Author: SETH KLAMANN The Gazette
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Planned Parenthood in ‘race’ to scale up Colorado abortion access to meet out-of-state demand
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Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains is in a race to scale up its capacity for abortion services to more out-of-state patients as Colorado and the rest of the country brace for a potential U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing states to decide the parameters of abortion access. On Monday night, Politico reported that the Supreme…
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Douglas County school board asks judge to reconsider order blocking certain communications
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The Douglas County school board has asked a judge to reconsider his order preventing board members from communicating in certain one-on-one capacities, arguing that the order was “wrong on the law.” The request, filed earlier this week, is the board’s first official response to the order since it was issued nearly two months ago. The…
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As families recount stories of heartbreak, legislators mull contours of response to fentanyl crisis
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There were few constants through Keith’s short life. His family – his parents Trisha and Jason Davidson, and sister Shaelynn – was one. His curiosity – constantly tinkering with electronics, fascination with space, admiration for Elon Musk – was another. But so, too, was the failure of institutions that were in a position to help him as…
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Supporters of public health approach to fentanyl crisis rally outside Capitol
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Dozens of supporters gathered outside the Colorado Capitol on Tuesday to advocate for a treatment-centered approach to the state’s fentanyl crisis, while criticizing any effort to tighten criminal penalties that would lead to further incarceration of drug users. Speakers, including Reps. Leslie Herod and Julie Gonzales, castigated what they described as the dominant narrative around…
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‘We’re catching our breath’: Denver hospital looks back on two years after COVID census hits zero
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When the novel coronavirus first began sending patients to Rose Medical Center two years ago, providers there “had no concept” of when the pandemic would end. New information was discovered and reported on a near-daily basis. The situation was day to day, sometimes hour to hour. A new normal was setting in, at Rose and…
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Colorado House approves bill that tightens penalties for low-level possession, distribution of fentanyl
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The Colorado House of Representatives gave preliminary approval to a bill Friday evening to address the state’s growing fentanyl crisis following another hours-long debate that focused on whether possessing the substance in any amount or form should be a felony. For now, the balance of Colorado’s House members said no. After five hours of debate,…
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Colorado COVID hospitalizations increase for first time in weeks as subvariants gain ground
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COVID-19 hospitalizations in Colorado have increased for the first time after weeks of welcome declines, with the reversal fueled by the increased presence of sub-strains of the omicron variant. Hospitalizations, as well as case and positivity rates, have all ticked upward in the latter half of April, state officials said Friday. The average number of…
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Like Colorado, other states scramble to confront fentanyl’s deadly wake in America
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Colorado is one of many states looking for answers to the deadly fentanyl crisis as overdoses hit an all-time high and experts point to national data showing the synthetic opioid has claimed a bigger and bigger share of those cases. The responses around the country offer a glimpse of the complexity of the fentanyl response…
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Cheap, easy to produce and deadly: fentanyl and its dangerous mix
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Fentanyl has fueled a spiraling overdose crisis in Colorado and across the United States. The drug’s increasingly ubiquitous presence, both in the illicit market overall and in other substances, has permanently changed the drug supply, officials say. Between March 2020 and March 2021, more than 100,000 Americans fatally overdosed, the first time the country had…
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Omicron subvariant accounts for most new Colorado infections
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A subvariant of the coronavirus’s omicron strain now accounts for a majority of the new COVID-19 infections in Colorado, sending cases ticking upward slightly. But the state Department of Public Health and Environment says Coloradans as a whole still have population-level immunity, widespread in the wake of omicron’s emergence earlier this year. COVID-19 hospitalizations have…
