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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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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Omicron infections now below delta wave; need for additional doses of vaccine ‘likely’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save There are fewer Coloradans hospitalized with COVID-19 now than at any point since early October as the omicron wave continues to rapidly subside, a decline that state officials hope will shepherd in months of pandemic calm. COVID-19 infections, which just 30 days ago were more…
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Federal judge tosses contractors’ challenge to Denver vaccine mandate
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge has dismissed a legal challenge to Denver’s COVID-19 vaccination requirement for contractors providing services to the city, healthcare facilities and schools. Denver argued that the lawsuit should not proceed because the half-dozen…
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Lawmakers give bill allowing hospital visits another chance after heartbreaking testimony from families affected by COVID
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Richard Gillham, a resident of Peetz in northern Logan County, was a farmer all his life. Rim Ranch, which his family owns, is one of Colorado’s Centennial farms, a designation awarded to farms that have been in the same family for at least 100 years.…
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At least 3 metro counties to vote on mask orders Monday; Denver still ‘having conversations’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Boards of health representing Adams, Arapahoe and Jefferson counties will vote Monday on whether to require masks in indoor settings, as officials in Denver continue to discuss whether to implement their own orders. Public health officials in those three counties — including the board that will…
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Colorado’s K-12 outbreaks continue to grow; new data indicates
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save On Nov. 18, 2020, Colorado was four days away from hitting its highest average of new daily cases of the pandemic, a record that still stands a year later. On that day, there were 165 active outbreaks in the state’s K-12 schools, infecting 600 students…
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More use of monoclonal treatment could save 210 lives, 2,600 hospitalizations, state says
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More than 200 COVID-19 deaths in Colorado can be avoided in the coming months if more sick residents are given monoclonal antibody treatments, state leaders said Friday, urging the use of the therapy to prevent mortality and avoid overwhelming the state’s hospital capacity next month.…
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Douglas County Board of Health makes masks optional for students, despite school district policy
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The newly established Douglas County Board of Health voted unanimously Friday to give parents the option to opt out of local mask orders, setting up a potential conflict with the county school district’s standing policy requiring face coverings for younger students and certain staff. After…
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Suit claims CU Denver overreacted to anonymous COVID complaint
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Mountain States Legal Foundation filed a lawsuit against the University of Colorado – Denver, Wednesday, on behalf of their client, Celest Archer, who was summarily excluded from the CU Denver campus September 3 after…