Tag: Kaiser Family Foundation
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Long COVID affects about one in 10 Coloradans, report finds
For some, a COVID-19 infection is a bad gift that keeps giving. It’s a medical condition called by many names: Long COVID, long-haul COVID and chronic COVID, among others. Broadly speaking, Long COVID is defined has having symptoms that continue — sometimes for months and years — after a COVID-19 infection. The Office of Saving…
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Colorado’s psychedelics ballot initiative: 5 things to know
Colorado could become the second state after Oregon to allow the use of certain psychedelic substances that are illegal under federal law. But while Oregon voters in 2020 approved the supervised use of psychedelic mushrooms, the citizen initiative on the Colorado ballot in November goes further. Proposition 122 would allow the personal use of psilocybin…
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Denver metro groups to hold COVID vaccine information sessions for Latino community
Multiple local advocate groups are holding COVID-19 vaccine information sessions over the weekend, targeting the Latino community in the Denver metro area. These efforts come as only 37% of eligible Hispanic residents in Colorado have received the COVID-19 vaccine, compared to 69% of white residents, 60% of Black residents and 63% of Asian residents, according…
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A health ecosystem: How Mango House offers health care for Colorado refugees and recent immigrants — and turns no one away
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save AURORA — Fatumo Osman, a 65-year-old Somali refugee who speaks limited English, was in a bind. She made too much money at a meal prep service job so she no longer qualified for Medicaid. But…
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Six months in, Colorado officials urge patience, diligence as state awaits COVID-19 vaccine
The rumors were swirling in early February that the Department of Defense had tapped the Colorado Army National Guard’s facility on Fort Carson to potentially quarantine Americans fleeing Huebi province in China, the center of an outbreak of a wild new virus. Globally, more than 30,000 had been infected. The bulk of cases had occurred…