Health Care

The decision hinges almost entirely on a constitutional right Republicans fought for in the wake of the passage of the federal Affordable Care Act, allowing residents to make their own healthcare decisions.

Northern India's Nazareth Hospital was a radical undertaking: it was run almost entirely by women, who insisted on giving the highest possible standard of care to all, regardless of caste or religion.

Time is critical for treating strokes. Intermountain Health hopes to reduce the time between stroke patients getting to the hospital and receiving care.

In a climate setback, Rocky Mountain Power now says it plans to burn coal in Utah until 2042, how health care shortages affect rural Utahns — and what the state is doing to help, and Salt Lake City says the owner must restore the partly demolished Fifth Ward Latter-day Saint meetinghouse.

In Tyranny of the Gene, James Tabery exposes the origin story of personalized medicine—essentially a marketing idea dreamed up by pharmaceutical executives—and traces its path from the Human Genome Project to the present. James Tabery joins us for this episode.

Eleven organizations have signed a letter to Idaho's congressional delegation urging them to support two measures that would increase access to drug treatment for people who are incarcerated or recently released.

Symptoms of asthma are similar to the more common condition of bronchitis, and taking medicines designed for asthma alone can be risky.

Intermountain Health is one of six health systems in the nation to receive a federal grant of nearly $52 million for researching new treatments for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome, pneumonia and sepsis. Much of the grant will go towards using advanced technologies, such as AI.

A study from Utah State University shows most health-care providers aren't adequately prepared to handle the needs of transgender and nonbinary people. Researchers say that has an impact on poorer health and mental distress.

Intermountain Logan Regional Hospital recently acquired a new robotic assisted surgery machine and is inviting the public for a sneak peek at the equipment June 12 and 13.