colorado department of public health & environment
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Colorado uses new technology to monitor air pollution
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Colorado‘s health department is using new technology to monitor air pollution throughout the state, already resulting in enforcement action against polluters. The Department of Public Health and Environment announced the new technology on Wednesday, described as a trailer that continuously measures emissions by parking at trouble areas for weeks at a time. The new tool…
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Whistleblowers say they falsified patient records at West Slope mental health center
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A troubled Western Slope mental health care center falsified assessments of its patients’ conditions for at least nine years in an effort to make its treatment programs seem more effective and secure funding from the state, whistleblowers say. The state overlooked what former workers describe as a long practice by the Grand Junction-based Mind Springs…
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House panel kills trio of GOP-sponsored anti-abortion bills
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Three anti-abortion bills, sponsored by conservatives in the House Republican caucus, all met the same fate in hearings that started Wednesday afternoon and stretched into the early morning hours of Thursday. All three failed on party-line votes. Two of the bills are perennial attempts by the more conservative wing of the GOP caucus to either…
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State requires full vaccination for large indoor events in Denver metro area
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Individuals need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to attend large indoor, unseated events in the Denver metro area starting Friday, according to a public health order published Sunday. The vaccine requirement will apply to all public, unseated indoor events of 500 attendees or more in Denver, Arapahoe, Adams, Boulder, Broomfield and Jefferson counties.…
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Free COVID-19 community testing site to open in Westminster
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The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is opening another free COVID-19 community testing site Tuesday in Westminster. The testing site, at 10685 Westminster Blvd., will be open daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. It will be operated in partnership with CDPHE, the city of Westminster and Mako Medical. Walk-ins are available at…
