Tag: coronavirus
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Firm linked to UK lingerie tycoon must repay $163 million for breaching COVID contracts
A British High Court judge has ruled that a company linked to a lingerie tycoon must repay the government more than 121 million pounds
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Federal judge rejects ‘inaccurate’ characterization of COVID vaccine decision
A federal judge last month refused to alter her decision dismissing a sprawling lawsuit that claimed a COVID-19 vaccination requirement for medical personnel violated a panoply of laws, rules, constitutional provisions and treaties. In 2023, 19 former employees of the University of Colorado Hospital Authority filed suit against state officials, alleging UCHA acted unlawfully by…
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10th Circuit partially reinstates fired nursing home worker’s lawsuit over COVID-19 vaccination
The federal appeals court based in Denver ruled on Tuesday that a former nursing home employee can pursue her claim of religious discrimination against her employer for failing to grant a religious exemption to its COVID-19 vaccination requirement. Diann R. Bolonchuk alleged she was an 18-year employee of Cherry Creek Nursing Center/Nexion Health when it…
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Omicron escalating in Colorado, accounting for nearly half of new COVID-19 cases
Nearly half of all new COVID-19 cases in Colorado have a telltale genetic marker of the omicron variant, a top state health official said Wednesday, the latest sign of the strain’s escalating presence here. Positivity and case rates in Colorado have turned upward again, after weeks of declines. They’re still far below the peaks of…
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‘You need to respond in some way’: With worrying signs from CDC, Colorado health experts warn of needed changes
Colorado health experts warn that the surging delta variant requires a behavioral and public health response as federal officials say that the variant is as contagious as chickenpox and that even vaccinated people can still carry significant amounts of the disease. “It does seem like you need to respond in some way, that we can’t…
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Some Colorado Springs faithful required to get COVID-19 vaccine likely will seek religious exemption
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Bob Reiman doesn’t remember if he’s ever gotten a vaccination of any kind. “I don’t think so, no,” he said Thursday, while volunteering at the Christian Science Reading Room in downtown Colorado Springs. He and others who hold certain religious beliefs may face a difficult…
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Some Colorado Springs faithful required to get COVID-19 vaccine likely will seek religious exemption
Bob Reiman doesn’t remember if he’s ever gotten a vaccination of any kind. “I don’t think so, no,” he said Thursday, while volunteering at the Christian Science Reading Room in downtown Colorado Springs. He and others who hold certain religious beliefs may face a difficult decision in coming months, as COVID-19 vaccine mandates spread alongside…
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Colorado Springs Bridge Center temporarily closes after member tests positive for COVID-19
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A fully vaccinated member of the Colorado Springs Bridge Center has tested positive for COVID-19, prompting the facility to temporarily close its doors less than three weeks after it reopened to in-person play for the first time since March 2020, when it was the epicenter…
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Colorado Springs Bridge Center temporarily closes after member tests positive for COVID-19
A fully vaccinated member of the Colorado Springs Bridge Center has tested positive for COVID-19, prompting the facility to temporarily close its doors less than three weeks after it reopened to in-person play for the first time since March 2020, when it was the epicenter for the pandemic’s arrival in Colorado. Club leaders have notified…
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Colorado officials recommend schools use masks, other measures — but will they require them?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save State health officials Tuesday night “strongly” recommended school districts use layers of infection control efforts such as masking and distancing, but they stopped short of mandating any measure, instead leaving those decisions to local policymakers. In a document released by the state Department of Public…