'Goggles For Docs': Your Used Ski Gear Can Help Frontline Workers Fighting Coronavirus
Christy Sports stores are collecting used ski goggles to pass along to doctors and nurses who are lacking personal protective equipment, or PPE.
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Christy Sports stores are collecting used ski goggles to pass along to doctors and nurses who are lacking personal protective equipment, or PPE.
With stay at home orders in place, there are few car accidents and few of the common mishaps that would typically bring patients to the emergency rooms. Doctors say the drop is also fueled by a fear of coming to an emergency room and contracting coronavirus.
Colorado doctors and hospitals say they still only have enough supplies to test a fraction of those who should be tested.
The shutdown has caused a domino effect, leading to fewer child abuse cases getting reported, CBS4 has learned. That's because there are fewer eyes on children right now, since they're staying at home for school and aren't attending any after-school activities.
A Denver family physician has been prescribing a controversial medication to his patients, sick with coronavirus, and believes it is yielding positive results.
Some elected officials and advocacy groups are pushing for a larger shelter to open at a facility like the Coliseum. Other activist groups are asking the governor to act on his authority to commandeer vacant buildings from private property owners.
The Larimer County Department of Public Health and Environment tells CBS4 it has ordered Qualfon, a call center, to either close or have employees work from home after it received "dozens of complaints" about the company staying open.
Dr. John Adgate, an exposure scientist with the Colorado School of Public Health explains which fabrics to use and how to make sure it fits properly.
As schools across the state are being ordered to stay closed until April 30, CBS4 has learned there are thousands of students in Colorado who are having trouble learning remotely, because they don't have internet access at home.
Emergency room doctors are putting themselves at risk -- and trying to protect their own families. Now some are also facing pay cuts.
Denver International Airport is offering a bleak outlook for when passenger traffic might return to normal levels, saying "the best experts in our industry are predicting a late 2022 or 2023 return to previous demand."
As the coronavirus pandemic unfolded, Lisa Stite and Susanna Kantor knew they needed to help.
Dr. Nick Brandehoff had just come off a week of duty in a northern Colorado emergency room when he told CBS4 about his hospital's patients.
Teams from the Army Corps have fanned out across Colorado since Monday, quickly assessing vacant hospitals, college dorms and hotels, to see if they could quickly be retrofitted into alternative care facilities for coronavirus patients.
The Department of Homeland security is warning that terrorist groups may try to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic to attack already strained health care systems.
