disease
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Federal judge orders prison contractor to get medical care for suicidal detainee
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A federal judge last week ordered a contractor for the Colorado Department of Corrections to obtain medical care for a detainee’s diseased colon, after it spent months allegedly doing nothing in the face of the man’s extreme pain and suicide attempt. Arthur Burnham, who is incarcerated at Centennial Correctional Facility near Cañon City, filed suit in July…
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Mysterious illness killing wild horses in Colorado revealed by Bureau of Land Management
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Lab tests confirmed that a previously “unknown, highly contagious” disease, which has killed more than 100 wild horses in a state-run facility in Cañon City, is equine influenza virus, the Bureau of Land Management announced Friday. The disease, not uncommon to wild and domestic horses, caused a respiratory disease outbreak mostly among the Wild Horse and…
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Pediatricians: Colorado Immunization Information System is good for children, public health
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We were disappointed to read the opinion column about the Colorado Immunization Information System (CIIS) by Pam Long. Her column misrepresented CIIS, which provides an enormous benefit to Colorado’s families. Vaccines save many thousands of lives in the U.S. every year, and CIIS is a vital tool to maintain high immunization coverage and protect Colorado’s…
