In Los Angeles and Beyond, Oxygen Is the Latest Covid Bottleneck
The oxygen delivery infrastructure is crumbling under pressure in Los Angeles and other covid hot spots, jeopardizing patientsā access to precious air and limiting hospital turnover.
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Black Women Find Healing (But Sometimes Racism, Too) in the Outdoors
A Colorado woman formed an adventure group to encourage other Black women to enjoy the outdoors, and now it has chapters across the U.S. and Canada. Yet many Black adventure seekers say they often face racism when partaking in healthy outdoor activities.
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Heading Off the Next Pandemic
As long as humans encroach on nature, pandemics are inevitable ā making it important to concentrate resources in areas where people and wildlife are linked.
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āLast Respondersā Brace for Surge in Covid Deaths Across US
In some parts of the country, the surge in covid cases is overwhelming coroners, morgues, funeral homes and religious leaders. It has required ingenuity and even changed the rituals of honoring the dead.
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Live Free or Die if You Must, Say Colorado Urbanites ā But Not in My Hospital
In a fracas between a largely rural county and neighboring cities, class and politics are just as relevant as the coronavirus. People are getting āstupid and mean,ā as one mayor put it.
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In Fast-Moving Pandemic, Health Officials Try to Change Minds at Warp Speed
It typically takes years of persuasion to change habits in the name of health safety. Local officials who are stuck with the responsibility of enforcing statewide pandemic-related mandates are trying to transform behavior fast.
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At Risk of Extinction, Black-Footed Ferrets Get Experimental COVID Vaccine
Months before federal officials authorized experimental vaccines to ward off the coronavirus in humans, scientists tried a veterinary vaccine in endangered ferrets. Drugmakers are researching similar efforts for other animals proving vulnerable to the virus, such as farmed minks, in part to guard against virus mutations that could pose new risks to people.
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Health Officials Fear Pandemic-Related Suicide Spike Among Native Youth
Recent deaths on a small Native American reservation in Montana have underlined the heightened risks for Indigenous youths and how suicide prevention programs are struggling to operate during the pandemic.
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Montanaās Mask Mandate in Doubt With Incoming Governor
Republican Greg Gianforte said that he will encourage people to wear masks and wear one himself when heās sworn in as governor, but that he trusts Montana residents to make the right health decisions for themselves.
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Ski Resorts Work to Stay Open as COVID Cases Snowball
Coloradoās Telluride is a case study in the challenges ski resorts across the U.S. face in staying open as COVID-19 surges.
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Pandemic Backlash Jeopardizes Public Health Powers, Leaders
At least 181 public health leaders in 38 states have resigned, retired or been fired amid the turmoil of the pandemic. The departures come as backlash against public health is rising with threats to officialsā personal safety and legislative and legal efforts to strip their governmental public health powers.
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This Health Care Magnate Wants to Fix Democracy, Starting in Colorado
Kent Thiry, the former CEO of dialysis giant DaVita, has clear ideas about how democracy should work. By backing ballot measures in Colorado, heās shaping the power of voters in that state.
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As More Red States Legalize Marijuana, Some Officials Try to Nip It in the Bud
Recreational marijuana may face resistance from GOP-dominated state governments despite being voted into law in Montana, South Dakota and Arizona.
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Tracking COVIDās Spread Inside a Tight-Knit Latino Community
Contact tracing for COVID-19 in a Latino immigrant community has some unique challenges. But as public health officials in Telluride, Colorado, are showing, using resources from inside those communities can help track and contain the coronavirus.
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What Happened When the Only ER Doctor in a Rural Town Got COVID
Hospitals across the country are struggling as staffers get infected with the coronavirus. It's especially tough for small, rural hospitals, where even one doctor out sick can upend patient capacity.
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Need a COVID-19 Nurse? Thatāll Be $8,000 a Week
A shortage of nurses has turned hospital staffing into a sort of national bidding war, with hospitals willing to pay exorbitant wages to secure the nurses they need. That threatens to shift the supply of nurses toward more affluent areas.
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Trumpās Lame-Duck Status Leaves Governors to Wing It on COVID
As coronavirus cases surge, state officials canāt afford to wait for a new president to take office before taking action. But some governorsā initiatives seem to be little more than policy tweaks or symbolic gestures.
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People Proving to Be Weakest Link for Apps Tracking COVID Exposure
Contact tracers in many states are stretched thin. Colorado is among the latest states to launch an app that aims to help, based on the COVID contact-tracing tool built by Apple and Google. But thereās a chicken-and-egg problem: More people will use them if they prove to work, but the apps become effective only if more people use them.
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Statesā Face-Covering Mandates Leave Gaps in Protection
States vary in how they define face coverings in their mandates. But a bandanna or neck gaiter isn't nearly as effective as a surgical or cloth mask. Public health experts say every state needs more standardization to protect against COVID-19.
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Push Is On in US to Figure Out South Asiansā High Heart Risks
While thereās growing momentum to understand South Asiansā high propensity for cardiovascular disease, researchers stress culturally tailored prevention.