isaac Winder and their 2-year-old daughter to begin traveling the world.

Ceramic artist Christina Riccio can laugh about something that's not very funny—anxiety and depression.

Each year 22,000 lawsuits are filed against Utahns with medical debt—a figure that makes up around a third of all Utah debt collection cases.

The organizations have until June 30 to finalize a new deal.

Vitamin infusions are said to help treat fatigue, migraines, hangovers and more, but their effectiveness hasn’t been proven.

We lose a week out of every month in productivity, says CEO of the Huntsman Mental Health Institute, due to mental health challenges.

As summer is upon us and many are gearing up to go outside, doctors want to caution everyone not to forget to protect their skin.

As fentanyl-related crimes rise in the state, it’s crucial to have these often-taboo conversations with those around us. Fentanyl, a drug related buzzword popping up in our headlines recently, like in the Kouri Richins case, is much more than a buzzy catchphrase. But rather, a highly potent synthetic opioid drug 50-100 times stronger than morphine.

A national research team that included scientists from the University of Utah have uncovered new details about "long COVID," which affects those who still experience symptoms months or years after contracting the virus.