Tag: Covid-19
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Hantavirus outbreak is not like COVID-19 pandemic, CDC says
Hantavirus is not a COVID-19 sequel. Infectious disease experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who refer to the outbreak on the cruise ship that’s been in the news as the Andes virus, describe the risk to the American public as “extremely low” because it is not spread as easily from person-to-person as…
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Appeals court, for third time, confirms new trial necessary for Alamosa County judge’s public trial violation
Colorado’s second-highest court confirmed for the third time last week that an Alamosa County judge violated a defendant’s constitutional right to a public trial, which requires the reversal of his convictions. The unusual number of opinions in Gilberto Andres Montoya’s appeal, and the shifting rationale for why a new trial is necessary, stems in part…
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10th Circuit rejects assortment of legal theories challenging workplace vaccine mandates
The Denver-based federal appeals court rejected an array of legal theories on Tuesday that challenged employers’ ability to impose COVID-19 vaccination requirements under the U.S. Constitution, laws governing emergency drug authorizations and the rules for human experimentation. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit followed in the footsteps of…
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10th Circuit rules COVID access restrictions constitutional in criminal trial
The court also rejected the defendant’s argument that there was a significant underrepresentation of Black and Hispanic jurors because of how the summoning process works
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Colorado Supreme Court considers whether refunds available for CSU’s pandemic campus closure
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Supreme Court considered on Wednesday whether students at Colorado State University had a viable claim for refunds after the school closed its campus temporarily during the COVID-19 pandemic while still retaining their fees. On behalf of all people who paid student tuition and…
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Colorado improves student attendance, lowers absenteeism — but still below pre-pandemic levels
Student attendance in Colorado continued to recover from the sharp rise in chronic absenteeism following the COVID-19 pandemic, but the state remained below the attendance trendline compared to 2019. Before the pandemic, attendance was higher and absenteeism was lower than the most recent figures. The new figures from the Colorado Department of Education showed that…
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10th Circuit upholds COVID fraud convictions of Colorado Springs-based doctor
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The federal appeals court based in Denver agreed on Monday that jurors heard sufficient evidence to convict a doctor of fraudulently obtaining COVID-19 aid from the government and spending it on himself, not on his…
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Federal judge green-lights First Amendment claim of fired Douglas County school employee
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A jury will decide whether a Douglas County charter school fired an employee because of her protected online speech about vaccinations, a federal judge ruled last month. At the same time, U.S. Magistrate Judge Scott T. Varholak determined Jennifer Webb’s repeated reports of alleged financial…
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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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CU Study: 2020 police pullback led to more crime
Police pullback in response to law enforcement changes in Colorado’s metro areas led to more instances of violence and property crimes, according to a University of Colorado Boulder study. Still, researchers stressed that more policing is not necessarily the answer. “It’s an interesting time. The pendulum swung pretty far in 2020 and 2021, but now,…