Tag: Emed
-
Legislative panel rejects request for audit of state health agency’s COVID-19 testing contracts
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An audit request from Sen. Rob Woodward, R-Loveland, for two contracts between the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and two labs handling COVID-19 testing was turned down on a 4-4 tie by the Legislative Audit Committee. The committee is half Democrat, half Republican,…
-
Dual controversies hit Polis, Colorado COVID test program
Colorado’s coronavirus testing program pushed what critics contend are flawed tests in nursing homes from a fledgling company run by a 25-year-old college dropout that had the backing of a major Democratic campaign donor with a financial stake in the firm and a tie to Gov. Jared Polis’ administration. Meanwhile, about 1.86 million at-home, self-administered…
-
Colorado officials accused of botching $53 million at-home coronavirus testing program
A $53 million plan to deliver rapid, at-home coronavirus tests to Colorado educators and frontline workers is in collapse, with the company the state hired to partner on the program accusing state officials of bungling the distribution rollout and placing nearly 1.86 million tests in danger of expiring. The company suspended testing services for the…