el paso county public health
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Top health concerns in El Paso County: drug overdoses, suicides, access to health care, stable housing
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In taking the temperature of El Paso County to determine the overall health of more than 744,200 residents, four areas of concern stand out in the 2023 Community Health Assessment, released Monday by the county public health department. Eliminating barriers to accessing physical and mental health care, preventing drug overdoses, increasing housing stability and decreasing…
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Colorado Springs COVID-19 drive-through vaccination site to close
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A Colorado Springs-based drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination site is closing its doors, according to a Monday news release from El Paso County Public Health. Located at the Citadel Mall, the vaccine site’s last day of operations will be Tuesday, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., according to county health spokeswoman Michelle Beyrle. Flu, RSV and COVID-19…
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Low participation on 2021 Healthy Kids Colorado Survey fails to yield data for El Paso County
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For the second time, not enough El Paso County secondary students took a voluntary, confidential survey that asks about eating habits, substance use, sexual activity, suicidal inclinations, bullying and other personal health questions, to gather a large enough sample to produce a statistical data set. While that leaves El Paso County Public Health somewhat “blindsided,”…
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COVID-19 contact tracing in El Paso County, Denver plows on as other communities pull back
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While some states and counties ended their coronavirus contact tracing efforts during January in the face of an overwhelming wave of omicron cases, El Paso County and Denver public health workers have plowed on – prioritizing groups and individuals most at risk of severe illness. The highly transmissible omicron variant has infected on average 1,456 residents…
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Interim public health medical director to split time between El Paso, Pueblo counties
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Amid an exodus of county-level public health leadership around Colorado, El Paso County Public Health’s new interim medical director is splitting his time between local needs and the Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment. Dr. Chris Urbina, a former director for the Denver public health department and the state health department, took over as…
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Colorado COVID-19 cases surge over Christmas while vaccinations dip
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The number of new COVID-19 cases in Colorado spiked in the days around Christmas, the latest state health department data show, with the biggest single-day new infections reported since the beginning of the global coronavirus pandemic. Over the holiday weekend, the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment reported more than 10,000 new cases, signaling…
