Colorado’s COVID-19 hospitalizations ticked up again this week, but other measures don’t point to a building wave. As of Tuesday afternoon, 185 people were hospitalized with COVID-19, which was a slight increase from 171 a week earlier. Since July, between 66%…
Read MoreColorado, feds scale back COVID response, but who will fill the gaps?
Starting next year, the federal government and the state of Colorado plan to play much smaller roles in managing COVID-19, raising questions about who’s going to keep people from falling through the health care system’s cracks. For more than two…
Read MoreWeld County resident dies of West Nile virus
An 80-year-old Weld County resident has died from the West Nile virus, the first reported death from the virus in the county this year. The man, who had been hospitalized, “died from neuroinvasive West Nile Virus,” the Weld County Health…
Read MoreA Rural Doctor Gave Her All. Then Her Heart Broke.
Physicians suffer one of the highest burnout rates among professionals. Dr. Kimberly Becher, one of two family practitioners in Clay County, West Virginia, learned the hard way. Dr. Kimberly Becher left a meeting at the Braxton County Health Department in…
Read MoreColorado doctors watching for acute flaccid myelitis in kids
Colorado and the rest of the country skipped a projected increase in a polio-like illness affecting mostly kids in 2020, but doctors are concerned it may make up for lost time this year. Acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM, a rare…
Read MoreColorado COVID hospitalizations fall, but wastewater raises concerns
Colorado’s COVID-19 hospitalizations dropped this week after a three-week plateau, though rising amounts of the virus detected in wastewater around Denver complicate an otherwise optimistic picture. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment reported 159 people were hospitalized for…
Read MoreColorado’s COVID hospitalizations stay plateaued, while other signs are mixed
Colorado’s COVID-19 hospitalizations remained on a plateau this week, and other signs paint a mixed picture of the virus’s activity in the state. As of Tuesday afternoon, 187 people were receiving hospital care for the virus statewide. That’s not a…
Read MoreColorado flu season expected to start earlier, be relatively severe
If Colorado follows the pattern set in the Southern Hemisphere this spring, the flu season is likely to start early and be relatively severe. Flu projections for the United States are based on what happens in Australia, where the seasons…
Read MoreColorado expands eligibility pool for monkeypox vaccine
Colorado is expanding the pool of people eligible to receive the monkeypox vaccine and beginning second doses for those who already have received their first shot. Due to short supplies, the vaccine previously had only been available to men who knew…
Read MoreAdams County resident, 60, dies from West Nile virus
An Adams County resident has died from the West Nile virus, the first reported death from the virus in the county this year, health officials said. The Tri-County Health Department announced the death on Thursday and urged people to take…
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