Your poop is being tested for COVID. Here’s how that helps control the virus’ spread
In the early days of the pandemic in 2020, wastewater managers in Colorado started to examine sewage to see if they could predict where COVID-19 was likely breaking out in a community. Now, the CDC is doing the same and Colorado officials are trying to get every community across the state to participate.
With Colorado’s COVID-19 outlook improving, state drops crisis protocols for staffing, EMS
Health officials said the decision is based on steadily declining cases and hospitalizations, with numbers expected to keep dropping in the coming weeks.
After driving record spread, Colorado’s omicron wave now receding
Omicron cases are falling now, but the variant killed Coloradans in numbers that rivaled the deadly delta wave.
How Colorado is preparing for the ups and downs of COVID’s third year
Pushing through COVID-19 is the new focus for many people in Colorados. And in “COVID-22,” the new normal — at least so far — involves figuring out how to live alongside this virus.
JeffCo’s Public Health director steps down
The county’s health board president said in a statement that Dawn Comstock resigned, and the board accepted it.
Benchmarks of COVID steadily improving in Colorado, though still high
The majority, 64 percent, of hospitalized COVID-19 patients are unvaccinated.
Facing big staffing challenges, UCHealth launches new program to fund more education for workers
The UCHealth Ascend Career Program will cover 100 percent of tuition for select clinical programs, high school diplomas and English learning.
Omicron COVID cases are falling in Colorado. What that means for hospitals, masking and life
While COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are trending down, transmission is still high in Colorado.
Adams and Arapahoe counties join Denver in letting mask mandates expire as the omicron wave appears to peak
COVID-19 hospitalizations and cases are still high but falling after a steep omicron wave.
Restaurant work can be a ‘stress bucket.’ To help support mental health, one restaurant group hired a full-time wellness director
Bonanno Concepts added a wellness director to their menu of restaurant workers.
Officials predict 80% omicron immunity by mid-February as COVID numbers remain high but continue to drop
Infection numbers have hit unprecedented levels this month, but models project it will drop sharply in the coming weeks.
Doctors withdraw request for hospital emergency protocols as Colorado COVID numbers seem to improve
Emergency physicians sounded the alarm earlier this month, as the omicron variant of the coronavirus dealt Colorado record levels of transmission and cases, and near-record levels of hospitalizations.
Colorado’s COVID numbers are still high, but health officials see signs of a ‘potential turning point’ in the omicron wave
Hospitalizations appear to have plateaued, and Colorado’s percent of positive COVID-19 tests is lower this week.
Colorado’s COVID numbers are spectacularly high as the hospital staffing shortage arrives
Colorado’s health department reported 1,655 patients are hospitalized with confirmed cases Monday. But the recent rise in cases may be showing signs of slowing down.
ER doctors sound the alarm as Colorado’s hospital system shows cracks from the pressure of the omicron wave and staff shortages
You should still go to the hospital if you need to.
Colorado’s hospitals wait for omicron wave to crest as test positivity rate stays near 30 percent
The latest on COVID cases, hospitalizations and more in Colorado.
