Front-line COVID-19 caregivers face risks to their mental health, University of Utah study says
Doctors, nurses and first responders are at risk of stress, depression, anxiety, insomnia and alcohol abuse.
(Trent Nelson | Salt Lake Tribune file photo) Health care workers conduct COVID-19 testing at the University of Utah Health s Farmington Health Center on Friday, July 31, 2020. A new study, conducted in part by U. of U. Health scientists, find more than half of health care workers dealing with COVID-19 cases are also more at risk for mental health problems.
| Jan. 12, 2021, 8:03 p.m.
Front-line health care workers dealing with COVID-19 have another thing to worry about, according to a recent study: Risks to their mental health.
Nearly a thousand Utahns have received both shots of the COVID-19 vaccine â but many doses have yet to be given out
âNo one has really done this type of distribution of vaccines to very large numbers of the population before,â says University of Utah Health official.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) University of Utah Health begins administering the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as pharmacy resident Chanah Gallagher gives Christy Mulder, an RN in the MICU, her second dose on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021.
  | Jan. 8, 2021, 1:12 a.m.
The first Utahn to get vaccinated for COVID-19 has now completed the process, getting her second dose â and some peace of mind.
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