Author: Nicole C. Brambila The Denver Gazette
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Colorado confirms third measles case, raising outbreak concerns
A third confirmed measles case in Colorado, this time in Archuleta County, is prompting renewed public health worries amid signs of potential community spread. The other two cases — a deli worker in Pueblo and an infant in Denver — do not appear to be related to the case in Pagosa Springs, said Dr. Rachel…
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Long COVID casts lingering shadow 5 years after the pandemic
Bailey Boring has seen so many specialists to treat chronic pain in her arms and legs since getting COVID-19 that the doctors are all a blur now. “I’ve lost count at this point,” said Boring, 26, of Denver. Three years after her first COVID-19 infection, Boring continues to deal with chronic pain. The burning, she…
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Pueblo health care facility waited nine days to report Colorado’s first measles case
Pueblo County hadn’t experienced a measles case since the 1990s. That’s until last month, when it reported the first case of measles in Colorado. That may be why the urgent care facility that saw the county’s first measles patient in three decades delayed reporting the case, said Trysten Garcia, a Pueblo Department of Public Health…
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Colorado’s first measles case adds to largest U.S. surge since 2019
Colorado health officials have confirmed the state’s first measles case, adding to outbreaks in 20 other jurisdictions as the United States total surges toward 500 — the largest spike since 2019. The infected individual worked at the Southwest Deli and Café in Pueblo from March 17 through the 21, Kristin Richmann, a state health department…
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Hundreds of students, educators protest funding shortage at Colorado State Capitol
“Don’t be fools, fund our schools!” chanted third and fourth-grade students from the Downtown Denver Expeditionary School in front of the state Capitol on Thursday. Hundreds of students and educators carried hand-made signs to show their disapproval of the way Colorado funds education. Eight-year-old Tula (her teacher did not provide her last name) was among…
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Polis: More than 400,000 Coloradans could lose Medicaid with proposed Republican bill
More than 400,000 Coloradans are at risk of losing their health coverage if a Republican bill in Congress is passed, Gov. Jared Polis said Tuesday at a family clinic in Lafayette. The governor’s visit to Clinica Family Health in Lafayette on Tuesday was part of the “National Medicaid Day of Action,” which aims to mobilize…
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Long COVID casts lingering shadow 5 years after the pandemic
Bailey Boring has seen so many specialists to treat chronic pain in her arms and legs since getting COVID-19 that the doctors are all a blur now. “I’ve lost count at this point,” said Boring, 26, of Denver. Three years after her first COVID-19 infection, Boring continues to deal with chronic pain. The burning, she…
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District judge denies Denver schools’ temporary restraining order request to keep ICE out of schools
U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Domenico on Friday denied a Denver Public Schools motion for a temporary restraining and injunction order to prevent federal agents from arresting immigrants at or near campuses. Typically reluctant to issue a ruling from the bench and preferring to give a more thorough explanation of his thinking, Domenico said the…
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Denver video shows TdA gang member running from ICE agents after being released into streets
In a tense exchange during a congressional hearing on Wednesday, a Republican from Ohio pressed Denver Mayor Mike Johnston about the release of an alleged Venezuelan gang member last week into “the streets” and how federal immigration agents scrambled to take him custody. “Mr. Congressman,” Johnston replied to U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan during the U.S.…
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‘Sanctuary’ hearing: Republicans threaten to refer mayors of Denver, Chicago, Boston to DOJ for criminal investigation
The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing on “sanctuary cities” took a sharp turn Wednesday with Republican members threatening to refer Democratic mayors, such as Mike Johnston, to the Department of Justice for criminal investigation. U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, a Florida Republican, called the failure of Democratic mayors from Boston, Chicago,…