Tag: food and drug administration
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Voice of the consumer: Scammers preying on hopes, fears during pandemic
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Now that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency use authorization for two COVID-19 vaccines, people should beware of scammers trying to capitalize on this milestone. I recently spoke with Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser about what Coloradans should look out for to…
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Voice of the consumer: Scammers preying on hopes, fears during pandemic
Now that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency use authorization for two COVID-19 vaccines, people should beware of scammers trying to capitalize on this milestone. I recently spoke with Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser about what Coloradans should look out for to avoid falling for a vaccine scam. “Whenever there’s news, something…
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Like ‘sandbagging a tsunami’: El Paso County coroner, lead COVID advisor on guiding the county through marathon pandemic’s last leg
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save El Paso County Coroner Dr. Leon Kelly should have five morgue techs working for him. This past week he was down to two. In the middle of a pandemic when he needed them most. “I’ve had several leave because of the stressful situation,” Kelly said…
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Like ‘sandbagging a tsunami’: El Paso County coroner, lead COVID advisor on guiding the county through marathon pandemic’s last leg
El Paso County Coroner Dr. Leon Kelly should have five morgue techs working for him. This past week he was down to two. In the middle of a pandemic when he needed them most. “I’ve had several leave because of the stressful situation,” Kelly said Wednesday. “I’ve got two employees out with COVID. I’m down…
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Pot foe says kids provided a reason to pass CBD bill
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save To say Colorado state Rep. Lois Landgraf loves pot is like setting up a punch line. The Republican from Fountain, however, thinks sick kids are no laughing matter. “I’ve always been against marijuana, but this isn’t that,” she said over the phone one evening about…
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Colorado parents, nonprofit leaders react to FDA approval of CBD-based drug
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Before trying the cannabidiol-based drug Charlotte’s Web, Kim Shaw Clark said she was waiting for the seizure that would claim her son’s life. Caden, now 14, tried more than a dozen medications — from antipsychotics to benzodiazepines — and underwent brain surgery during their yearslong…
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Colorado parents, nonprofit leaders react to FDA approval of CBD-based drug
Before trying the cannabidiol-based drug Charlotte’s Web, Kim Shaw Clark said she was waiting for the seizure that would claim her son’s life. Caden, now 14, tried more than a dozen medications — from antipsychotics to benzodiazepines — and underwent brain surgery during their yearslong attempt to relieve the symptoms of his Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, a…