XBB.1.5 — nicknamed the “Kraken” — has yet to hit Colorado in full force. When it does, it could drive a new wave of infections.
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Colorado had only 2 pediatric ICU beds left Monday as RSV, other respiratory illnesses push hospitals to the brink
So far this season, there have been 895 hospitalizations for RSV. Of those, 836 have been children.
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The sudden suspension of a Colorado prison-work program has thrown employers into disarray
The Take Two program was paused following an inmate escape earlier this year. Employers, already battling a tight labor market, say they were given no time to plan for the loss of labor.
Posted inOpinion Columns
Opinion: Long COVID is undermining support services for older folks
Organizations that deliver help need continued financial backing to offset the growing costs to increasingly stretched volunteers
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Littwin: The new COVID booster is out. They tell us it works on the new variants. Is anyone listening?
I understand COVID fatigue. But, by my reckoning, vaccine fatigue makes absolutely no sense.
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Nicolais: As testing scores tumble, our commitment to Colorado teachers must redouble
Recent studies show that the COVID pandemic led to big drops in testing scores. We must provide more resources to educators
Posted inCOVID
Omicron COVID vaccine booster shots are here. Will Coloradans get them?
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
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Colorado’s next COVID hurdle: Beating the usual fall surge
Little has been consistent during the coronavirus pandemic in Colorado, but this has: Fall is COVID season. In both 2020 and 2021, as kids returned to classes and pumpkin-spiced lattes emerged from their caffeinated hidey-holes, COVID cases began to rise in the state. By this time last year, reports of new coronavirus infections had already […]
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Zornio: COVID vaccine misinformation is rampant. But when in doubt, parents can still turn to their pediatricians.
More than 18 million children under age 5 in America are now eligible to get vaccinated against COVID-19 according to the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There’s just one problem: Amid rampant misinformation and perceived delay, more than half of parents surveyed with kids under age 5 report not […]
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3 Air Force Academy cadets who refused vaccine won’t be commissioned
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Three cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy who have refused the COVID-19 vaccine will not be commissioned as military officers but will graduate with bachelor’s degrees, the academy said Saturday. Academy spokesman Dean Miller said that a fourth cadet who had refused the vaccine until about […]