Author: Seth Klamann
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ITT Tech students in Colorado will have nearly $46 million in debt canceled
More than 2,400 Coloradans who attended ITT Technical Institute will have their federal student loan debt erased after the federal government found that the company misrepresented claims about its graduates. Nearly $46 million worth of Coloradans’ debt will be wiped away amid a broader $9.3 billion loan forgiveness ruling nationally, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser…
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With focus on fentanyl, providers say Colorado must improve its treatment options
As the executive director of a harm-reduction facility in the heart of Denver, Lisa Raville interacts with substance users constantly. Ask her about the state of inpatient treatment in the metro area, and she’ll laugh, as if you asked her about a stairway to the moon. Ask Julie Taub, an addiction medicine physician at Denver…
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With focus on fentanyl, providers say Colorado must improve its treatment options
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As the executive director of a harm-reduction facility in the heart of Denver, Lisa Raville interacts with substance users constantly. Ask her about the state of inpatient treatment in the metro area, and she’ll laugh, as if you asked her about a stairway to the moon. Ask Julie Taub, an addiction medicine physician at Denver…
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Colorado’s COVID cases, hospitalizations expected to continue declining over coming weeks
Even with school set to resume this month, COVID-19 hospitalizations and infections in Colorado should decline over the next six weeks, according to modeling conducted by a team of state researchers. The modeling team, composed of academics from across Colorado, created projections for the coming weeks under several different scenarios, including increases associated with school…
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Hundreds of patients at two metro clinics should be revaccinated, Colorado officials say
Several hundred patients at two clinics in the metro area should be revaccinated, state health officials announced Friday afternoon, because of paperwork and storage-related issues. As many as 190 patients who were vaccinated against COVID-19 at Colorado Family Clinic in Wheat Ridge, plus 594 patients inoculated at Denver’s Servicios de la Raza clinic, are affected,…
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Colorado no longer requires masking in prisons, homeless shelters, regardless of COVID levels
Masks are no longer required in congregant settings in Colorado like prisons or homeless shelters, according to a newly revised state public health order, even when surrounding COVID-19 infection rates are high. Individual facilities and local authorities can still require masking under the order, which was publicly released Friday. Face coverings are still required in…
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Colorado’s COVID cases and hospitalizations should continue to fall over coming weeks, modeling projects
Even with school set to resume this month, COVID-19 hospitalizations and infections in Colorado should decline over the next six weeks, according to modeling conducted by a team of state researchers. The modeling team, composed of academics from across Colorado, created projections for the coming weeks under several different scenarios, including increases associated with school…
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Colorado’s COVID cases and hospitalizations should continue to fall over coming weeks, modeling projects
Even with school set to resume this month, COVID-19 hospitalizations and infections in Colorado should decline over the next six weeks, according to modeling conducted by a team of state researchers. The modeling team, composed of academics from across Colorado, created projections for the coming weeks under several different scenarios, including increases associated with school…
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Colorado schools should take ‘layered’ approach to COVID-19 prevention, state says
Colorado health officials are again recommending schools take a “layered” approach to COVID-19 prevention, but they’re advising districts not to require mask or quarantine for in-class exposures unless there are larger outbreaks or cases are rising to high levels in the broader community. The guidance, drafted and released by the state Department of Public Health…
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Effort to recall Douglas County school board leaders in November halts; organizers pledge future push
The effort to recall Douglas County’s four new school board leaders this November has ended a month after it began, organizers announced Tuesday afternoon. In a news release, the group running the effort, DougCo’s Future, said it didn’t want to hurt other November ballot measures that seek to raise money for the district. But it…