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Coloradans can receive free gun lockboxes at educational event
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Colorado gun owners in need of safe storage for their handguns are in luck — a collection of local organizations will be giving away free handgun lockboxes at an educational event later this month. The 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office — along with organizations and departments including the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office, Broomfield and Lafayette police departments…
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Colorado attorney general announces $350 million settlement with opioid marketing company
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Attorney General Phil Weiser announced a $350 million settlement on Thursday with Publicis, a big healthcare marketing company, over its role in the opioid epidemic. The national settlement will result in almost $6 million to the state of Colorado to help address the opioid crisis, according to a news release from Weiser’s office Thursday. Publicis…
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Colorado lawmakers begin to tackle major housing bills, including occupancy limitations
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Major measures on housing are starting to move at the state Capitol this week, which saw the first hearings on some of the roughly 260 bills introduced in this session so far. Colorado faces an acute housing shortage. One study puts the deficit in metro Denver region alone at 45,025 to 115,012 housing units. As…
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‘Families have been let down’: Colorado’s troubling assisted living deaths stir calls for action
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A Colorado lawmaker along with a national advocate for the elderly have called on Gov. Jared Polis and the state’s health department to do more to protect vulnerable assisted living residents following revelations by The Gazette of underreported deaths and a lack of substantial consequences to facilities after tragedies. State Sen. Jessie Danielson, D-Jefferson County,…
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Rocked by deadly pandemic, Colorado public health faces needed rebuild
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Colorado public health officials vaulted to prominence three years ago when residents started to sicken and die of COVID-19, kicking off a pandemic that would spark fierce, even violent political debate and offer clear lessons for the future. At the outset, the outpouring of response was vast and relatively harmonious. Crafters made thousands of masks,…
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Colorado health department warns public to remain vigilant against avian flu
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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 closes COVID-19 community testing sites by mid-January
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The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment will close its 20 remaining COVID-19 testing sites on Jan. 15. As more Coloradans have relied on at-home COVID-19 tests in the past several months, the demand for testing at the state’s community sites has dropped to between 3 to 6% of overall capacity, according to a…
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Federal infrastructure money to help alleviate PFAS, lead in Colorado water
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Hundreds of thousands of Coloradans exposed to drinking water tainted by lead from aging, corroded city pipes or so-called forever chemicals will see clean water faster thanks to a historic infusion of $500 million from the federal government. The money, largely from the new Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, is being funneled through the Colorado Department of…
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Monkeypox vaccine clinics coming to El Paso County; appointments required
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The state health department is hosting six upcoming monkeypox vaccine clinics in El Paso County to help slow the spread of the virus. The state has identified 11 monkeypox cases in El Paso County, far fewer than the Denver metro area, where 108 cases have been identified. However, the case counts are likely an underestimate…
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Colorado Healthy Kids Survey results show decreases in substance use among teens statewide, increases in depression, stress
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The tumult of the COVID-19 pandemic continued to have juxtaposing effects on the lives of 106,800 Colorado teenagers who took the 2021 Healthy Kids Colorado Survey last fall. Participants indicated that feelings of depression and stress anxiety were lingering, according to results the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment released Wednesday. But a lack…
