Gov. Jared Polis’ administration is directing Colorado health insurers regulated by the state to waive co-pays, deductibles and other charges for anyone who visits a doctor, urgent care center or hospital to seek a coronavirus test in what is one of the state’s first executive actions to date in response to the outbreak. But the […]
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MAP: Where Colorado’s coronavirus cases, deaths have been identified
Last updated on Jan. 15, 2021 at 8:24 a.m. The Colorado Sun is tracking coronavirus cases in Colorado in an effort to ensure citizens know when the disease has reached their communities and how prevalent it is. We update this page periodically. The first two cases in the state were announced on Thursday, March 5, […]
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Colorado now has eight presumptive coronavirus cases, including two in Denver
There are now at least eight people in Colorado who have tested positive for COVID-19, known colloquially as the coronavirus, after a batch of new diagnoses were announced on Friday. Of the six total cases revealed by public health officials on Friday, two of them are in Denver, two more are in Douglas County and […]
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Amid coronavirus fears, the CDC told schools to plan for remote learning. That’s harder than it sounds.
As schools grapple with responding to the new coronavirus and the federal government’s recommendation to plan for extended closures, one thing is becoming clear: remote learning remains a remote possibility. An escalating number of COVID-19 cases are being confirmed in the U.S., and at least nine deaths have been reported as of Tuesday afternoon, making […]
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Colorado’s other pandemic: The 1918 flu and the lessons learned — or maybe not — for coronavirus
A run on surgical masks. No viable vaccine. Opportunists. Uncertainty. Fatalism. Fear. These were just a few of the elements converging at the uncontrolled intersection of medical science, politics and human nature — not this week, but a century ago, when the flu pandemic of 1918 crept into Colorado, gathered deadly momentum and claimed thousands […]