Tag: Coronavirus
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Blood shortages worsen in Colorado during summer months
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Hospitals and plasma donation centers across the U.S faced blood shortages during the summer months and Colorado was no exception as willing donors became scarce. Children’s Hospital Colorado’s Anschutz Medical Campus and Grifols, a healthcare company with two a plasma donation centers in Colorado Springs, say they…
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Troops must get COVID-19 vaccine, Pentagon orders
All troops will soon be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19, the Pentagon announced Monday afternoon. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will request a waiver for the mandate from President Joe Biden by mid-September unless the U.S. Food and Drug Agency fully approves the Pfizer vaccine ahead of then, which Austin said is likely. “Get the…
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Latino community activist brings ‘Vaccine Sunday’ to churches statewide
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Latino community activist Julissa Soto figures she has a captive audience among church-goers, so she’s trekking the state to deliver the message at services that COVID-19 vaccinations are important. “People are listening,” she said. “I’m…
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Face masks, social distancing again recommended in Colorado; schools asked to consider mandates
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Schools should consider requiring face masks for unvaccinated children and adults or all children and adults, particularly in higher-risk environments, according to updated restrictions from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment that took…
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Outbreak at homeless shelter in Colorado Springs leads to return of stricter practices
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After bringing back all 107 employees and 180 volunteers in June, Colorado Springs’ largest homeless shelter has a COVID-19 outbreak infecting 17 staff and clients. The most recent confirmed cases at Springs Rescue Mission were detected June 25, and the outbreak remains active, according to El…
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Colorado College requires students, employees to be vaccinated for fall semester; PPCC is ‘absolutely not’ doing so
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado College will join more than 100 other institutions of higher learning and require all 2,700 students and employees on the campus north of downtown Colorado Springs to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and provide proof…
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Stimulus bill intends to put $30 million into program with scant track record
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The $800 million set aside in the 2021-22 budget for the Colorado Recovery Plan is starting to take shape. One of the roughly 39 bills identified as concepts in a February brochure has been signed…