Public Health - The Durango Herald

Karen Zink made call that launched community vaccination clinic

‘My cellphone is a heck of a tool’

DATE: Feb 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Pine River Shares has big ideas for heritage farm in Bayfield

Project with education focus could combat food insecurity

DATE: Jan 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sen. Michael Bennet’s ‘Health Force’ bill taps unemployed to deliver medical services

Effort would focus on vulnerable, underserved communities

DATE: Jan 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Is accessing health care a Catch-22 for Durango’s homeless population?

A rule that patients first get sober might cut off services for some

DATE: Jan 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Four residents at La Plata County nursing homes die in COVID-19 outbreaks

State records show St. Columba School also has transmission among staff members, students

DATE: Jan 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

COVID-19 cases leveling off in La Plata County

Colorado not experiencing post-holiday spike as some health officials feared

DATE: Jan 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Even with vaccine, public should follow health guidelines, SJBPH says

Virus remains transmissible in days, weeks after shot

DATE: Jan 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Navajo hospital vaccinates 2,400 people in one day

‘That was a big, crazy day’

DATE: Jan 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Protesters return to home of public health director in Durango

Group formed across street, ‘outside the prohibited zone,’ police chief says

DATE: Jan 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado ceases Curative COVID-19 testing, citing accuracy concerns

FDA warns of false negatives

DATE: Jan 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

COVID-19 pandemic may be driving rise in opioid deaths

Overdoses rose in 2020 as people faced heightened risk factors

DATE: Jan 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Health

Archuleta County reports first ‘death among’ COVID-19 case

CDC must determine whether person died directly because of virus

DATE: Jan 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News