CDC director announces sweeping review of agency
By John Bonifield, CNN US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky announced a sweeping review of the nation’s…
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There is no ‘magic moment’ to lift Covid-19 restrictions, researchers say
By Tasnim Ahmed, CNN Pandemic hospitalization rates are at new lows, the vast majority of US counties have low community levels of the coronavirus,…
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El Paso County Health Department reflects on past two years for National Public Health Week
EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — As COVID-19 hospitalizations in Colorado reach their lowest point since March 2020, the El Paso County Health…
Continue ReadingWastewater monitoring for Covid-19 is picking up steam across the US
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Interest in using wastewater surveillance to monitor Covid-19 continues to grow in the United States, as the values of the…
Continue ReadingWastewater monitoring for Covid-19 is picking up steam across the US
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Interest in using wastewater surveillance to monitor Covid-19 continues to grow in the United States, as the values of the…
Continue ReadingWhy does coffee make you poop? Experts explain
By Kristen Rogers, CNN For some people, coffee jump-starts their bowel movements in addition to their energy. Despite the drink’s popularity,…
Continue ReadingTHC and CBD exposure in womb linked to childhood obesity, higher blood sugar, study says
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Pregnant women who were exposed to cannabis products that contained THC and CBD were more likely to have children with…
Continue ReadingHow to make skating a good workout
By Stephanie Mansour, CNN Many of us have walked to take breaks from work, burn calories and be more active outside during the pandemic. As we gear…
Continue ReadingSleeping pill dangers and how to avoid them
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN The stories of sleeping pills gone wrong are legendary. Ask any flight attendant, and you’ll hear amusing tales of…
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Pueblo Health Department: tips to stay safe around chicks, ducklings this spring
PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment (PDPHE) encourages residents to stay healthy if they’re…
Continue ReadingNew heart failure guidelines add another type of meds to treatment recommendations
By Tasnim Ahmed, CNN The American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association and the Heart Failure Society of America released new…
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Experts say post-pandemic anxiety could linger for years in children
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — As the pandemic begins to settle, experts at UCHealth are now saying that children may experience post-pandemic…
Continue ReadingCovid-19 hospitalizations hit a pandemic low in the US, but strain on hospitals persists
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Fewer people are hospitalized with Covid-19 in the United States now than at any other point in the pandemic, but hospitals…
Continue ReadingCovid-19 hospitalizations hit a pandemic low in the US, but strain on hospitals persists
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Fewer people are hospitalized with Covid-19 in the United States now than at any other point in the pandemic, but hospitals…
Continue ReadingHow the next coronavirus variant could emerge
By Michael Nedelman, CNN Stopping the next major coronavirus variant involves knowing where it might come from. With Omicron, those answers are still…
Continue ReadingAfter vaccinating thousands against Covid-19, this CNN Hero is fighting inequity in the medical system
By Kathleen Toner, CNN As Covid-19 infection rates and restrictions are waning in some places and a variant is surging in others, it’s…
Continue ReadingAfter vaccinating thousands against Covid-19, this CNN Hero is fighting inequity in the medical system
By Kathleen Toner, CNN As Covid-19 infection rates and restrictions are waning in some places and a variant is surging in others, it’s…
Continue ReadingFirst human challenge study of Covid-19 yields valuable insights about how we get sick
By Brenda Goodman, CNN It takes just a tiny virus-laden droplet — about the width of a human blood cell — to infect someone with…
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State-run free vaccine sites shut down as around 35% of El Paso County has not completed vaccine process
EL PASO CO., Colo. (KRDO) — By the end of Thursday, 13 separate COVID-19 community vaccination sites funded by the state will close shop in…
Continue ReadingScientists sequence the complete human genome for the first time
By Tasnim Ahmed, CNN In 2003, the Human Genome Project made history when it sequenced 92% of the human genome. But for nearly two decades since,…
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