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
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Positive for COVID-19? How Monoclonal Antibodies Help People Stay Out of the Hospital.
While vaccination provides excellent protection from COVID-19, if you end up with the coronavirus, monoclonal antibodies can shorten the duration of the disease while cutting the chance of ending up in the hospital by a solid 70%.
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“I Was Really Against It,’’ the 56-Year-Old Said of the Vaccine. “It Was a Trust Issue.’’
Juan Herrera Juan Herrera was against getting a COVID-19 vaccine.
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Militia-Linked Group Calls Members to Douglas County School Board Meeting Over Mask Mandates
On Tuesday afternoon, a leading far-right advocacy group with a militia arm in Colorado issued an “urgent” call to action to its members to flood a school board meeting in Douglas County to oppose mask mandates.
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Everything You Need To Know About COVID Booster Shots
Millions more people across the U.S. now may get COVID-19 booster vaccine doses after leaders of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) authorized mix-and-match vaccines and provided long-awaited guidance to people who received Moderna and Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccines.
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Poll: 60% of CO Latinos Had Pay Cut or Had Household Member Lose Job During Pandemic
Findings from a poll released today show that Colorado Latinos, who faced a myriad of challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, are looking to state and federal lawmakers to address issues in jobs, housing, and internet access for their communities.
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Covid Immunity Through Infection or Vaccination: Are They Equal?
By Arthur Allen, Kaiser Health News
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CO Catholic Bishops Oppose Vaccine Mandates Partly Because of Abortion
Colorado’s Catholic bishops are vocally opposing vaccine mandates, saying vaccination is not “morally obligatory” despite the high covid-19 death toll and citing their anti-abortion stance and their skepticism of government mandates related to “personal conscience.”