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Durango mental health professionals share insight into coping with COVID-19

It has been more than two weeks since Gov. Jared Polis announced the first COVID-19 case in Colorado, and nearly two months since Washington state reported its first case. If time...

DATE: Mar 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cancer, heart surgeries delayed as coronavirus alters care

Some cancer surgeries are being delayed, many stent procedures for clogged arteries have been pushed back and infertility specialists were asked to postpone helping patients get pregnant. Do...

DATE: Mar 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Sick staff fueled outbreak in Seattle-area care centers

SEATTLE – Staff members who worked while sick at multiple long-term care facilities contributed to the spread of COVID-19 among vulnerable elderly in the Seattle area, federal health officia...

DATE: Mar 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Hospitals fear shortage of ventilators for virus patients

U.S. hospitals bracing for a possible onslaught of coronavirus patients with pneumonia and other breathing difficulties could face a critical shortage of mechanical ventilators and health ca...

DATE: Mar 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

AP Exclusive: Coronavirus vaccine test opens with 1st doses

SEATTLE – U.S. researchers gave the first shot to the first person in a test of an experimental coronavirus vaccine Monday – leading off a worldwide hunt for protection even as the pandemic ...

DATE: Mar 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Mercy CEO to resign next month

Will McConnell leaving S.W. Colorado for Arizona on April 10

DATE: Mar 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

U.S. hospitals brace for ‘tremendous strain’ from new virus

U.S. hospitals are setting up circus-like triage tents, calling doctors out of retirement, guarding their supplies of face masks and making plans to cancel elective surgery as they brace for...

DATE: Mar 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Southwest Ability Summit focuses on building an inclusive community

Event provides resources to people with disabilities

DATE: Mar 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Tests show new virus lives on some surfaces for up to 3 days

The new coronavirus can live in the air for several hours and on some surfaces for as long as two to three days, tests by U.S. government and other scientists have found. Their wo...

DATE: Mar 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Flu and coronavirus: Similar symptoms, different fears

Is it the flu, a cold or the new coronavirus? Patients and doctors alike are parsing signs of illness to figure out who needs what tests or care and how worried they should be. “Y...

DATE: Mar 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Virus and elderly: Avoid crowds, cruises, long plane trips

The U.S. government’s coronavirus recommendations tell older adults to avoid crowds, cruises and long plane rides – advice that one public health official acknowledged won’t be welcomed by m...

DATE: Mar 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Science Says: How risky is that virus? Your mind may mislead

NEW YORK – Anna Alexander, a property manager in Virginia Beach, Virginia, started the day Monday thinking that she might avoid shaking hands because of the coronavirus outbreak. Then somebo...

DATE: Mar 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health