Tag: Medicine
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COLUMN: It’s a good time to be alive
Much of our language of complaints in the 21st century emanates from our being ill informed. Nonetheless I think there has never been a better time to be alive than today. Despite our inequities, noise and rancor, our life is still the best it’s ever been. Statistics prove it. I personally see man’s existence, history and…
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The Nobel Prize in medicine goes to 3 scientists for key immune system discoveries
STOCKHOLM • Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for discoveries about how the immune system knows to attack germs and not our own bodies. The work by Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi uncovered a key pathway the body uses to keep the immune system in check, called peripheral immune tolerance.…
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If TikTok is our doc, we’re in deep trouble | Pius Kamau
There’s something quite disconcerting about loud, uncivilized disagreements of grown-ups, that’s magnified manifold when they also write and pass our laws. I’m referring to the shouted exchanges between HHS secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr and several GOP and Democratic senators. And of course our own U.S. Sen. Michael Bennett whose dagger thrusts of logic time…
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Colorado medical boards propose not banning ‘abortion reversal’ treatment
Democratic state legislators passed a law this year to prohibit so-called “abortion reversal” treatment, moving to make Colorado the first state in the nation to ban the controversial practice. But that plan now faces a major hurdle from state medical boards. Senate Bill 190, signed in April, classifies abortion reversal treatment as unprofessional conduct, subjecting…
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Colorado marijuana sales tank in 2022 after pandemic-induced high
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Following a pandemic “high,” Colorado cannabis sales have been plummeting for months. Sales skyrocketed for the cannabis industry in the beginning of 2022, a trend that began at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, cannabis industry officials are seeing the other side of the…
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Tri-demic? COVID-19, flu and RSV pose triple threat to Denver residents
Two years ago, infection control experts warned the confluence of influenza and COVID-19 could overrun hospitals in what they dubbed the “twin-demic.” It never materialized because COVID-19 measures — practicing hand hygiene, masking and social distancing — kept the flu at bay. This time is different. Now experts are sounding the alarm about a “tri-demic”…
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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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Polis: Full steam ahead on new University of Northern Colorado medical school
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gov. Jared Polis Wednesday signed into law legislation that gives the green light to the University of Northern Colorado to start an osteopathic medical school. Senate Bill 22-056 won unanimous approval through the General Assembly at every step of the way. The need for the…
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Children under 5 may be eligible for vaccines by President’s Day, Colorado official says
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Federal regulators are preparing to meet next week to discuss approving Pfizer’s vaccine for children as young as 6 months old, and a top Colorado health official said Thursday that doses could begin being distributed here within the next two weeks. The only Americans not…