4 Large COVID-19 Vaccination Sites Opening This Week In Colorado

CBS Denver (Health) 9/19 2:40P Health – CBS Denver

(CBS4) Starting Monday, four large community vaccination sites are opening up soon across Colorado s Front Range. Officials with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment say the goal is to help as employer vaccine mandate...

Jefferson County Public Health Sues 3 Schools That Are Violating Mask Requirement

CBS Denver (Health) 9/19 5:02A Health – CBS Denver

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) Jefferson County Public Health has filed a lawsuit against three schools after it has been determined they have violated a COVID-19 public health order and will not follow mask mandates. The county currently...

2 Colorado College Students Launch ‘Price Medic’ With Goal Of Helping Patients Find Affordable...

CBS Denver (Health) 9/19 4:15A Health – CBS Denver

(CBS4) A pair of college students from Monument are on a mission to make finding affordable health care as easy as possible. Just a month ago, the two launched the site  Price Medic , a database of prices for procedures at hundreds of hospitals....

Registered Nurse Kurt Vasquez Sentenced To Prison For Theft Of Drugs From Hospital

CBS Denver (Health) 9/18 12:54P Health – CBS Denver

DENVER (CBS4) – A 41-year-old registered nurse was sentenced to three months in prison Thursday following an investigation by federal authorities into his theft and personal use of drugs intended for...

Colorado Organizations Team Up To Combat Mental Health Crises In Emergency Room Patients Before They...

CBS Denver (Health) 9/18 11:53A Health – CBS Denver

DENVER (CBS4) – Two Colorado organizations are partnering together to combat mental health crises in emergency room patients, by intervening before they happen. File photo of an emergency entrance at...

A-Basin Requires All Employees To Get COVID Vaccine By Nov. 2

CBS Denver (Health) 9/18 7:37A Health – CBS Denver

ARAPAHOE BASIN, Colo. (CBS4) Arapahoe Basin will require all employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19 this ski season. The mandate was announced on A-Basin Chief Operating Officer Alan Henceroth s...

COVID Burnout Rises Among Colorado’s Public Health Leaders

CBS Denver (Health) 9/18 6:37A Health – CBS Denver

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) More than 40% of local public health leaders in Colorado have left their positions, mostly due to COVID fatigue. The Colorado Springs Gazette reports many of them oversaw...

COVID In Colorado: Doctors React To FDA Decision On Vaccine Booster Shots For Only Targeted Group

CBS Denver (Health) 9/17 6:25P Health – CBS Denver

DENVER (CBS4) Plans to roll out a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster shot to the general public will be scaled back. This comes after the Food and Drug Administration approved the boosters only for a...

Doctors at Swedish Medical Center Support More Research On Booster Shots In U.S.

CBS Denver (Health) 9/17 6:58A Health – CBS Denver

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) Doctors at Swedish Medical Center waiting on a decision by the Food and Drug Administration about a booster shot for COVID-19 vaccines say more time should be spent studying the idea. An FDA panel will discuss on Friday...

COVID In Colorado: ICU Beds Full In Larimer County And Weld County

CBS Denver (Health) 9/17 5:10A Health – CBS Denver

(CBS4) Both Larimer and Weld counties are now out of ICU beds as the number of hospitalizations rises in the current wave of the pandemic, driven by the delta variant. For three weeks in a row,...

Colorado extends $11.3 million in tax incentives to four companies

The Denver Post (Healthcare) 9/17 2:00A Aldo Svaldi

The Colorado Economic Development Commission on Thursday morning approved $11.3 million worth of job growth incentive tax credits to four companies that are considering the creation of 610 jobs over the next eight years in the state. The largest...

Colorado State University Prepares More Isolation Rooms On Campus As COVID Delta Variant Cases Rise

CBS Denver (Health) 9/16 1:00P Health – CBS Denver

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) As the Delta variant of COVID-19 surges in Northern Colorado, filling nearly all ICU beds between Larimer and Weld counties, Colorado State University is moving forward with...

Some Conventions In Denver Cancel Plans Because Of Delta Variant

CBS Denver (Health) 9/16 3:53A Health – CBS Denver

DENVER (CBS4) Visit Denver confirmed Wednesday that some conventions and meetings for the rest of the year have been canceled because of concerns related to the delta variant. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism will continue in 2022,...

Denver Police Officers And Deputies Lagging on Vaccinations: ‘There Is A Lot Of Pushback’

CBS Denver (Health) 9/16 3:07A Health – CBS Denver

DENVER (CBS4) With the City of Denver deadline for getting a COVID-19 vaccination closing in, newly obtained figures show the percentage of Denver Sheriff Department deputies and Denver police...

Annual SnowShape conditioning series at Red Rocks begins Saturday

The Dever Post (Fitness) 9/16 2:00A John Meyer

Another sign that ski and snowboard season is beckoning will arrive on Saturday when the annual SnowShape series of winter conditioning classes begins at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Sessions will take place at the iconic concert venue from 8 to 9...