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The death of a Mitchell High School student has sparked outreach and community outreach to try and stem the tide of the opiod pandemic.

Jenna Bruce, 32, hugs her daughter, Jade, 3, while her husband, Jordan Bruce sit on the couch with them Friday, March 12, 2021, at the Colorado Springs home. Jenna became sick with COVID-19 in March 2020 and still is suffering from the effects of the virus. Jordan was sick for a couple days, but never bedridden. The couple worried about who would take care of their daughter if they were both as sick as Jenna. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) Christian Murdock/The Gazette

Ty Godwin poses for a self portrait. Hes had COVID-19 symptoms for a year. Ty Godwin has felt like he has COVID-19, shortness of breath, malaise, fevers, headaches and fatigue — for the last year. He’s a long hauler, part of a growing number of people who experience what’s known as long COVID or post-acute COVID-19 syndrome. “I was a marathon runner and a triathlete before this,” he said. “Ive had nights where I wake up out of breath.”  In January, he took a medical leave of abse...

Special to the Daily After catching the coronavirus last March, Dana Gosnell figured she’d be feeling better by now, not worse. Instead, she said she finds herself still facing a confusing and scary array of symptoms. Gosnell, who lives in Vail, said she was in bed for about 10 days with her initial COVID-19 infection. She had headaches and body aches and “felt crappy,” but started to recover. That changed in early June, when a host of strange symptoms and health problems surfaced and hav...

People reported fatigue, insomnia, memory loss, shortness of breath and more, the county epidemiologist said. Author: Noel Brennan Updated: 6:41 PM MST January 12, 2021 PITKIN COUNTY, Colo. — Before Pitkin Countys board of health voted Monday to close indoor dining and move the county to Level Red status on the states COVID-19 dial, health leaders let data do the talking. “Fifty percent of people in Pitkin County who have tested positive continue to have thes...

Amazon Alexander Tingle, director of technology, media, and telecom investment banking, UBS Investment Banking Tingles partner, who is also a banker, once recommended he read "A Little Life," the haunting, critically acclaimed novel by Hanya Yanagihara that was published in 2015 and centers on ambitious young men who move to New York City. "I loved it," Tingle said, admitting with a laugh that hes not the most avid reader, but "A Little Life...