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Public Health

Durango Fire Protection District gets rid of toxic foam

Substance will be replaced with a safer alternative

DATE: Oct 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mercy Regional Medical Center ‘busy’ during COVID-19 wave, not at capacity

92% of acute-care beds occupied in Colorado

DATE: Oct 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

COVID surge in Montezuma County puts pressure on Cortez hospital

Increase in number and severity of cases puts Southwest Memorial Hospital near capacity

DATE: Oct 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Montezuma County backs off contact tracing amid surge; San Juan Basin moves forward

Montezuma health officials counting on infected residents to warn others

DATE: Oct 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango opts in to statewide opioid settlement

$400 million will be given to Colorado from ‘big 3’ distributors, drugmaker

DATE: Oct 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sharp increase of sexually transmitted infections reported in La Plata County

Colorado health department issues alert

DATE: Oct 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Lotteries did not encourage COVID-19 vaccinations, new study finds

Cash drawings and additional vaccinations said to have ‘near zero’ association

DATE: Oct 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado health department reports six active COVID-19 outbreaks in La Plata County

Southwest Eye Consultants joined the list this week with six cases

DATE: Oct 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Delta variant is prevalent strain of COVID-19 in Durango area

CDC reports ‘high’ rate of transmission; 48 cases reported in Durango schools

DATE: Oct 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado health care system fires 119 unvaccinated workers

DENVER – The University of Colorado’s health system fired 119 employees for not adhering to its vaccine requirement without a religious or medical exemption. That accounts for less than 0.5%...

DATE: Oct 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Silverton is about as vaccinated as it can get. But it still has COVID.

Shots alone aren’t enough to prevent spread because of porous geographic boundaries and waning vaccine effectiveness

DATE: Oct 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bayfield School District defends COVID-19 policies

Parents upset unvaccinated students were asked not to attend outside events

DATE: Oct 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

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