Given the continuing impacts from COVID-19 and the unpredictable future, the 9Health Fair board of trustees decided to reduce operations of the organization…
Category: Education/Health
EDITORIAL: The Learning Curve, Part Three
This decision is indeed a difficult one, knowing that the ability of a hospital like Mercy Regional to provide the highest level of care depends upon being fully staffed…
ACLU, Colorado Department of Corrections Resolve COVID-19 Lawsuit
Although today’s filing resolves the case against the DOC, the case against Governor Polis continues…
EDITORIAL: The Learning Curve, Part Two
The news about the pandemic’s effects on public education is mostly depressing lately. Philadelphia is the latest major American public school district to postpone or retreat from in-person instruction…
OPINION: Our Work to Provide Health Equity Continues
At The Colorado Health Foundation, we will be impatient, unapologetic and passionate about centering racial justice in all that we do, like never before…
EDITORIAL: The Learning Curve, Part One
“I know that many of you have questions and concerns about the recent cases of COVID-19 in our community. The goal of our Reopening Plan was to maximize the time for an in-person learning option while keeping our kids safe…”
OPINION: I’m a School Nurse in New York, and I’m Worried
Like many New York City public school parents, I’m concerned about another coronavirus wave coming as the weather grows colder and flu season bears down….
EDITORIAL: ‘COVID, COVID, COVID’… Part Four
“The news — the first results from any late-stage vaccine trial — buoyed stock markets and spirits as the public saw a glimmer of hope. But it’s worth noting that the news is still preliminary…”
Archuleta School District Announces 2 COVID Cases, Free Testing Clinic Today
“We are working directly with San Juan Basin Public Health officials to address the cases in our schools. Archuleta School District will continue to follow all COVID-19 related safety procedures as outlined by CDPHE…”
La Plata County Moves to ‘Level Orange: High Risk’
“While cases rose around the state in the fall, we took the steps necessary to keep our schools open and our economy strong. But we are rapidly catching up to the uncontrolled levels of disease seen in the rest of Colorado…”
PHOTO ESSAY: First Graders Learning ‘Playground Design’ at Pagosa Peak Open School
“This was a student-driven project,” Mrs. Bruno points out. “The students identified problems, brainstormed ideas, tried out their own solutions, and then evaluated the outcomes. They learned how to work together…”
EDITORIAL: ‘COVID, COVID, COVID’… Part Three
“We’ve had anecdotal information about people buying and consuming more alcohol, but this is some of the first survey-based information that shows how much alcohol consumption has increased during the pandemic…”
Search for a Snakebite Drug Might Lead to a COVID Treatment
“I concluded that I needed something small and compact and that doesn’t care what kind of snake,” Lewin said…
EDITORIAL: ‘COVID, COVID, COVID’… Part Two
“It’s disappointing,” said City of Boulder Mayor Sam Weaver. “Everything about going into a lock-down would be bad…”
EDITORIAL: Governor Polis Presents an ‘Education-Friendly’ Budget
“The most important investment that we all make as a state, and that we make in our future, is in our children and is in education,” Polis said during his budget announcement…
EDITORIAL: ‘COVID, COVID, COVID’… Part One
“We now have 121,000 cases in Colorado. In the last day alone, 3,369 new coronavirus cases — an all-time daily high. We have 2,158 Coloradans who have passed away from this deadly virus…”
Colorado Voters Approve Gallagher Repeal, Preserve Local School Funding
“Coloradans overwhelmingly supported a measure to provide free preschool to every 4-year-old in our state. We voted in support of our firefighters, small businesses, and local communities…”
EDITORIAL: A COVID Press Conference in Durango, Part Three
“I’m not as medically oriented as some of the previous presenters, but watching our community, in the City of Durango, we’re clearly entering a new phase of this pandemic…”
Tracking COVID at Colorado State University, Rather Experimentally
“You have the science of testing, which says if you’re testing everybody twice a week, you should basically have zero cases,” said Larremore… but then, there’s reality…