CDPHE unveils 5-year Alzheimer’s mitigation plan
Boram Kim | Nov 21, 2022 | Colorado
Colorado hospital group critical of COVID-19 modeling projections
Monte Whaley | Apr 7, 2020 | Colorado
Colorado spreads testing kits to regional health centers
Monte Whaley | Mar 30, 2020 | Colorado
Colorado governor opens COVID-19 relief fund
Monte Whaley | Mar 18, 2020 | Colorado
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis today said a COVID-19 relief fund is helping those effected by the virus, including people who lost jobs because of business closures and small businesses that have been forced to close. The Colorado COVID-19 relief fund has already raised $2.8 million, Polis said Wednesday.
Colorado closes bars, restaurants to slow spread of COVID-19
Monte Whaley | Mar 17, 2020 | Colorado
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment issued a public health order Monday to close all bars, restaurants, gyms, theaters, and casinos in the state to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The order went into effect today, March 17, at 8 a.m. for 30 days. Jill Hunsaker
Colorado opens community testing center for COVID-19
Monte Whaley | Mar 11, 2020 | Colorado
Upticks in reported COVID-19 cases have prompted the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to open the state’s first community testing center for the deadly virus. The drive-up testing center opened Wednesday morning, March 11, at 8100 E. Lowry Blvd., in Denver. The center will be open 10 a.m.
Colorado clarifies where to get tested for COVID-19
Monte Whaley | Mar 10, 2020 | Colorado
Colorado health officials are clarifying where people can be tested for COVID-19, the state lab’s priority for testing and its testing capabilities. The Colorado Department of Public and Health and Environment said people should not try to get tested for COVID-19 at the department’s administrative offices Glendale, a suburb located
Colorado deals with two COVID-19 cases
Monte Whaley | Mar 6, 2020 | Colorado
Colorado health officials are dealing with two presumptive cases of COVID-19, with both patients now in isolation. Both had recently traveled outside of Colorado including to Italy where the virus is wide-spread. Both are also presumptive positive because testing was conducted at the state level. The cases will be sent
Flu virus dwarfs the impact of coronavirus in Colorado, elsewhere
Monte Whaley | Feb 11, 2020 | Colorado
The typical flu in Colorado is still responsible for more hospitalizations and pediatric deaths than the headline-grabbing novel coronavirus, say health officials. The coronavirus has sickened more than 43,000 people since it first emerged last month and killed at least 1,018, according to world health officials. The Centers for Disease