Author: SETH KLAMANN The Gazette
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Providers begin vaccinating young Coloradans days after federal green light
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Providers began vaccinating some of the youngest Coloradans on Tuesday, just days after federal regulators approved the use of the doses for children ages 6 months to 4 years. The first shipments of doses for the young children arrived in Colorado on Monday, a spokesman for the state Department of Public Health and Environment said.…
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Douglas County School District sued again, this time over public records rejection
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A Douglas County resident opened a new front in his transparency crusade against the county’s school district Tuesday, filing a lawsuit seeking to shake loose documents he argues are public record. The latest suit revolves around four binders, a Facebook photo and a retreat. The Douglas County school board’s four new members were pictured holding…
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Colorado to allow health care worker vaccinate mandate to expire next month
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The requirement that Colorado health care workers be vaccinated against COVID-19 will be allowed to expire next month, state health officials said Wednesday, ending a successful and at times contentious mandate that contributed to high vaccination levels among providers and staff. The decision, conveyed to the Colorado Board of Health on Wednesday, ends the rule…
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‘Colorado’s Dr. Fauci’ to step down as dean of Colorado School of Public Health
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Jonathan Samet, the dean of the Colorado School of Public Health and a key voice in the state’s understanding and handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, will soon step down from the post he’s held for five years, the university announced last week. Dubbed “Colorado’s Dr. Fauci” in the first months of the pandemic, Samet has…
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If Colorado follows East Coast trends, latest COVID wave may peak in coming weeks
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Colorado’s COVID-19 situation has continued to worsen through early June, with positivity rates reaching some of the highest levels of the pandemic and a new subvariant of the virus achieving dominance here. But fewer residents are ending up hospitalized with the disease, and decreasing cases elsewhere in the United States may signal that a downturn…
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Arapahoe County appoints first board of health ahead of coming split from Tri-County
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Arapahoe County has appointed the first members of its Foundational Board of Health ahead of its scheduled split from Tri-County Health Department at the end of this year. The board includes two county commissioners, a veteran public health official, a pathologist and hospital system executive, and a longtime social services worker. Their appointment to the…
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Douglas County health board settles mask lawsuit with school district as other suits drag on
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Douglas County’s board of health and school district have settled a lawsuit filed eight months ago after the board passed a resolution hollowing out the district’s masking policy, seemingly without addressing masking itself. Under the settlement, announced by the county Tuesday morning, the county will pay $90,000 to the school district “for the hiring of…
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Colorado’s flu season peaked in May, months later than normal
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Colorado’s flu season peaked in mid-May this year, an “unheard of” shift in how the disease typically operates, health officials said this week. The shift marked the latest disruption the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the spread of standard illnesses over the past two years. Typically, flu season begins in October or November, as cold…
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COVID infections, hospitalizations in Colorado are up — but below previous peaks
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The number of Coloradans hospitalized with COVID-19 jumped 38% over the past week, state data shows, and metrics tracking the extent of the virus’ spread here are at or near their highest levels in months. But the state’s epidemiologist said all of those measures – “especially hospitalizations” – are low compared to the state’s previous…
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Fentanyl seizures in 2022 already higher than in 2021, Colorado State Patrol says
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The Colorado State Patrol has already seized more fentanyl pills in 2022 than it did in all of 2021, state officials said Wednesday, and fatal overdoses linked to the drug are expected to increase again this year. Five months into 2022, more than 2.08 million pills containing fentanyl have been seized by the patrol this…
