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The authors of My House Is Killing Me! take LISA SALMON on a tour of household items that may be silently polluting the air and damaging your health

Published April 29, 2021 at 5:59 PM MDT Courtesy Museum of Boulder / Visitors come to pay their respects outside the Boulder King Soopers where 10 people were killed in a mass shooting. Today on Colorado Edition, we take a look at three gun bills that Colorado state Democrats unveiled Thursday. Plus, we hear how communities that experienced mass shootings manage the physical spaces where they happened. We also get a temperature check on the pandemic as Colorado cases continue to rise ...

Colorados oldest residents are seeing the benefits of the state’s COVID-19 inoculation efforts. In contrast with the rising numbers of new cases and hospitalizations statewide, Colorado’s oldest residents, who were prioritized for vaccinations for the first three months of the inoculation effort, haven’t seen the same surge. Instead, the oldest and most vaccinated age group has seen a significant decline in new cases and hospital admissions, and the numbers have stayed low. Meanwhile, cas...

Colorado in COVID-19 plateau, but vaccines showing clear benefit in recent weeks vaccine and last updated 2021-03-17 08:16:53-04 DENVER — Colorado health officials on Tuesday said the state has reached a plateau in COVID-19 cases, seeing benefits from the COVID-19 vaccine but not any recent downswings in data. The key vaccine benefit, so far, has been in the decline in cases among the states 70-and-older population, a group that is now 77% vaccinated, according to data presented at a news ...

These easing restrictions are welcome news for our limping economy and Coloradans eager to resume the rhythms of pre-coronavirus life. But as new, more contagious strains of the virus emerge in the Centennial State, is it possible Colorado is reopening too soon? We posed this question to two local public health experts. As with anything COVID-19-related, the answer is a bit, well, complicated. We’ll start with some good news: Colorado’s epidemic curve has eased considerably since its peak l...

Polis is confident most of the state will be COVID-19 vaccinated by May, which means Colorado could reach the crucial point of herd immunity.

Radiological images confirm ‘COVID-19 can cause the body to attack itself Imaging illustrates severity, long-term prognosis of COVID-19-related muscle, joint pain MRI of the foot in a patient with severe COVID-19. Muscle soreness and achy joints are common symptoms among COVID-19 patients. But for some people, symptoms are more severe, long lasting and even bizarre, including rheumatoid arthritis flares, autoimmune myositis or “COVID toes.”  A new Northwestern Medicine study h...

 E-Mail IMAGE: MRI image of a patients shoulder. The red arrow points to inflammation in the joint. The COVID virus triggered rheumatoid arthritis in this patient with prolonged shoulder pain after other... view more  Credit: Northwestern University CHICAGO --- Muscle soreness and achy joints are common symptoms among COVID-19 patients. But for some people, symptoms are more severe, long lasting and even bizarre, including rheumatoid arthritis flares, autoimmune myositis or "COVID toe...

New website pulls data from federal, state and private data resources to better inform decision-making The Colorado School of Public Health recently launched a new website that provides detailed, county-level data tied to the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic. The Colorado Population Data Dashboard is designed to help local public health agencies (LPHAs), county commissioners, community leaders, and the general public make more informed short- and long-term decisions about protecting public health...

Date Time Shaping National Public Health Policies With Science CU Anschutz experts sit on NASEM committees, offering a ‘critical translational step’ in turning science into policy Professors and faculty members at most research universities spend the bulk of their professional time in well-known academic pursuits: teaching, researching, collaborating with colleagues, and leading the next generation of experts in their respective fields. Less apparent are hundreds of hours some volunteer to ...