Tag: Department Of Public Health And Environment
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Third Denver area library closes due to meth contamination
The Bemis Public Library became the third Denver area library in the past month to temporarily closed due to methamphetamine contamination, a trend that illustrates how drug use is spilling over into public spaces normally associated with children and learning. Following meth contamination findings in the Boulder and Englewood public libraries, the city of Littleton…
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Ron Thomas sworn in as Denver’s new police chief
Denver has a new top cop — at least until the mayor’s administration changes next year. Chief Ron Thomas took his oath of office Tuesday morning from Presiding Judge Nicole Rodarte in the Denver City and County building. City Council confirmed his appointment Monday. He takes on the department as it grapples with a shortage of nearly…
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Nearly 36,000 omicron vaccines administered throughout Colorado
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment reports almost 36,000 doses of the COVID-19 omicron variant vaccines were administered through Monday. “The state is using its robust network of COVID-19 vaccine providers to distribute and administer the new omicron COVID-19 vaccines across Colorado, including primary care offices, local public health clinics, pharmacies, and mobile…
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Fentanyl and its dangerous mix: Cheap, easy to produce and deadly
Fentanyl has fueled a spiraling overdose crisis in Colorado and across the United States. The drug’s increasingly ubiquitous presence, both in the illicit market overall and in other substances, has permanently changed the drug supply, officials say. Between March 2020 and March 2021, more than 100,000 Americans fatally overdosed, the first time the country had…
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Public health to get 4% of Denver’s $1.49 billion 2022 budget proposal
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver Department of Public Health and Environment is set to receive just over 4% of the $1.49 billion proposed city budget for 2022, the department presented Monday. This works out to $62.16 million spent on public health, with $28.35 million for the department directly…
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UCHealth likely to require staff to be vaccinated, but other systems continue to mull a requirement
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save UCHealth is likely to require its staff and contractors to be vaccinated against COVID-19 within the next several months, but other major Colorado systems continue to mull such a requirement for their employees. None of the three currently available COVID-19 vaccines has received full approval…
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Freestanding Colorado agency for early childhood a popular proposal
Colorado could get a new stand-alone state agency dedicated to early childhood programs if lawmakers act on a recommendation approved Tuesday by a state advisory group. The idea is to consolidate programs and services for children birth to 5 and their families in a single cabinet-level department. Currently, early childhood programs are spread among multiple…
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Vaccine inequities among Colorado’s older citizens shortchange minorities
Older white residents in the Denver metro area and Colorado Springs were roughly twice as likely as their Hispanic peers to get vaccinated in the state’s push to inoculate its oldest residents, and activists say state leaders needed to do more to address the inequities affecting minority communities. The vaccination data highlights the disparity in…
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Denver sees its ‘greatest drop’ in COVID rates as Mayor Hancock announces enhanced vaccination efforts
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More than 350 infected at Fremont County prison in second largest COVID outbreak among state inmates
A widening coronavirus outbreak at the Fremont Correctional Facility near Cañon City has spiraled to become the state prison system’s second-largest on record, infecting 356 inmates and 24 workers, new data show. Hundreds of new COVID-19 cases were reported at the prison Wednesday on the Colorado Department of Corrections website, a more than fourfold increase…