(The New York Times) - Whooping cough, a potentially life-threatening childhood illness, all but disappeared in the 1940s after a vaccine was developed. Why is it making a comeback now...

(Healthline) - Researchers say they now have data to back up their contention that a vaccine for the human papillomavirus (HPV) can significantly reduce the disease in teenage girls and...

(Deseret News) - When Jason Clark learned his father needed a liver transplant, he volunteered.

University of Utah Health Care performed its first adult-to-adult, living-donor liver transplant Tuesday. Jason Clark, 28, donated part of his liver to his father, Lynn Clark, 57.

(Medscape) - A multipronged quality improvement project, including the use of a value-driven outcomes computer tool, can decrease the number of laboratory tests and associated costs during hospital admissions, according...

(Deseret News) - The future of successful treatment for Utah’s mentally ill is at severe risk should House Bill 18 pass through the 2016 Utah legislative session.

(The Salt Lake Tribune) - Vice President Joe Biden will visit the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City next week to spotlight the administration's "moonshot" effort to cure cancer.

(NBC) - Zika virus shows up in urine, saliva and semen. And it seems to go right to the brain in fetuses, but nowhere else in their bodies.

(KUTV) - A Utah research company has teamed up with the Huntsman Cancer Foundation in an effort to raise funds and awareness for cancer research.

(Fox 13) - Caregivers fall short when it comes to taking care of themselves, that’s according to a recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

(Herald Journal) - The legislative session’s third medical marijuana bill passed unanimously through its Senate committee Tuesday, a resolution urging Congress to reclassify marijuana from its current Schedule I classification...

(KSL) - When Jason Clark learned his father needed a liver transplant, he volunteered.

(Bloomberg) - Vivian Lee, chief executive officer at University of Utah Health Care, talks about advances made in the fight against cancer, the state of health care in the United...

(MedPage Today) - Heart attack patients are more likely to die or return to the hospital in the first 60 days after discharge if they had cardiogenic shock but the...

(Cardiovascular Business) - A cross-sectional, population-based study found that 16.8 million U.S. adults may benefit from lowering their systolic blood pressure goal to less than 120 mm Hg based on...

(Calgary Herald) - Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. Reducing this burden requires high-quality medical care not only to prevent this disease, but also to provide...

Media and the community are invited to an Open House to tour the facilities and learn about Center for Alzheimer's Research Imaging and Care, the educational resources at the Brain...

(Moab Sun News) - A new regional health coalition working to address one of Moab’s top community health concerns is bringing two addiction medicine specialists from the University of Utah...

(Herald Journal) - A quickly spreading outbreak of the mosquito-borne illness known as the Zika virus has the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention releasing travel advisories for Central and...

(ABC 4) - How does poor air quality impact the average person's health? Robert Paine, Chief of The University of Utah Health Care Division of Pulmonary, says it all comes...

(Deseret News) - It was a different cast of characters testifying about the need for Medicaid expansion in Utah Thursday.

How to cope when the air is bad.

(Fox 13) - How bad is the air where you live? If you are in one of Utah’s valleys during the winter inversion season, a few miles can make a...

(MedPage Today) - Stroke care coordinated regionally to cover primary prevention to rehabilitation and ensure appropriate interventions, such as thrombolysis and stroke unit care, was associated with lower stroke mortality...