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In 2003, Sheana Nelson decided to go on a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Her destination was Mongolia, so the then-Washington State resident traveled to the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah to learn Mongolian before she departed for central Asia.
She saw University of Utah Health cardiologist John Ryan, M.D. A nurse on Ryan’s team listened to her heart and Sheana learned she had, she says, “a really good example of a heart murmur.” Ryan let her hear it.
“The best way to describe it is like a baby on ultrasound,” she recalls. “My heart had more of a whooshing sound to it than a normal, solid thud-thud.”
Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
After a year that claimed the lives of more than 300,000 Americans, including 1,148 Utahns due to COVID-19, hope came this week as the first vaccine made its way to health care workers across the country.
The FDA and CDC issued emergency use authorization for Pfizer/BioNTech’s vaccine late last week, the result of an accelerated vaccine development and approval process. The company says it shipped out 2.9 million doses this week.
Moderna’s vaccine received emergency use approval from the FDA on Friday and the Centers for Disease Control’s Advisory Committee on Immunization and Practices voted Saturday to recommend the vaccine for people 18 and older. CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield must accept the recommendation, which is expected.
Utah ICUs now at 99.4% capacity, as state reports 2,408 new COVID cases and 8 deaths
Also, feds apologize for sending fewer-than-expected vaccine doses.
(Rick Egan | Tribune file photo) Taylor Woodrow tests for Covid-19 at Intermountain Healthcare Cottonwood InstaCare, on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. | Updated: 10:49 p.m.
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Intensive care units at Utah hospitals have never been so slammed during the pandemic with many of them beyond officially full as the state reported another 2,408 cases of COVID-19 and eight more deaths Saturday.
The percent of all occupied ICU beds statewide is now 99.4%, or 534 of 537 beds filled.