119 UCHealth Employees Fired After COVID Vaccination Deadline Passes
UCHealth reports 119 employees were fired recently for not having been vaccinated against COVID-19 or given a medical or religious exemption.
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UCHealth reports 119 employees were fired recently for not having been vaccinated against COVID-19 or given a medical or religious exemption.
One month after opting into the state's weekly in-school COVID testing program, Mapleton Public Schools is hoping to get more students and staff to take part. Meanwhile, state leaders are urging more districts and schools to join the free program.
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser has joined a coalition with other states to keep reproductive resources for women in Colorado.
Colorado State University's Veterinary Teaching Hospital, a world renowned animal care facility, is having to temporarily close its doors overnights due to extreme staffing shortages.
The Chief Medical Officer at National Jewish Health says the possibility of a pill to help treat patients with COVID-19 could be a crucial tool to reduce hospitalizations and prevent another surge impacting medical staff across the state.
At the deadline, the City and County of Denver reported that 99% of its workforce was vaccinated against COVID-19. CBS4 checked the State of Colorado figures and found 76% have indicated that they are vaccinated.
The restaurants of the Bonanno Concepts group are the latest in Denver to require proof of COVID-19 vaccination, a move that follows requiring all of the workers to be vaccinated.
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment says it will begin enforcing the state's vaccine mandate for all health care workers. It's estimated that 7,500 nursing home workers alone are unvaccinated.
Denver's move to require vaccination for city employees along with that of a growing number of communities and companies are surviving nearly all court challenges.
A group of parents in Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties filed suit Tuesday against Tri-County Health Department over its mask mandate in schools.
A judge dismissed an attempt by a group of Denver police officers to block the city's vaccine mandate a day before it's set to take effect.
Colorado is once again urging residents to sign up for free at-home COVID-19 testing.
With children back in school and a highly contagious strain of COVID spreading, questions about if and when children can be vaccinated have followed.
As Pfizer seeks FDA approval for their COVID-19 vaccine to be administered to children 5 years old and older, Children's Hospital Colorado has been among the leading health providers in the world helping supply data on vaccinating children.
Gov. Jared Polis said that 4% of eligible adults in the state have already received their vaccine booster shot.
There is a Heat Advisory in place for many northern urban areas along I-25 stretching from Denver up into Fort Collins for the possibility of high temperature soaring up between 95 and 100 degrees by Monday afternoon.
A body was recovered from a firefighting aircraft that went down in Silver Jack Reservoir in western Colorado.
As firefighters in Colorado battle the Willow Fire west of Leadville through another Red Flag Warning, many local businesses are doing what they can to support the crews working long days in record-setting heat.
First responders in Colorado closed Highway 6 on Sunday evening after three rock climbers became stranded.
On Sunday, Colorado officials announced the new look for a high-speed passenger rail project that will connect Pueblo to Fort Collins.
A body was recovered from a firefighting aircraft that went down in Silver Jack Reservoir in western Colorado.
Dive teams were called to a reservoir in the western part of the state after a firefighting aircraft went down in the water.
Centennial based Arrow Electronics has had a hand in most of our every day tech over the last 100 years, but they're also working on cutting edge technology for people with physical impairments.
Guests who were evacuated from Water World on Saturday due to a reported bomb threat were allowed back into the park today to retrieve their belongings.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife rescued a man on Saturday who was seriously injured in a boating accident at Chatfield Reservoir.
Jayden Adams' death was confirmed by South Africa's minister of sport, arts and culture on Saturday.
If you're around Colorado youth baseball this summer, there's a good chance that you'll see, and likely hear, Bob McCaslin calling games.
One look and listen to Dillon Stewart's swing and you can tell he can sent it.
Belgium defeated the U.S. Men's National Team 4-1 on Monday night in the World Cup round of 16 knockout match in Seattle, ending the Americans' hopes of reaching the quarterfinals for the first time in 24 years.
Balogun's reinstatement came after President Trump called FIFA President Gianni Infantino last week and asked for a review of the red card suspension.
Sen. Mitch McConnell released a statement on his health on Sunday along with a photo of himself and his wife, Elaine Chao, after questions swirled about his condition.
Sen. Lindsey Graham was running for reelection in November when he died suddenly on Saturday.
President Trump paid tribute to the late senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, who had just returned from a trip to Ukraine.
Jayden Adams' death was confirmed by South Africa's minister of sport, arts and culture on Saturday.
The subpoenas were issued after the New York Times reported on alleged security concerns with the new Qatari-gifted Air Force One.
Sen. Mitch McConnell released a statement on his health on Sunday along with a photo of himself and his wife, Elaine Chao, after questions swirled about his condition.
Sen. Lindsey Graham was running for reelection in November when he died suddenly on Saturday.
President Trump paid tribute to the late senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, who had just returned from a trip to Ukraine.
The subpoenas were issued after the New York Times reported on alleged security concerns with the new Qatari-gifted Air Force One.
Now that Colorado's primary elections are final, Novembers ballot is looking pretty interesting.
As health officials investigate a growing multistate Cyclospora outbreak, Colorado public health leaders say there is no evidence of an increased risk from produce sold in Colorado.
Researchers are getting a better idea of the ills caused by wildfire smoke as the West becomes the location of larger and more severe fires.
The FDA is urging parents and caregivers to immediately stop using a Nara Organics-brand formula after several infants contracted botulism.
Wildfire smoke drifting through Colorado has pushed the Front Range and Northern Colorado into some of the worst air quality conditions in the United States, prompting health experts to warn residents, especially those with underlying respiratory conditions, to take precautions.
Actor Danny Glover spoke about his Alzheimer's diagnosis in an interview with NBC's "Today" show, revealing that he has been living with the disease for several years.
At the Black Arts Festival being held in City Park, people were doing everything they could to stay cool.
President Trump said Friday he won't sign the law, but a U.S. official said he isn't expected to veto it either.
The former CFO of The Epoch Times, a conservative multinational media company, interrupted jury selection at his money laundering trial to plead guilty to a conspiracy charge in a $67 million fraud scheme.
British budget airline EasyJet says it's reached an agreement in principle for a £5.7-billion ($7.7-billion) takeover by U.S. private equity firm Apollo, topping a rival offer from fellow American private equity investor Castlelake.
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston has unveiled a $100 million, four-part plan to address everything from workforce development to low interest loans, and incentives for companies to move to the city.
Memorials are being held in the hometowns of three wildland firefighters who died while battling a fire on the Colorado-Utah border. Meanwhile, the circumstances surrounding their deaths are still under investigation.
Concerns are emerging about a company formerly known as COE Bikes, which continues advertising free e-bikes and is now drawing scrutiny from state agencies.
The City of Denver is giving itself stronger enforcement tools to hold owners of neglected and derelict properties accountable, including significantly larger fines for those who fail to comply with city orders.
A Colorado administrative law judge has upheld the demotion of a former Colorado Department of Corrections manager who admitted participating in years of inappropriate text message exchanges with other prison leaders.
A man who stayed at a downtown Denver hotel last summer says he woke up to bats flying around his room — and that one of them bit him. He has now filed a lawsuit against the hotel.
