Like weather forecasters, medical experts are keeping a close eye now on the newest COVID-19 subvariants to determine whether they’ll remain small tropical storms far out at sea or evolve into powerful hurricanes.
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BRIEF: How To Get a COVID Vaccine at Mobile Clinics Across CO
In an ongoing effort to help Coloradans access COVID-19 vaccines, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) is continuing to operate mobile vaccination clinics at locations throughout the state.
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Should You Get an Additional COVID-19 Booster Shot? How To Decide.
Now that additional COVID-19 vaccine booster doses are available for people ages 50 and older, you might be wondering if you should get one.
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GOP Bill Promotes the Use of Ivermectin, a Veterinary Medicine, and Other Unproven COVID Treatments in CO
Luck Amid reports of some of the lowest COVID-19 case counts in Colorado since the pandemic began – a strong sign that existing COVID protocols such as vaccines are working – state Rep. Stephanie Luck (R-Penrose) is attempting to resurrect a failed bill that seeks to legitimize dangerous and unproven treatments for the illness.
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CO House Democrats Nix Unscientific ‘Natural Immunity’ Bill
In yet another blow to Republicans who have waged war against COVID-19-related safety measures, Colorado House Democrats have voted down a bill that would have exempted employees with “naturally acquired immunity” from their employers’ COVID-19 vaccine and testing mandates.
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COVID Vaccines ‘Dramatically’ Reduce Need for Hospital Admission in CO
Omicron cases in Colorado are surging with staggering infection rates and eye-popping positivity results — well over 25% for those seeking COVID-19 tests.
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As Hospitals Fill Up, Paramedics Spend Less Time on Emergencies
By Helen Santoro, Kaiser Health News GUNNISON, Colo. — The night after Thanksgiving, a small ambulance service that covers a huge swath of southwestern Colorado got a call that a patient needed an emergency transfer from the hospital in Gunnison to a larger one with an intensive care unit 65 miles away in Montrose.
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CO Virologist Thinks Vaccine Will Be ‘Very Effective’ Against Omicron COVID Variant
There are still more questions than answers about the newest variant of COVID-19, omicron. UCHealth experts explain what omicron is and what you can do to stay safe. Photo by Joel Blocker, for UCHealth. Omicron, the new COVID-19 variant, is here.
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‘I Didn’t Think COVID Could Take Limbs’
Paige Davis took a job 15 years ago as an environmental services professional at Memorial Hospital. She’s cleaned offices and patient rooms, talking to people who are in beds, and always trying to lift their spirits.
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A Covid Head-Scratcher: Why Lice Lurk Despite Physical Distancing
By Rose Ellen Bichell, Kaiser Health News