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Colorado’s lost lessons from Spanish flu revisited as COVID-19 pandemic turns 3 years old
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As Colorado marks another COVID-19 anniversary, the takeaway for historians and epidemiologists is as simple as it is jarring: Americans haven’t learned the lessons from history. Three years ago Sunday, Colorado reported its first COVID-19 case – a 30-something male skier who had traveled to Italy. Eight days later, on March 13, an El Paso…
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Red Rock Pharmacy suspended from COVID-19 vaccination program for compliance violations
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The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment announced Tuesday that it suspended Red Rock Pharmacy from the state’s COVID-19 Vaccination Program because of compliance issues. A routine vaccine compliance inspection led the state to discover the pharmacy was not meeting necessary standards required by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food…
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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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Polis signs executive order to protect tenants from pandemic-related evictions
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Gov. Jared Polis signed an executive order Wednesday protecting tenants from eviction who have been impacted by COVID-19, reaffirming the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s national eviction moratorium. Executive Order D 227 states that no landlords can file or initiate evictions if the tenant demonstrates financial hardship because of COVID-19. This protects tenants from…
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As sex-transmitted disease rates soar in Colo. and elsewhere, states beg for help
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(iStock/Getty Images) State and local officials are begging Congress and federal agencies to spend more money to halt an alarming rise in sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), which have climbed steadily in recent years in Colorado and elsewhere. “We are basically all expressing the same concern and expressing the need for urgent action,” said Dr. Nate…
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Democrat Jason Crow calls on Mike Coffman to return NRA money, ‘take action’ on gun measures
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Democratic challenger Jason Crow on Thursday called on U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman to return campaign donations the Aurora Republican has received from the National Rifle Association and urged the incumbent to “act now to pass commonsense gun safety reform” the day after a mass shooting at a Florida high school left 17 dead and 14…
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DIA’s smoking policy lands it on CDC health list
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You’d be hard-pressed to find a public place that welcomes smokers nowadays in Denver. The city has even recently moved to ban smoking and vaping along the 16th Street Mall. However, like a relic from another era, Denver International Airport still has a dedicated indoor space, the Smokin’ Bear Lodge Smoking Lounge on concourse C,…
