Colorado grant builds composting capacity, efficiency at Table to Farm Compost
Award helps state meet goal of cutting waste by 28%
DATE: Jun 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
CDC posts long-awaited tips for minimizing everyday risk for COVID-19
NEW YORK – Take the stairs, not the elevator, down from your hotel room. Encourage people to bring their own food and drinks to your cookout. Use hand sanitizer after banking at an ATM. Call...
DATE: Jun 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
More Coloradans qualify for health insurance in special enrollment period
Coloradans who have purchased health insurance coverage outside of the Connect for Health Colorado Marketplace and who recently experienced a reduction of income may qualify for a special en...
DATE: Jun 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
Southern Ute Indian Tribe conducts sweeping communitywide COVID testing
Tribe offers free tests for up to 2,000 members
DATE: Jun 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
Southern Ute Indian Tribe conducts sweeping communitywide COVID testing
Tribe offers free tests for up to 2,000 people
DATE: Jun 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
Can tear gas and pepper spray increase virus spread?
Police departments have used tear gas and pepper spray on protesters in recent weeks, raising concern that the chemical agents could increase the spread of the coronavirus.
The ch...
DATE: Jun 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
Malaria drug didn’t help virus patients, big UK study finds
Leaders of a large study in the United Kingdom that is rigorously testing the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and other medicines for hospitalized COVID-19 patients say they will stop puttin...
DATE: Jun 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
Mental health experts brace for increased need
Pandemic exacerbates anxiety, depression, grief
DATE: Jun 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
Masks and social distancing work, new analysis finds
Masks and social distancing can help control the coronavirus but hand washing and other measures are still needed, a new analysis finds.
Researchers concluded single-layer cloth m...
DATE: Jun 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
Mass gatherings, erosion of trust upend coronavirus control
NEW YORK – Protests erupting across the nation over the past week – and law enforcement’s response to them – are threatening to upend efforts by health officials to track and contain the spr...
DATE: Jun 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
Online class teaches how to stretch budget with plant proteins
Centura Health-Mercy Regional Medical Center and the La Plata County Colorado State University Extension Office will present the online workshop “Stretch Your Budget with Plant Proteins” fro...
DATE: May 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
Project Echo to host online series about implementing telehealth program sessions
Project Echo will host seven weekly virtual sessions about implementing a successful telehealth program from noon to 1 p.m. from June 1 to July 13.
The sessions are geared toward...
DATE: May 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
