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Monkeypox vaccine clinics coming to El Paso County; appointments required
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
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…
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Red Rock Pharmacy suspended from COVID-19 vaccination program for compliance violations
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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Gov. Jared Polis announces roadmap to guide Colorado into post-COVID future
Gov. Jared Polis on Friday announced the state’s next chapter in dealing with COVID-19, a new plan that he calls a “roadmap” to keeping the state prepared for dealing with COVID surges while life in Colorado goes back to normal. Polis told Colorado Politics on Thursday that the roadmap will include a set of recommendations…
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Denver suspends jury trials until Feb. 11 citing COVID-19
Jury trials in Denver won’t resume until at least Feb. 11 due to the recent surge of COVID-19 cases caused by the omicron variant. Chief Judge Michael A. Martinez with the Second Judicial District, which includes Denver, made the executive order on Friday. He wrote while cases have began to slightly decrease, local health official…
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Colorado lawmakers discuss economic recovery during legislative preview event
Colorado legislators on Monday spoke about improving the availability of affordable housing, bolstering the state’s education levels and helping businesses recover from the COVID-19 pandemic during the ninth annual Business Legislative Preview by the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce. Senate Majority Leader Stephen Fenberg and Speaker of the House Alec Garnett represented Democrats, while Senate Minority…
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Colorado Department of Corrections halts in-person visitation over omicron, staffing concerns
People incarcerated in a state correctional facility won’t be able to visit their families or friends in person for at least the next two weeks effective Tuesday, according to a announcement from the Colorado Department of Corrections. Due to the “highly contagious nature” of the omicron variant, along with staff shortages arising from COVID-19 and…
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Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo re-accredited despite scoring poorly on quality measures
Colorado Watch Surveyors found Colorado’s primary psychiatric hospital in Pueblo scored poorly on quality measures in comparison to other psychiatric hospitals in the nation but re-accredited the facility for the next three years. The Joint Commission, the nation’s oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body in health care, last month notified Jill Marshall, the chief…
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Ethics commission dismisses complaint against Custer County public health director
The Colorado Independent Ethics Commission dismissed the ethics complaint against Custer County’s public health director, Clifford Brown, in an order issued Wednesday. The complaint, filed in December 2020 by Jordan Hedberg, publisher and editor of the Wet Mountain Tribune, alleged Brown committed two criminal violations: second degree forgery and use of forged academic records. Those charges…
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Free deal to help Colorado’s COVID-19 response turned into $1.6 million payday for Polis friends
Colorado paid more than $630,000 last year to a group of personal and business associates of Gov. Jared Polis that had ostensibly volunteered to help the state manage its way through the COVID-19 pandemic by tracking people’s movements, records show. Then, when that group’s work was done in late 2020, the state began paying another…