Our next Vitalant Blood Drive will be held at Centerpoint Church, 2750 Cornerstone Drive, from 10am to 3pm…
Category: Education/Health
Durango’s COVID ‘Cowboy’ Rounds Up Spring Break Scofflaws, Lines ’Em Up for Shots
“You can’t throw a stone around here without hitting a Texan,” explained Scott Perez, the man in the marshal get-up…
Coloradans Over 16 Years Eligible for Vaccine on April 2
“We’re looking forward to getting more of our community vaccinated; however, at this time less than one-third of our community is fully protected…”
VIDEO: Free Online Tutoring Platform for Colorado School Children
Colorado Education Initiative today announced that they have launched a new partnership with Schoolhouse.world…
Colorado Releases New COVID Rules
Dial 3.0 metrics are further simplified and capacity limits are less restrictive. The state will work with counties to confirm their metrics under the new framework…
ESSAY: Responses to Sexual Violence, Part Two
It is also very important to avoid making comparisons, as each person will experience trauma and recover from it differently, at their own pace…
Doctors Found Jet Fuel in This Veteran’s Lungs. He Can’t Get Full Benefits.
“There are black spots that are burns, particles all over; there’s metal. It was all scarred,” said Szema, a pulmonologist and professor who studies toxic exposures…
ESSAY: Responses to Sexual Violence, Part One
About two-thirds of female assault victims do not report to the police and many victims do not tell anyone. Sexual assault is a terrifying and humiliating experience…
More Coloradans Now Eligible for COVID Vaccine
Eligibility now includes Coloradans age 50 and older, people with high-risk conditions, and workers in food and restaurant services, manufacturing, the US Postal Service…
OPINION: Mental Health, and a Nation on Edge
Sometimes, I look back fondly on those manic episodes of a dozen years ago — the seemingly inexhaustible energy and flashes of brilliance…
San Juan Basin Public Health Overseeing Equitable Vaccine Distribution
“We’ve achieved the highest vaccination rate as a region through community partnerships and efficiency, and at the same time we are prioritizing people who have barriers to accessing a site…”
COVID Vaccine Could Be Universally Available in Colorado by Mid-April
The current distribution phase is 1B.3, which includes people 60 and older, those with multiple high-risk health conditions, and grocery and agricultural workers…
COVID Cases Down 83% Among Nursing Home Staffers, Despite Vaccine Hesitancy
“A lot of my members are not too excited about taking this vaccine because they’re afraid,” Lewis said….
Children’s Mental Health During a Pandemic: ‘We Forgot About Fun’
It was a rough year and Robles knows firsthand that grief and anxiety affected her four children, especially Guillermo and his 8-year-old brother Gael…
K-12 Standardized Testing Compromise Wins Initial Approval
“Both sides have given so much and truly met in the middle, and we need to recognize that,” Larson said of the compromise…
San Juan Basin Public Health Urges Testing as COVID-19 Variant Cases Identified
“The presence of variants in Southwest Colorado is troubling and means virus transmission could happen more easily,” said Liane Jollon, SJBPH executive director…
OPINION: Finding Our Way Out of the Pandemic’s Rubble
For example, we found that two in five Coloradans struggle to afford health care, housing, or food…
Wings Early Childhood Center Now Enrolling Ages 1-5
We are a nature-based, play-based center that focuses on the child’s interests and needs…