Colorado changed overnight.
In the first two weeks of April 2020, headlines shifted from public health to public control. Behind the fear and mandates were decisions—made daily—that reshaped lives and redefined freedom.
This is the record.
The COvid Chronicles: Fifteen days that changed Colorado forever Read More »
“Trust me, I’m a doctor” is a humorous expression that suggests one’s opinion should be accepted without question, regardless of whether the person offering the opinion has actual medical expertise or experience.
The assumption is that physicians are knowledgeable, competent, and trustworthy. At one time, few would have questioned that assumption.
Joondeph: “Trust me, I’m a doctor” doesn’t mean what it used to Read More »
Members of the University of Colorado’s Board of Regents have requested an internal investigation into one of its fellow members over possible conflicts of interests in efforts to cut funding for a CU program.
The investigation, requested by regents Ken Montera and Callie Rennison, comes after fellow regent Wanda James’ objections to a campaign created by the state legislature and funded through the Colorado School of Public Health and CU Anschutz Medical Campus to educate the public on the health risks of highly concentrated marijuana.
CU regents request internal investigation for conflict of interest Read More »
Colorado is not seeing an unusual uptick in cases of tuberculosis, despite an ongoing outbreak next door in Kansas, the state Health Department says.
Colorado tuberculosis cases hold steady, as a major outbreak rocks Kansas Read More »
Jenkins Middle School families with children in the seventh grade received a notice from El Paso County Public Health this week confirming a whooping cough, or pertussis, outbreak.
Whooping cough outbreak at Colorado Springs middle school confirmed by health department Read More »
Two more community mental health centers are eliminating jobs and cutting programs as Colorado’s safety-net health system staggers from a massive drop in Medicaid rolls.
Jobs, programs are cut at two Colorado mental health centers amid Medicaid “unwind” Read More »
A human case of tularemia, a bacterial disease that mostly spreads between rodents and insects, has been found in Jefferson County, public health officials said earlier this week.
Human case of ‘rabbit fever’ found in Wheat Ridge, Jeff Co health officials report Read More »
When hordes of patrons file out of Denver sports arenas and music venues, they’ll inevitably encounter someone hawking hot dogs, ready to fill bellies directed by inebriated brains.
Hot dog anyone? Denver vendors may be unlicensed and lacking sanitary standards Read More »
Officials from several government agencies said today that tests for the presence of remnants of high path avian influenza (HPAI) in milk and dairy products show that pasteurization inactivates the virus, making the dairy products safe, but testing continues.
Study: Pasteurization cures milk from bird flu, but steer away from ‘raw milk’ Read More »
Syphilis is among the most brutal diseases known to humans, but it is also among the sneakiest.
