Author: By Seth Klamann The Denver Gazette

Colorado’s hospitals are among the most profitable in the country, a new state analysis found, and the largest systems and facilities posted hundreds of millions of dollars in profit and most padded their reserves in 2020, despite the emergence of COVID-19. The state is only one of two to be ranked in the top-10 on…

The Children’s Museum of Denver will be closed through Feb. 4 after patrons directed “unacceptable” anti-mask anger at the facility’s staff, the museum said in a Tuesday afternoon statement. “The Museum carefully follows public health guidelines, including mask wearing,” a statement posted to the museum’s website read. “We know the stress of the last two…

The omicron variant’s unprecedented surge is straining Colorado’s already exhausted health care workforce, and a physician who helped write hospitals’ emergency triage plans late last year said Friday the state would benefit from enacting them now. “From a staffing perspective, it’ll get worse,” said Anuj Mehta, a researcher and Denver Health intensive care physician. “We…

Denver will institute a 10 p.m. closure for restaurants and clubs across the city while urging residents to go home at the same time, Mayor Michael Hancock announced Friday. “I’m not going to mince any words here when it comes to the spread of the coronavirus,” he said. “We’re on a very dangerous path.” Hancock…