COVID-19
U.S. preparing new 60-day eviction ban due to COVID spread
The new 60-day eviction moratorium would protect areas heavily impacted by the coronavirus, where about 90% of the U.S. population lives
Denver Public Schools, Colorado’s largest district, will require face masks for all students and staff
Denver’s policy is in line with guidance from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which said last week that all students and staff should wear masks regardless of vaccination status
Colorado governor warns “we expect it to get worse” as delta variant drives spike in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations
About 360 people were hospitalized in Colorado because of coronavirus on Monday, up about 100 over last week
Denver requires coronavirus vaccination for all city employees, hospital workers and teachers
The public health order is one of the most sweeping in the nation issued by a city
Adopting CDC guidance, Colorado recommends everyone wear masks in school settings
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment released its updated school guidance late Friday evening, three days after the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed their own recommendations
Littwin: As I take my mask out of storage, I have many COVID-related questions. Like, why do so many ignore the best answers?
If you trust the science — and that’s the problem; so many don’t — you know you must get vaccinated and now wear masks where advised. But even science still gets stuff wrong. Biology, we’re told, is messy.
Carman: Simone Biles’ gold medal-worthy performance a lesson for all of us
Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, we all need help from time to time
Jeffco Public Schools, Colorado’s second-largest district, will require masks for children under 12
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends masks for everyone in a school setting
Unvaccinated Colorado state employees will be required to undergo twice-weekly coronavirus testing
Gov. Jared Polis said the decision is a “middle road” approach that avoids a vaccination mandate
Bus stop by bus stop, Denver-area health officials microtarget vaccine hesitancy
A mobile clinic in the East Colfax neighborhood is part of a new push by Denver-area public health officials to find the neighborhoods where vaccinations lag behind state or county averages
As coronavirus cases rise again, not even Colorado’s most-vaccinated counties have been spared. Here’s why.
State and local health officials have had a mixed response to new federal guidance urging vaccinated people to start wearing masks again
Colorado health chief says she “didn’t grasp” problem that led to huge HIV program cuts
Jill Hunsaker Ryan, a key member of Gov. Jared Polis’ cabinet, said she didn’t realize how legal guidance would affect funding for HIV prevention
Colorado’s craft brewers are stuck with the tab as global can shortage shakes up beverage industry
Breweries, cideries and amateur cooks are spending big and getting creative to combat the supply crunch
Biden to launch vaccine push for millions of federal workers
The new policy amounts to a recognition by the Biden administration that the government — the nation’s biggest employer — must do more to boost sluggish vaccination rates
Two more hospital systems in Colorado will require workers to get vaccinated against coronavirus
The move by UCHealth and Denver Health increases the number of hospitals with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate to nearly 20 in Colorado
See if your Colorado county is among those where the CDC recommends you resume wearing a mask indoors
A majority of Colorado counties have transmission rates high enough that the CDC's new guidance applies
Staff at five Colorado hospitals will have to get vaccinated against coronavirus. What about all the rest?
Banner Health became the first hospital owner in Colorado to issue a mandate, but others may be waiting on the FDA to give full approval to the COVID-19 vaccines
Colorado governor not pursuing COVID-19 vaccine mandate for state employees as delta variant rages
Cases are rising across the U.S. and in Colorado as the delta variant, which is far more contagious than other strains of the disease, spreads
Littwin: At this point, it doesn’t matter who is to blame for our still-low vaccination rates. It matters what we do about it.
Many thought we were heading back to normalcy, but the delta variant upended all that. We need to be serious. If you need an example, arguing about whether shoolkids should be masked is not serious.
Wildfire smoke drives people in low-vaccinated areas indoors, raising outbreak fears
Smoke and unrelenting heat have driven people to seek refuge at libraries, movie theaters, museums and other indoor venues
