Tag: Covid
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As peak flu season looms, vaccination rates remain low in Colorado
Get the flu once, they say, and you’ll never skip your flu shot again. If such wisdom holds true, we’re either getting healthier or better at forgetting what it feels like to be really sick. As of Oct. 11, 10.7% of El Paso County’s eligible adults and children had received the annual flu vaccination, according…
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Colorado lifts prescription requirement for COVID-19 vaccine ahead of respiratory season
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s Chief Medical Officer on Wednesday issued an order allowing pharmacies to provide the COVID-19 vaccine without a prescription ahead of the respiratory disease season. The state is one of 14 states with strict guidelines that require a prescription for vaccination when the Centers for…
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Colorado suspect charged in connection with small business COVID-19 loan fraud
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Colorado man was charged in connection with loan fraud relating to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. According to a news release from The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado, Joseph Ronald Trenkle, 54 — formerly of Cherry Hills…
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COVID-19 not seasonal disease yet, Denver Health official says
The rising number of COVID-19 cases throughout the summer has Denver health officials believing the novel corona virus has yet to transition into a seasonal respiratory disease. “I think a lot of people have predicted that eventually we’ll get to seasonality,” said Dr. Anuj Mehta, a critical care pulmonologist at Denver Health and Colorado Vaccine…
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COVID-19 cases plateau, but still circulate in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The novel coronavirus that shuttered businesses and schools, upended travel and killed millions all over the globe hasn’t gone away. “It’s still out there,” said Dr. Michael Roshon, vice president of Quality & Clinical Operations for Centura Health. “It’s still cycling.” Roshon added, “It’s not…
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Rocked by deadly pandemic, Colorado public health faces needed rebuild
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado public health officials vaulted to prominence three years ago when residents started to sicken and die of COVID-19, kicking off a pandemic that would spark fierce, even violent political debate and offer clear lessons for the future. At the outset, the outpouring of response…
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Polis gets new omicron COVID vaccine booster, opens 10 community vaccination sites
Gov. Jared Polis received the newest COVID-19 vaccine booster shot on Wednesday, the first booster designed to protect against the omicron variant of the virus. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the boosters from Moderna and Pfizer one week ago, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommending the shots a day later.…
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Colorado to receive omicron-specific boosters after Labor Day in wake of federal green light
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Federal regulators approved COVID-19 booster shots to specifically combat the omicron variant Wednesday, and Colorado will begin receiving the majority of its shots after Labor Day, officials said. The move by the Food and Drug Administration tweaks the recipe of shots made by Pfizer and…
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Hundreds of patients at two metro clinics should be revaccinated, Colorado officials say
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Several hundred patients at two clinics in the metro area should be revaccinated, state health officials announced Friday afternoon, because of paperwork and storage-related issues. As many as 190 patients who were vaccinated against COVID-19 at Colorado Family Clinic in Wheat Ridge, plus 594 patients…
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Colorado no longer requires masking in prisons, homeless shelters, regardless of COVID levels
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Masks are no longer required in congregant settings in Colorado like prisons or homeless shelters, according to a newly revised state public health order, even when surrounding COVID-19 infection rates are high. Individual facilities and local authorities can still require masking under the order, which…