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Colorado had only 2 pediatric ICU beds left Monday as RSV, other respiratory illnesses push hospitals to the brink

by John Ingold 3:17 AM MST on Nov 22, 20229:27 AM MST on Nov 22, 2022

So far this season, there have been 895 hospitalizations for RSV. Of those, 836 have been children.

Posted inNews

Colorado paramedics enduring expensive delays in ambulance deliveries

by Jason Blevins 3:50 AM MST on Nov 16, 20229:36 AM MST on Nov 15, 2022

Emergency service providers are waiting years for delivery of ambulances that previously took only months as manufacturers grappled with supply chain challenges

Posted inHealth

Colorado health officials warn of “early and intense” respiratory virus season in children

by Jennifer Brown 12:27 PM MST on Nov 9, 202212:37 PM MST on Nov 9, 2022

Colorado is seeing a spike in cases of RSV in infants and toddlers at the same time influenza and COVID-19 cases are rising

Posted inNews

Colorado opts out of federal program that tracks teen behavior as youth mental health worsens

by Kaiser Health News 6:12 AM MDT on Oct 31, 202212:34 PM MDT on Oct 31, 2022

Local public health officials say they can get a better idea of what’s going on with youth using the Healthy Kids Colorado survey, which reaches about 100,000 teens compared with 80,000 nationwide in the CDC’s survey of Youth Risk Behavior.

Posted inEnvironment

Citizen scientists want clarity on hidden emissions from Pueblo’s coal-fired power plant

by Jennifer Oldham 3:21 AM MDT on Oct 11, 20226:45 AM MDT on Oct 11, 2022

People in Pueblo are at the forefront of an emerging partnership between activists, conservationists and a newly created state unit to quantify environmental justice hotspots in Colorado communities and the toxic pollutants that bedevil them.

Posted inHealth

Experts say vaccines, behavior changes worked as Colorado’s monkeypox cases decline

by John Ingold 3:50 AM MDT on Oct 3, 20229:01 PM MDT on Oct 2, 2022

After more than two years of the COVID pandemic, it’s a bit of good news for the public health system

Posted inEnvironment

At Colorado’s largest reservoir, one national park scientist shifts her focus to toxic algae

by Stephanie Maltarich 3:35 AM MDT on Sep 23, 20222:22 PM MDT on Oct 6, 2022

Blue-green algae is native to Colorado’s largest reservoir. Two research projects seek reasons for its toxic bloom at Blue Mesa and how to stop it.

Posted inEnvironment

Colorado adds new water quality protections for South Platte, Clear Creek in sharp reversal

by Michael Booth 4:08 AM MDT on Sep 14, 20228:07 PM MDT on Sep 13, 2022

Environmental advocates cheer overturn of controversial 2020 decision that wrote off the urban waters as too polluted for saving

Posted inCOVID

Omicron COVID vaccine booster shots are here. Will Coloradans get them?

by John Ingold 4:03 AM MDT on Sep 9, 202210:15 PM MDT on Sep 8, 2022

The new bivalent vaccines, specifically formulated to fight the omicron BA.4 and BA.5 variants, come as possible booster fatigue begins to set in

Posted inEnvironment

Do Colorado “factory farms” need tighter regulation? 

by Michael Booth 4:08 AM MDT on Sep 6, 20228:50 AM MDT on Sep 11, 2022

Environmental groups team with DU law school demanding a new permitting system they say will better protect clean water

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