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.
Utahâs vaccine rollout has been âslow,â says the state official leading it
More than 3,000 shots a day expected this week, as more groups become eligible for the first phase of the stateâs plan.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) North Davis firefighter/EMT Ashley Shelton, right, shares a laugh with her coworker Chris Belliston as the two receive the vaccine while on duty Wednesday. Davis County Health Department operated a drive-thru vaccination for non-hospital health care workers and first responders at the Legacy Center in Farmington, Dec. 30, 2020. | Updated: 3:32 a.m.
In the first two weeks that Utahns have been receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, not everything has gone according to plan, said the state official in charge of distribution.
One dead, one wounded in shooting at Salt Lake convenience store
Police are looking for a suspect or, possibly, suspects.
| Dec. 31, 2020, 5:16 p.m.
One man is dead, another is wounded and police are searching for at least one suspect after a shooting late Wednesday in Salt Lake City.
According to police, there was “an altercation of some kind” at the entrance to a convenience store at 203 E. Hampton Ave. just before midnight. One man shot two others and the shooter fled in what witnesses said was a dark-colored, possibly gray, Nissan Altima. There may have been more than one person in the car.
The UTAH Cardiac Transplant Program celebrates 35 years of giving the gift of life
The UTAH Cardiac Transplant Program celebrates 35 years of giving the gift of life.
Posted at 1:29 PM, Dec 31, 2020
and last updated 2020-12-31 15:29:28-05
1,549.
Thatâs the number of live-saving heart transplants the UTAH (Utah Affiliated Transplant Hospitals) Cardiac Transplant Program â a unique collaborative transplant group from Intermountain Healthcare (intermountain Medical Center and Intermountain Primary Childrenâs Hospital), University of Utah Health, and the George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Medical Center in Salt Lake City â have performed in the past 35 years.
Patients, family members, clinicians, other caregivers, and community leaders are celebrating the 35