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Why are Colorado hospitals sending people with coronavirus home? There’s not much they can do.
Colorado hospitals say they need to prevent being overrun with patients but also that, unless someone with COVID-19 is in serious distress, medical options for helping them are limited. The majority of those infected will recover on their own.
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Each Colorado coronavirus patient is spreading the disease to as many as 4 people, governor says
By Jesse Paul Coronavirus Primary category in which blog post is published
Colorado hospitals are preparing their doctors and nurses for an all-hands-on-deck coronavirus fight
By Jesse Paul Coronavirus Primary category in which blog post is published
Colorado’s governor decided not to issue a stay-at-home order. Denver’s mayor just acted on his own.
By Jesse Paul Coronavirus Primary category in which blog post is published
Opinion: The ACA changed how we treat cancer — and it is all at risk because of our current leadership
By Dafna Michaelson Jenet Opinion
Colorado governor announces emergency child care for frontline coronavirus workers
Jared Polis said he wants to make sure “people aren’t forced to stay home simply because their kid doesn’t have a place to go during the day"
Colorado blood supplies approach critical levels as coronavirus-wary donors stay home
Dozens of blood drives have been canceled, and donors are now being asked if they have been in countries beset by COVID-19
Colorado hospitals are postponing elective surgeries, reusing masks in preparation for a coronavirus surge
Hospitals and urgent care centers are already seeing numbers rise as more people who aren’t infected but are worried about COVID-19 come to get examined
U.S. moves nearer to coronavirus shutdown as Colorado health officials recommend groups of 50 or more don’t gather
Because large events can fuel the spread of the disease, the CDC said gatherings of 50 people or more should be canceled or postponed throughout the country for the next eight weeks.
Nicolais: Colorado and the nation face the coronavirus paradox
As COVID-19 spreads, it is important to remember not to panic and take the precautions that will 'flatten the curve'
Opinion
A Crested Butte woman came home from Hawaii with sniffles. Then she found out it was coronavirus.
Lisa Merck, a nurse practitioner, was sick for weeks before she was finally tested for COVID-19. “It didn’t even cross my mind,” she told The Colorado Sun of having the life-threatening disease.
