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Hot dog anyone? Denver vendors may be unlicensed and lacking sanitary standards
Approved, Downtown Denver, Westword

Hot dog anyone? Denver vendors may be unlicensed and lacking sanitary standards

By Catie Cheshire | Westword 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. Because who’s saying no to a bacon-wrapped glizzy at 2 a.m.? But city officials, pointing to a surge of unlicensed hot dog vendors in Denver, warn against partaking in street dogs. Without proper health inspections, they say, you could be signing up for more than just a hangover. “Unfortunately, with the dangerous lack of sanitary standards being practiced by some of the unlicensed hot dog carts, people may find themselves sick the next day and assume it is because of the alcohol they consumed the previous night — instead of the hot dog and bacon sitting u...
Study: Pasteurization cures milk from bird flu, but steer away from ‘raw milk’
Approved, National, thefencepost.com

Study: Pasteurization cures milk from bird flu, but steer away from ‘raw milk’

By The Fence Post (via Hagstrom Report) 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. The officials said that preliminary results from 297 total retail dairy samples of fluid milk, cottage cheese and sour cream have shown those products to be safe. Infant formula is also being tested, a Food and Drug administration official said. Raw milk headed for pasteurization is being tested, and the government continues to urge people not to consume raw milk. READ FULL STORY AT THE FENCE POST
Syphilis cases in Colorado are exploding. The state just issued a public health order to try to stop that.
Approved, State, The Colorado Sun

Syphilis cases in Colorado are exploding. The state just issued a public health order to try to stop that.

By John Ingold | The Colorado Sun Syphilis is among the most brutal diseases known to humans, but it is also among the sneakiest. Dr. Michelle Barron, an infectious disease expert with UCHealth, calls it “the great masquerader.” Early symptoms in adults are often painless, temporary and easy to miss. After that, the disease can lie silent in the body for years until it makes itself known. And Colorado, like other states across the country, is now dealing with the devastating impacts that can occur when syphilis goes undetected and untreated. Since 2018, syphilis cases in the state have more than tripled, to 3,266 last year from 1,084 in 2018. Those 2018 numbers were already a significant jump from previous years. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE COLORADO SUN

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