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America's loneliness epidemic

By Andrew Osborn
March 01, 2024 12:00 AM
America is currently in the middle of an epidemic. This outbreak isn’t spread through rogue germs or improper sanitization — it stems from a lack of social connection.
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'Opidemic' campaign shows reality of overdoses

By Alyssa Nielsen
March 27, 2017 12:00 AM
The Violence and Injury Prevention Program has launched a new awareness and education campaign about the opioid overdose epidemic in Utah. The campaign is called Opidemic. (Screenshot from Opidemic.org)
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Local

Utah child is first confirmed Zika virus case in the state

By Gianluca Cuestas
March 01, 2016 12:00 AM
A blood samples from pregnant women are analyzed for the presence of the Zika virus, at Guatemalan Social Security maternity hospital in Guatemala City, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016. The first case of Zika was confirmed in Utah on Tuesday. (Associated Press)
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Local

Zika not altering missionary, BYU study abroad plans

By Gianluca Cuestas
February 08, 2016 12:00 AM
A fumigation brigade sprays an area of Chacabuco Park in a Aedes mosquito control effort, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Zika virus is suspected of causing a rare but potentially devastating birth defect, an abnormally small head, which can indicate underlying brain damage.(Associated Press)
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Local

This season's flu considered an epidemic

By Stephanie Probert
January 29, 2013 12:00 AM
The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention has deemed this season’s flu as a national epidemic, linking 7.3 percent of last week’s deaths to the virus.
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