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Healthy Living

Thousands of young US children get no vaccines, survey finds

By Associated Press
October 16, 2018 12:00 AM
This 1981 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows varicella-zoster virions from a patient with chickenpox. On Thursday, Oct. 11, the CDC says a small but growing proportion of U.S. toddlers have not been vaccinated against any disease. (Dr. Erskine Palmer/CDC via AP)
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Religion

BYU students react to sister missionary clothing policy change

By Paesha Tuttle
June 01, 2016 12:00 AM
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State

'Right to try' bill passes Utah senate, former speaker Lockhart remembered

By Universe Contributor
March 09, 2015 12:00 AM
Friends and family embrace after former Utah Speaker of the House Becky Lockhart's memorial service. Lockhart was diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob's disease 10 days before she died. (Bryan Pearson)
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Healthy Living

Utah Department of Health declares end of measles outbreak

By Alyssa Blake
March 02, 2015 12:00 AM
The Utah Department of Health declared the end of Utah's measles outbreak after the first measles cases were identified in January.
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Healthy Living

Vaccines reduce risk of disease, some parents still wary

By Alyssa Blake
February 24, 2015 12:00 AM
Families a century ago were considered lucky if they were able to raise all of their children. Diseases like measles, whooping cough, tetanus and meningitis used to claim the lives of millions of children.
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Campus

Y-Prize kicks off Ugandan service competition

By Ethan Parry
January 23, 2014 12:00 AM
BYU students showed their eagerness to 'go forth (and) serve' by attending the Y-Prize kick-off event Jan. 21.
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