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.
