By Amanda McIntosh The Southeast Utah Health Department and the HOPE Squad of Carbon, Emery, and Grand Counties are excited and support the implementation of the new 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. We are grateful to the men and women who have worked diligently over the course of the last few years to ensure that
Last week, Friends of the Lower Blue River, a volunteer group that promotes quality of life and the environment of the Lower Blue River Valley, came one step closer to potentially receiving federal monies it.
Amanda McIntosh of the Southeast Utah Health Department (SEUHD) and the HOPE Squad of Carbon, Emery and Grand Counties began their quarterly meeting with great news: Utah is no longer sixth in the nation for suicide. That number dropped and the state is now in ninth. McIntosh explained that in the last couple of years,
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As the delta variant makes its way through communities across the nation and state of Colorado, officials are urgently encouraging individuals to get vaccinated and that everyone, including vaccinated individuals, should now be wearing a mask in public indoor spaces. Among those spreading the new message is Summit County Public Health Director Amy Wineland.
During a Summit County Board of Health meeting on Friday, July 30, Wineland gave an update about the risk of the virus in the community. In general, Wineland warned that the delta variant is likely the main strain present both in the community and the state, and that despite the county’s 78% vaccination rate, the variant is causing an increase in cases, including breakthrough cases.
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