Disease

In other news, 140 incarcerated people at the Utah State Correctional Facility are in quarantine for scabies treatment after one person tested positive for the contagious rash.

HPAI is a disease that is very contagious and fatal to domestic poultry. It is often transmitted by wild birds. In March 2024, HPAI H5N1 was first detected in dairy cattle.

In other news: On Thursday, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced a few significant changes to rules at its university campuses.

In other news, a Holladay home built in 1879 is facing demolition. A group of preservationists is pushing back.

A 14-year-old Utahn only trained for two months before finding himself at the biggest sumo wrestling competition in the country.

The HerediGene: Population Study is the world’s largest DNA mapping initiative, studying the DNA of participants from Utah and Idaho.

Intermountain Healthcare’s Heredigene project just sequenced the DNA of its one-hundred thousandth patient, on its way to its 500,000 patient goal. The project seeks to make progress in detecting and treating disease through the analysis of large populations of DNA.

They've got warts, they sometimes smell like roasted peanuts, and in Wyoming, they're changing how they move because of a fungus. This week, we'll be…

Mosquitos are among the most impactful vectors of disease in the world. Dr. Norah Saarman is a researcher at Utah State University in the biology…

Diseases and pests that threaten wheat and barley are continually evolving. So, it's important to breed and test new varieties that are resistant to…