A COVID-19 vaccination event in Denver was overrun Saturday when JeffCo Public Schools alerted 14,000 employees that 200 extra doses of vaccine were available to those who could get to the National Western Complex within
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The Denver Post wants to know how loneliness, isolation have impacted you
Are you lonely? Are exhausted from being lonely? You’re not alone. We’ve gotten used to being apart. And yet we’re still coming to grips with it, roughly a year after the coronavirus first hit the
Read moreFentanyl-tainted drugs being sold on the street, Boulder County Health warns
Boulder County Health officials are warning about another batch of bad drugs making their way onto the streets of Colorado. In a news release issued Saturday, the health department said street drugs, laced with fentanyl,
Read moreDenver approved for program allowing businesses to host more customers, with COVID-19 precautions
The state health department approved Denver’s application to allow businesses that follow extra COVID-19 precautions to host more customers, but you won’t see a change immediately. The Five Star Program allows certified businesses to host
Read moreColorado COVID-19 outbreaks rising in schools, colleges, restaurants and churches
COVID-19 outbreaks in Colorado’s schools, colleges, restaurants and churches have increased for three weeks in a row after state restrictions were loosened and students began to return to class. No one has definitively linked changes
Read moreAlzheimer’s Prediction May Be Found in Writing Tests
Is it possible to predict who will develop Alzheimer’s disease simply by looking at writing patterns years before there are symptoms? According to a new study by IBM researchers, the answer is yes. And, they
Read morePHOTOS: Drive-thru clinic at Coors Field aims to vaccinate 10,000 Coloradans in 2 days
UCHealth hosted one of the state’s largest COVID-19 vaccination clinics to date by administering shots to an expected 10,000 people in the parking lot of Denver’s Coors Field. They partnered with the governor’s office, CDPHE,
Read moreColorado state lawmakers, legislative journalists receive COVID-19 vaccine
Colorado state lawmakers, their staffers and the journalists who cover them at the Capitol received early access to COVID-19 vaccines this month The state sent 240 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to UCHealth to vaccinate legislators
Read moreNovavax’s Vaccine Works Well — Except on Variant First Found in South Africa
An early analysis in Britain found that the vaccine had an efficacy rate of nearly 90 percent. But in a small South Africa trial, the efficacy rate dropped to just under 50 percent. By Katie
Read moreColorado teachers call out Polis on COVID-19 testing claims on CNN
Colorado teachers are calling out Gov. Jared Polis for making inaccurate statements during an interview on CNN. He said educators in Colorado are getting “two tests” a week on national television. Two Douglas County School
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