Denver extends COVID local disaster declaration to end of June
Timothy Hurst
Denver City Council approved a resolution extending the city’s disaster declaration relating to the COVID-19 pandemic to June 27.
The declaration was originally issued by Mayor Michael Hancock on March 12, 2020, and was set to expire on May 30. The city decided to extend because the effects of the pandemic, including loss of life, continue to require city resources.
This extension will allow the city to participate in “federal public assistance funds for emergency protective measures,” according to the resolution. The resolution also says extending the declaration allows the city to “expedite procurement for critical services that provide shelter for people in need and purchase protective equipment for Denver’s essential workers, among other time-sensitive needs.”
EPA rejects Colorado’s plan to tie coal plant shutdowns to cleaner skies
Scott Weiser
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Updated 8 hours ago
Federal air quality regulators on Friday rejected Colorado’s latest haze-reduction plan, saying the state wrongly tried to force coal-fired power plants to close early as part of efforts to clear up views in national parks and wilderness areas. The U.S....
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Aging-related weight gain in women: It may start earlier in life than you think
Mayo Clinic News Network
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Updated 2 days ago
Mayo Clinic News Network JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Weight gain is common in women during perimenopause and after menopause, but the physical changes underlying it start much earlier in adulthood. Daniela Hurtado Andrade, M.D., Ph.D., an endocrinologist and obesity expert at...
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Aurora Mental Health and Recovery opens ‘one-stop’ facility for health, substance use care
Kyla Pearce
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Updated 1 day ago
Aurora Mental Health and Recovery is opening a new facility that the organization said will provide “one-stop access” to mental healthcare and substance use care. AMHR’s Potomac Pavilion, a new 48,000-square-foot facility at 1290 S. Potomac St. in Aurora, is...
Kyla Pearce
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Report: 57 Colorado counties don’t meet herd immunity threshold for measles
Sage Kelley and Bernadette Berdychowski The Denver Gazette
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Updated 2 days ago
Colorado measles vaccination rates are falling behind other states, leading to a lower herd immunity among children. A recent data analysis by The Washington Post found that Colorado has an 88% herd immunity status regarding the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine between 2023...
Here’s what to know about the changes to child vaccine
The Associated Press
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Updated 3 days ago
WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials made broad changes to childhood vaccine recommendations Monday, alarming pediatricians and other medical experts who say they will sow confusion and undermine children’s health. The overhaul is effective immediately, meaning that the U.S. Centers for...
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Flu season surged in the U.S. over the holiday
The Associated Press
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Updated 5 days ago
NEW YORK — U.S. flu infections surged over the holidays, and health officials are calling it a severe season that is likely to get worse. New government data posted Monday — for flu activity through the week of Christmas —...
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Colorado experiences record number of flu hospitalizations
Stephanie Earls
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Updated 1 week ago
With almost 800 hospitalizations statewide last week, Colorado is in the throes of its worst flu surge in almost a generation, less than midway through a season of sickness doctors say they worry hasn’t yet bared its full fangs. “We’ve...
Stephanie Earls
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Feds order coal-fired Craig power plant to remain open
Scott Weiser
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Updated 2 days ago
The Trump administration’s energy agency has ordered one of three generating units at a Colorado power plant to remain available for operation amid an impending shutdown of the station and its supplying coal mines. The move is one of the...
Scott Weiser
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Flu is rising rapidly, driven by a new variant. Here’s what to know
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Updated 1 week ago
WASHINGTON — Flu is rising rapidly across the U.S., driven by a new variant of the virus — and cases are expected to keep growing with holiday travel. That variant, known as “subclade K,” led to early outbreaks in the...
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Overdose deaths in Denver are climbing again, topping 2024 numbers
9News
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Updated 2 weeks ago
DENVER — The number of people overdosing and dying in Denver is up compared to last year. Now, advocates say something needs to change. After another year of hundreds of people dying of overdoses, those on the front lines are...
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