Human Interest

President Trump thinks Americans pay too much for prescription drugs -- and says foreign countries are to blame. In a speech, he criticized nations that use socialist price controls to artificially hold down the cost of pharmaceuticals. "For decades," he noted, "other countries have rigged the system so that American patients are charged much more . . . for the exact same drug."

April 1-5: SPRING BREAK 2019 NO SCHOOL

April 8-12:  Mr. Weber week

April 9: 3:30-5:30 baseball @Davis, 3:30-5:30 Boys soccer @Weber

April 10:  3:00-5:00 Track & Field @Weber, 3:30-5:30 Baseball @Weber

April 11: State Drama Competition, Girls golf 12:00-5:00 @The Barn, 3:30-5:30 Boys soccer @Layton, 3:30-5:30 Boys Tennis @ Weber, Softball 3:30-5:30 @Northridge

April 12: Baseball 3:30-5:00 @Davis

April 13: ACT Testing, 8pm-10:30pm FEVER DANCE

April 15-19:National Leadership Week

SALT LAKE CITY — If you are getting excited to take your fishing boat out for the first time this season, these five Utah lakes and reservoirs are a good place to start.

These larger waterbodies will give you plenty of opportunities to troll for a variety of fish species, and you will find ample space — with little to no crowding — if you are fishing from shore.

Up to 35.9 million Americans have already contracted the flu this winter, according to the latest estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 400,000 people have been hospitalized because of the virus. Thousands of people have already died of the disease this season.

But an end to flu seasons altogether may not be far off. Several research teams are working on the first "universal vaccine," capable of fighting multiple strains of the virus. Such a treatment could effectively wipe out the disease.

German auto giant Volkswagen just announced plans to produce 50 million electric cars in the coming years. The news comes as more and more evidence suggests that across the globe, consumers are embracing electric vehicles.

Already, 1 million EVs have sold in the United States. One estimate concludes that U.S. roads will carry over 18 million EVs by 2030. 

The future, it seems, has arrived. While EVs were once a quaint curiosity, they're now a viable mass-market product -- and could drive down global carbon emissions. Or so the thinking goes.

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