Author: Seth Klamann
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Douglas County school board lawyers say leaders didn’t ask former superintendent to resign
In a court filing Monday, the attorney for the Douglas County school board disputed that their clients asked their then-superintendent to resign, and they urged a judge to allow the case to proceed to a January trial. The filing is the first legal response the board has had since county resident Robert Marshall in June…
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Colorado officials urge uptake of COVID treatments as new variant arrives, hospitalizations fall
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COVID-19-related hospitalizations in Colorado fell last week after nearly two months of plateau, and health officials in the state are urging uptake of treatments to prevent severe disease. Despite the recent dominance of a new, transmissible version of the virus, Colorado’s COVID-19 numbers have not surged over the past month, state data shows. Hospitalizations have…
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For one fentanyl user, Colorado is taking ‘giant leap backward’ in drug response
Amber started drinking and smoking weed at 13, in the small town in Minnesota where her dad worked in a factory. Her family was dysfunctional, with its own history of substance use, and she soon realized that she drank differently than her friends. At 19, she broke up with the man she thought she’d marry;…
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Peer support brings knowing ear to substance-use treatment
Talk to experts about substance use, and one saying gets repeated: The opposite of addiction isn’t abstinence; it’s connection. It’s connection that undermines the shame and loneliness that often perpetuate substance-use disorders. While that connection can take different forms, one of the most useful, experts say, is between current users and recovered ones. No one…
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Colorado officials urge uptake of COVID treatments as new variant arrives, hospitalizations fall
COVID-19-related hospitalizations in Colorado fell this week after nearly two months of plateau, and health officials in the state are urging uptake of treatments to prevent severe disease. Despite the recent dominance of a new, transmissible version of the virus, Colorado’s COVID-19 numbers have not surged over the past month, state data shows. Hospitalizations have…
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Nearly 500 Coloradans on monkeypox vaccine waitlist as state plans more clinics
Nearly 500 at-risk Coloradans are on a waitlist to receive a monkeypox vaccine amid a national shortage of vaccines and an escalating federal response to the outbreak. As of Friday morning, 80 Coloradans have tested positive for monkeypox, and multiple people have been hospitalized, though state authorities have not released an exact count. While the…
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Nearly 500 Coloradans on monkeypox vaccine waiting list as state plans more clinics
Nearly 500 at-risk Coloradans are on a waiting list to receive a monkeypox vaccine amid a national shortage of vaccines and an escalating federal response to the outbreak. As of Friday morning, 80 Coloradans have tested positive for monkeypox, and multiple people have been hospitalized, though state authorities have not released an exact count. While…
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Colorado to receive $18 million in latest opioid settlement
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Colorado will receive $18 million as part of a broader settlement with one of the largest manufacturers of prescription opioid pills, the Attorney General’s Office announced Tuesday. Mallinckrodt manufactured oxycodone, the generic for OxyContin, and one of the company’s subsidiaries distributed nearly 29 billion pills in the United States between 2006 and 2012, the AG’s…
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Can you overdose after touching or being near fentanyl? Experts give an emphatic ‘no’
Here’s a story that keeps getting told: A first responder or member of the public comes into accidental, superficial contact with fentanyl. They have some symptoms — dizziness, tingling, difficulty breathing — and collapse, often needing an overdose antidote and a trip to the hospital. It happened in Kansas City, Kansas, in June, when a police…
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Colorado among best in nation for vaccinating youngest kids, but rates still lag previous waves
COVID-19 vaccine uptake among Colorado’s youngest kids is among the highest in the country, data shows. But the state still lags behind administration for other age groups, and rates have fallen since the second week that doses were available. Six weeks into vaccinations for kids between the ages of 4 and 6 months old, Colorado…