GOLDEN — Security workers will accompany nurses and staff members of Jefferson County Public Health’s three mobile vaccine units for the foreseeable future after months of harassment and abuse. Last weekend, the agency was forced to pull vans off the street after a driver in Gilpin County, who contracts Jefferson County’s health agency, drove towards […]
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Security workers called in to protect Jefferson County’s mobile vaccine units
GOLDEN — Security workers will accompany nurses and staff members of Jefferson County Public Health’s three mobile vaccine units for the foreseeable future after months of harassment and abuse. Last weekend, the agency was forced to pull vans off the street after a driver in Gilpin County, who contracts Jefferson County’s health agency, drove towards […]
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As coronavirus cases rise again, not even Colorado’s most-vaccinated counties have been spared. Here’s why.
As you rub your neck from the public-health whiplash that occurred this week when federal officials recommended that many people vaccinated against the coronavirus go back to wearing masks, consider this dizzying detail: Residents of some of the most-vaccinated counties in Colorado — the places that state officials have lauded as doing the best job […]
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State-border jumpers can get vaccinated in Colorado — even if no one’s happy about it
Colorado officials say an address is not required to book a vaccine appointment, but counties say they’d rather prioritize their own full-time residents
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Colorado’s coronavirus surge swamps public health workers who track case counts, exposures
Colorado’s daily flood of new coronavirus cases is overwhelming the local public health officials who work to accurately count cases and inform anyone who might have been exposed by each new contagious person. It’s become impossible to keep up. The Colorado Sun checked in with public health workers in several counties to find out how […]
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Nicolais: Bandimere Speedway is racing into a wall
Summer nights on the west side of Denver have traditionally been punctuated by the roar of massive horsepower reverberating off the Hogback. For more than 60 years, crowds have watched racers speed down the quarter-mile track at Bandimere Speedway. In 2020, crowds at Bandimere have been a harbinger of something other than split-second times; they […]
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Judge rules Bandimere Speedway must obey coronavirus orders
By James Anderson, The Associated Press A judge decided against sanctioning a Colorado drag racing track Tuesday for violating social distancing rules during a July 4 event but said the track must abide by public health orders to stem the spread of the coronavirus, even if those orders are constantly changing. The case involving Bandimere Speedway, […]
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Opinion: Why fighting epidemics is not left to politicians in Colorado
There is no nice way to say it. Dr. Florence Sabin and the Health Committee of the Colorado State Post-War Planning Committee in 1947 did not trust Colorado’s politicians to care for the public’s health. History supported their skepticism. The health of Colorado was abysmal. More than 40% of Colorado draftees for World War II were […]
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Metro counties drop stay-at-home orders for one issued by state of Colorado
Three public health departments that on Wednesday issued stay-at-home orders for 2.5 million Front Range residents rescinded them on Thursday, saying they conflict with the statewide order issued by Gov. Jared Polis. The directors of Boulder County Public Health, Jefferson County Public Health and Tri-County Health Department said their organizations, representing five metro Denver counties, […]
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To boost low measles vaccination rates, public health agencies are targeting Colorado’s biggest counties
Public health officials in five of Colorado’s most populous counties are trying to make a dent in the state’s low measles vaccination rate, targeting parents of kindergarteners as they warn rates are too low to prevent an outbreak. In Denver County, the parents of about 800 children ages 4-6 got letters notifying them their kids […]