Tag: Rachel Herlihy
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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 reports first West Nile virus death of 2023
A Weld County resident is the first Coloradan to die from West Nile virus this year, state health officials confirmed Friday. Colorado has had 12 confirmed human cases of West Nile virus across eight counties this year, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment said. Although the numbers may seem relatively small, cases are…
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Colorado health department warns public to remain vigilant against avian flu
With avian flu outbreaks in more than a dozen locations across nine counties, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is reminding the public to take precautions. While the risk to humans is low, department officials warn people to avoid contact with wild birds, which can be infected with avian flu without appearing sick.…
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Colorado health department gives update on communicable diseases ahead of Holiday weekend
The results are in: COVID-19 is still here but in declining amounts. Influenza also continues to be present, but the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment says the season appears to be peaking “ahead of schedule.” Rachel Herlihy, the state epidemiologist advised caution. “I think it’s still too soon to know, with this particular…
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Colorado RSV cases rise sharply, increasing hospitalizations for children
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment officials said Monday cases of Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) have risen sharply, especially among children. The increased number of cases has taken its toll on the state’s healthcare system, and state Epidemiologist Rachel Herlihy said during a Monday press conference there are a limited number of pediatric intensive care unit…
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Colorado health department rolls out new COVID-19 dashboard
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment gave its COVID-19 dashboard an updated look Wednesday. The new data portal will also feature weekly updates to Colorado’s COVID-19 case numbers. This comes amid increasing cases in three viruses: Influenza, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Flu season has begun — as have the COVID and RSV seasons —…
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$1.6 million payday for Polis friends: Free deal to help Colorado’s COVID-19 response ends up costing taxpayers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado paid more than $630,000 last year to a group of personal and business associates of Gov. Jared Polis that had ostensibly volunteered to help the state manage its way through the COVID-19 pandemic by tracking people’s movements, records show. Then, when that group’s work…
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Colorado’s troubled partnership with California COVID-19 testing firm
Colorado paid more than $89.2 million to a coronavirus testing provider run by an ambitious 25-year-old entrepreneurial college dropout in California. But state officials abruptly severed ties with the company after federal regulators warned that those officials allowed improper use of the test in nursing homes with some of the highest death rates in the…
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Colorado had America’s highest nursing home coronavirus death rate at end of 2020
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gov. Jared Polis a year ago pledged an aggressive approach to tamp down surging coronavirus cases in the state’s nursing homes, calling on the Colorado National Guard to help with testing for the virus at…