( Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune ) Alexis Herrera, 11, received an immunization shot for school at the Junior League CARE Fair in Salt Lake City in 2017. The annual event has been canceled during the pandemic, and with Utah children also missing doctor appointments, the number of childhood vaccinations has dropped.
Erin is a reporter who has previously been an outdoor columnist and worked the crime beat. She was the lead reporter on The Tribune's Pulitzer-winning coverage of campus sexual assault. She has worked at newspapers in Michigan and Iowa and taught English for two years at teacher-training colleges in China.