An Appeal to Family Physicians from UDOH
As of June 14, 64% of Utahns 18 and older have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. We need to do more to make sure all Utahns take advantage of the opportunity to become vaccinated. As healthcare providers, you are among the most trusted voices people consider when making the decision about whether to vaccinate themselves and their children. Utahns are looking to you to help them make this important decision. Today, we are writing to ask you to help us “Bring It Home!” because we are so close, and the promise of achieving community immunity is within reach. Utah and the nation has set a goal of vaccinating at least 70% of adults 18 and older by July 4. Your leadership is crucial to helping us not only accomplish this important goal, but also to avoid a COVID-19
resurgence. We know July 4 is only a few weeks away, but this strategic goal is achievable — especially if you will join us in a flash campaign to promote and support vaccinations in your practices. Find out how you can help here
Family Physician Night with the Salt Lake Bees
Tickets on Sale Now!
Join UAFP members and their families for a night of fun, food, baseball, and fireworks! UAFP is offering discount tickets that include a picnic dinner, a seat at the game (SL Bees vs. Sacramento River Cats), and a free fireworks show to cap off the evening! Discount ticket prices are $15 for adults (ages 11 and up) and $10 for kids (ages 2-10). Children under two can attend for free and no ticket is needed. Discount purchases are limited to six per UAFP member and to the first 100 tickets sold, so don't wait - get your tickets while supplies last!
Hike with a Doc
Saturday, August 7
Is there any better way to spend a Saturday morning on a hot summer day in the valley than hiking in Utah’s beautiful mountains?
Join us on Saturday, August 7, 2021, from 9:00 a.m. -10:30 a.m. for a hike to Lake Solitude in Big Cottonwood Canyon to participate in our medical student mentoring activity, where attending and resident family physicians hike with medical students to share their experiences and why they chose Family Medicine.
First patient receives controversial Biogen Alzheimer’s drugReuters - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the drug - despite the strong objection of its own expert advisory panel - for all patients with Alzheimer's, although Aduhelm has only been tested for patients in the early stages of the disease. "Hopefully clinicians will follow the clinical trial guidelines, because we really don't have any evidence for more advanced patients with Alzheimer's," Salloway said. Read more...
‘They’re dead now ... because they refused to get vaccinated’: Gov. Spencer Cox frustrated that Utahns are still dying of COVID-19Salt Lake Tribune - Gov. Spencer Cox repeated his plea for Utahns to get vaccinated against COVID-19 — and showed frustration Thursday with those who have been diagnosed with the disease, and those who have been hospitalized or died from it, when they could have gotten the shot. “It’s very sad,” Cox said during his monthly news conference on PBS Utah. In recent weeks, Cox said, he has
spoken with families “whose loved ones have died or who are in the hospital, in dire circumstances right now, because they refused to get vaccinated. Completely preventable.” Read more...
As COVID-19 cases wane, vaccine-lagging areas still see risk
AP - Just eight states — Alabama, Arkansas, Hawaii, Missouri, Nevada, Texas, Utah and Wyoming — have seen their seven-day rolling averages for infection rates rise from two weeks earlier, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. All of them except Hawaii have recorded vaccination rates that are lower than the US average of 43% fully vaccinated, according to the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read more...
41% of Utah CHIP recipients lost coverage in May due to government reversal
KSL.com - More than 6,200 children in the Children's Health Insurance Program in Utah lost health care coverage at the end of May as their cases were closed due to a reversal of authorization by the federal government, an advisory committee said Thursday. Families can still get the health care coverage back, but need to reapply as soon as possible. Read more...
HPV Vaccination in the Mountain West ECHO Series - UtahJune 23, 2021
Hosted by the American Cancer Society and Center for HOPE at Huntsman Cancer Institute Learn more and register here
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