As a result of insufficient worker protections… more than 6,500 meat industry workers have contracted COVID-19, and at least 20 have died…
Category: Education/Health
State Releases ‘Symptom Tracker’ Data
After filling out the symptom tracker and consenting to receive text messages, users will receive text messages daily for seven days asking about their symptoms…
EDITORIAL: Who’s to Blame? Part Three
And the healthcare industry was relatively minuscule in 1918 — consisting as it did mainly of independent family doctors who made house calls…
ESSAY: Our Immune System is Our Shield
It all comes down to the fact that it is our responsibility to learn on our own, how to live a healthy lifestyle that will reject flu, infections, many diseases, digestive problems, and mental imbalances….
Centura-Mercy Regional Medical Center Launches Community COVID-19 Testing
“The nationwide shortage of CDC-approved COVID-19 test kits has been well documented,” Mercy Regional Medical Center interim CEO Mike Murphy said…
LETTER: The Switch to Healthier Food
Tyson Foods, JBS USA, and Smithfield Foods, the largest meat processors, have closed 17 plants…
Colorado Joins ‘Western States Pact’ to Control Pandemic
“Coloradans are working together to slow the spread of COVID-19 and have important information to share with and to gain from other states…”
EDITORIAL: Who’s to Blame? Part Two
But the sharing of personal information, voluntarily, is only the tip of an iceberg, because the things you share and the way you share, play into a monstrous, highly profitable ‘feed-back’ system…
COVID DIARIES COLORADO: One Day in the Pandemic, Part Two
Since COVID-19 began to spread, Brunt has worked six 48-hour rotations. Each day of every rotation, he’s responded to multiple COVID-19 medical calls….
PRESS RELEASE: From the Makers of Lysol
“We must be clear that under no circumstance should our disinfectant products be administered into the human body (through injection, ingestion or any other route)…”
Pagosa Springs Medical Center Safety Protocols
At this time, we are requiring everyone to be screened at the screening tent in front of the PSMC building before they can enter the building…
COVID DIARIES COLORADO: One Day in the Pandemic, Part One
Most patients waiting at the open-sided tent were screened in advance and recommended for the tests after showing symptoms…
EDITORIAL: The Weld County Renegades
“…the governor made a decision of what is an essential business. I have no idea how you determine that pot shops are essential businesses, but those were included in this…”
OPINION: Colorado Medical Society Urges Next Steps
It is critical that testing — including efficient and available access to this testing by physicians, contact tracing and other surveillance activities — is expanded or all of this work is threatened…
US Senators Announce ‘Health Force’ Legislation
“Just as President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Civilian Conservation Corps and Works Progress Administration mobilized millions of Americans during one of the most trying times in our nation’s history…”
EDITORIAL: Looking Forward to College?
“Students are wondering whether college campuses will be safe or even open later this year…”
HMPRESENTLY: More Nose and Mouth Room, Plus Non-Slip Features
But what I’m noticing, far more, is the tailoring of face masks, I guess that’s the word for it…
Governor Polis Proposes to ‘Re-open” Colorado, But Schools Will Remain Closed
“It is a marathon, not a sprint. We are going to have to live with coronavirus for a while…”
Mental Health Colorado Expands its Focus on Criminal Justice
Jails and prisons have become the largest mental health facilities in the US…