Tag: U.s. Centers For Disease Control And Prevention
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988 crisis line looks for board of directors applicants
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s suicide and crisis hotline is looking for individuals to join its board. The 988 Crisis Hotline Enterprise, which is funded by a prepaid wireless charge, said it is accepting applications for three director seats, the project announced on Friday. The seven-member, volunteer board governs…
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West Nile virus confirmed in Boulder County
The first case this season of West Nile virus has surfaced in Boulder County, infecting a 65-year-old man from Longmont, Boulder County Public Health said Friday. The mosquito-borne disease can cause fever and headaches, and in some cases lead to encephalitis, a brain infection. To date, there have been five reported cases in Colorado this…
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Colorado weather: Temperatures could exceed triple digits Saturday; heat advisories issued
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for portions of the Front Range and northeastern Colorado for Saturday as temperatures are expected reach or exceed 100 degrees. The advisory was issued for the…
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Denver officials, police stress dangers of fentanyl abuse
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Nearly one week after five people died of an apparent fentanyl overdoes in Adams County, the City of Denver stressed the dangers of fentanyl abuse. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is up to 50 times more powerful than heroin and 100 times strong than morphine. Between May 2020 and April 2021, the number of…
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Vaccinated member of Denver City Council tests positive for COVID-19
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A member of Denver City Council tested positive for COVID-19 Tuesday morning, just hours after participating in an in-person meeting, according to Stacie Gilmore, president of the council. Gilmore did not identify the council member, nor have any knowledge of where they may have contracted…
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Several Denver-area public health agencies recommend wearing masks
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Several local public health agencies across the Denver metro area recommending residents and visitors to wear masks indoors regardless of vaccination status. These recommendations align with the new COVID-19 guidance issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention earlier this week as cases…
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Student-led study shows high mask compliance at CU Boulder
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A student-led U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sponsored study found that nearly everyone inside a building on the campus of the University of Colorado Boulder complied with the mask mandate during the spring…
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Colorado resumes use of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment gave providers the OK to resume administering the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. “We are happy to have this highly effective, one-dose vaccine back as an option for Coloradans,” said Dr. Eric France with CDPHE in a…
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‘Light at the end of the tunnel’: Hundreds eagerly gather at Aurora pop-up vaccination clinic Saturday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For many across the metro area, Saturday was a glimpse of what’s to come as hundreds gathered at St. Mary’s Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Aurora to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Manuel Romero, who came to…