COVID In Colorado: Hospitalizations Increase To 500 Statewide
On Friday, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment reported 500 people hospitalized with the virus in the state, the largest number since February 5.
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On Friday, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment reported 500 people hospitalized with the virus in the state, the largest number since February 5.
The City and County of Denver transitioned into its own public health order on Friday as the state's COVID Dial came to an end, maintaining restrictions at Level Blue from the previous scale.
Centura Health announced thousands of new vaccine appointment openings on Friday.
In Douglas County, there are no COVID-19 restrictions. The county has opted out of the Tri-County Health Department's COVID regulations.
According to the Parkinson's Foundation, more than 1 million people are currently living with the disease in the United States. 60,000 Americans are diagnosed every year, and men are 1.5 times more likely to have Parkinson's than women.
Thousands of Coloradans have waited a week with countless questions and very few answers after the state told them their first vaccine dose was useless because of the way it was handled at the clinic they visited in Colorado Springs.
UCHealth is already planning for COVID-19 vaccine booster shots, after the CEO of Pfizer announced they'll likely be needed within 12 months of being fully vaccinated.
More than 560,000 Americans have died because of COVID-19. That includes 6,319 Coloradans. Now the federal government is offering a way to reimburse those funeral expenses.
With the majority of older adults vaccinated against COVID-19, Colorado health officials are focusing on younger people and children.
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment will work with those who must receive new vaccinations after a clinic in El Paso County was shut down.
The VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System says it can now offer COVID-19 vaccines to all veterans.
Weld County announced they will not issue COVID-19 restrictions and regulations starting Friday, when the state lifts its COVID-19 dial framework and passes control over to local jurisdictions.
Several COVID-19 testing sites in the Denver metro area will be on a delayed start on Friday due to the Winter Weather Advisory and expected snowfall.
Colorado lawmakers are considering a bill to improve maternal health aimed at bettering pregnancy outcomes for minority women.
April is Autism Awareness Month, and Firefly Autism in Denver is working to ignite conversation surrounding around those living on the spectrum.
The new sculpture, Ethereal Bliss, is 23 feet high and 16 feet deep, weighs a little less than 10,000 pounds, is made entirely of steel, and is a combination of welding and 300 laser point cuts.
The bandstand at Denver's City Park was destroyed in an overnight fire, according to Denver fire officials and a nonprofit that uses the bandstand.
"A Shaving Grace Hairport," a barbershop kiosk located on Concourse B, is a first-of-its-kind concept designed specifically for an airport setting, offering grooming services in a fast, convenient format.
A measure would allow local governments to set the hours of operation for bars located in areas designated as Entertainment Districts.
In Broomfield, The Grove at Cottonwood is set to open to residents this summer as an affordable housing complex for those with intellectual or developmental disabilities. But as construction reaches the final months, RTD has denied Broomfield Housing Alliance's request for extended Access-a-Ride services to the complex.
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The bandstand at Denver's City Park was destroyed in an overnight fire, according to Denver fire officials and a nonprofit that uses the bandstand.
The new sculpture, Ethereal Bliss, is 23 feet high and 16 feet deep, weighs a little less than 10,000 pounds, is made entirely of steel, and is a combination of welding and 300 laser point cuts.
Dr. Brooke Pengel, a Pediatric Orthopedic Specialist with HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's talks aboiut how common the injury is and why it is on the rise in one particular group of women.
New Catholic Archbishop James Golka is set to deliver his first mass in Denver at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception.
For Denver Summit FC's Janine Sonis, returning home is a dream come true.
The Colorado Rockies will offer an eating and drinking challenge for fans at Coors Field this season.
The 31-year-old American matched Austrian downhill great Annemarie Moser-Pröll, who won her six titles in the 1970s.
The Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey team is preparing for a familiar quest.
Denver Summit FC captured its first point as a franchise with a 1-1 draw against the Orlando Pride last weekend. It's a milestone worth celebrating, but likely the first of many during its inaugural season.
The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, whose board is filled with the president's allies, announced Bill Maher will receive the prize in June.
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The TSA's top official says the situation at U.S. airports could get even worse if the partial government shutdown that has frozen officers' paychecks continues.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren's bill would raise taxes on households worth more than $50 million and on billionaires.
FEMA will make $1 billion available for the BRIC program, which helps local governments harden against natural hazards like fires, floods, earthquakes and hurricanes.
A measure would allow local governments to set the hours of operation for bars located in areas designated as Entertainment Districts.
The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, whose board is filled with the president's allies, announced Bill Maher will receive the prize in June.
Justice Department lawyers said in the memo that it was a "regrettable error" to cite the memo in monthslong litigation.
The TSA's top official says the situation at U.S. airports could get even worse if the partial government shutdown that has frozen officers' paychecks continues.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren's bill would raise taxes on households worth more than $50 million and on billionaires.
Here's what to know about peptides, what they can and can't do, and what's driving viral claims about possible health benefits online.
There's a new dedicated space for teens and young adults to find a sense of normalcy while receiving medical treatment, and it's inspired by a former patient.
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, head of the National Institutes of Health and interim leader of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told staff a permanent CDC director could be nominated soon. "I know that it has been such a difficult year," he said.
Federal health officials posted a warning about misleading statements by biotech billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong about his company's bladder cancer drug Anktiva.
A compound found in python blood could lead to a new kind of weight loss drug, one that suppresses appetite without some of the side effects linked to popular medications like Ozempic.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren's bill would raise taxes on households worth more than $50 million and on billionaires.
Skiers have filed a class action lawsuit against the two largest winter sports and resort companies, saying their price structures violate state and federal antitrust laws, like those used to prevent monopolies in other industries.
The U.S. Postal Service is raising some postage prices to help offset the federal agency's rising transportation costs as fuel prices surge.
With Social Security's trust fund sliding toward insolvency, one group wants to cap benefits for the wealthiest U.S. couples.
Summer gasoline regulations will be waived for 20 days, and possibly longer to try to ease gas prices.
A state investigation has found that a Denver assisted living facility took 13 minutes to locate a resident who collapsed and begin CPR -- failures regulators say placed all 125 residents in "immediate jeopardy."
Colorado's youth detention facilities are at the center of a civil rights lawsuit alleging that children are being kept beyond their court-ordered release dates. Advocates and families say the impact is irreversible.
One day after DIA's general counsel filed a federal lawsuit against the city and three of Mayor Mike Johnston's appointees -- alleging unethical and potentially illegal behavior, and claiming they were plotting to oust airport CEO Phil Washington -- one of the appointees, City Attorney Miko Brown, responded by saying of the claims in the lawsuit, "I know they're upsetting."
A woman whose aging mother was charged thousands of dollars to change a lock reached out to CBS Colorado in hopes that the station would help them get the money back.
A senior lawyer at Denver International Airport filed a federal lawsuit against the city and three top officials, claiming he was pushed out of his job after warning about possible alleged violations of law and more.