Human Interest

Loneliness is as hazardous to one's health as smoking a pack a day, new research suggests.

Oddly enough, people in the hospital are at particular risk of becoming lonely. Doctors, nurses and support staff may poke and prod them at all hours of the day or night. But they tend to lack interactions with family and friends, especially as the days in the hospital mount.

That could have dire consequences for their recovery. All the good work their clinicians are doing to heal them could be undermined by loneliness.

Politics of Immigration

Salt Lake City KidsOutAndAbout
Preschool Newsletter 2019

Dear KidsOutAndAbout readers:

Is the direct federal negotiation of drug prices a good idea? Consider the "non-interference clause" that currently prohibits such actions in Medicare Part D -- the federal program that subsidizes prescription drugs for seniors.

A repeal of the non-interference clause would result in a sharp increase in Medicare drug prices and a substantial decline in patient choice.

Utah releases updated greater sage grouse conservation plan

Salt Lake City -- Utah has an updated greater sage grouse conservation plan, Gov. Gary Herbert announced today.

First Presidency Statement on Temples

PEARL HARBOR (January 9, 2019) U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Jake Malone, a Sonar Technician Submariner, from Clearfield, Utah, is serving aboard the USS Charlotte (SSN 766), a Los Angeles class submarine based out of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii protecting and defending America on the world's oceans. Submariners are some of the most highly trained and skilled people in the Navy. The highly technical training ensures each crew operates, maintains, and repairs every system or piece of equipment on board.