Prescription drugs

In other news, the University of Utah is offering a scholarship specific to Utah County students. And, recent raw milk illnesses have been traced to a West Jordan dairy.

In other news: Sen. Mike Lee, along with three colleagues, introduces the Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act. And the Utah State Board of Education responds to statements made on social media by board member Natalie Cline.

Over prescription of antibiotics has led to antibiotic resistance and the emergence of bacteria like MRSA. A recent study by Intermountain Health has shown that almost one in 1,000 antibiotic prescriptions for upper respiratory infections cause severe adverse events that require a follow up visit or even hospitalization.

A woman working at an assisted living facility in St. George was charged with pocketing elderly residents’ medications and replacing them with other medications not prescribed to the person.

A jury trial has been set for a Utah man accused of running an international drug ring.The trial for Aaron Michael Shamo of Cottonwood Heights is set for…

Utah will obey a court order to let the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration search a prescription-drug database without a warrant despite a state law…

Several neighborhoods around Cache Valley have been conducting hazardous waste collections, to ensure items such as oil, paint, electronics and…