Tag: covid-19
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Programming, partnerships and outreach expand to fill gaps in health care workforce
What’s the first thing a primary care doctor addresses when they meet with a 28-year-old female patient with trouble staying asleep, fatigue, a lack of appetite, headaches and skin flare-ups like acne and eczema? CU Boulder employee and University of Colorado Colorado Springs graduate student Mary Gately posed that question to a group of high…
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Federal judge dismisses lawyer’s disability discrimination claims against judge
A federal judge dismissed a lawyer’s discrimination claims last month against a judge in El Paso County who allegedly failed to provide reasonable accommodations for her long COVID disability. Andrea M. Hall sued District Court Judge Chad Miller and his judicial district, which encompasses El Paso and Teller counties, based on an April 2023 criminal…
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‘We cannot do it alone’: Local experts, philanthropist, say boost youth mental health services
Skyway Elementary School recently found itself in a scenario one hopes never happens, but everyone now prepares for. In late March, the school experienced its first shelter-in-place as police responded to a report of a student brandishing a gun outside. Second-grade teacher Anne Laye-Cross recalled watching her students’ body language and emotions shift as they…
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Hantavirus outbreak is not like COVID-19 pandemic, CDC says
Hantavirus is not a COVID-19 sequel. Infectious disease experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who refer to the outbreak on the cruise ship that’s been in the news as the Andes virus, describe the risk to the American public as “extremely low” because it is not spread as easily from person-to-person as…
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Colorado Supreme Court to hear cases on insurance coverage for COVID, witness credibility
The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Tuesday that it will decide the degree to which a virus or other hazard must affect a commercial property before it can trigger loss-or-damage coverage under an insurance policy. At least three of the court’s seven members must agree to hear a case on appeal. Currently, there is one…
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Federal judge lets ex-Castle Rock employee’s discrimination lawsuit proceed
A federal judge rejected the town of Castle Rock’s effort to dismiss an ex-employee’s age and gender discrimination lawsuit on Wednesday, while deeming the case a close call. Carl E. Filler, who was in his mid-60s when the town hired him as a traffic engineering technician, was employed for only six months between July 2022…
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10th Circuit rejects assortment of legal theories challenging workplace vaccine mandates
The Denver-based federal appeals court rejected an array of legal theories on Tuesday that challenged employers’ ability to impose COVID-19 vaccination requirements under the U.S. Constitution, laws governing emergency drug authorizations and the rules for human experimentation. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit followed in the footsteps of…
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Colorado Supreme Court ends lawsuit seeking refunds for CSU campus closure
Colorado State University students may not claim their school unjustly enriched itself when it temporarily closed its physical campus during the COVID-19 pandemic and did not provide refunds, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday. On behalf of all people who paid student tuition and fees during the spring 2020 semester, Renee Alderman sued CSU…
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Federal judge rejects ex-Denver employee’s lawsuit over vaccine objection
A federal judge ruled last week that a former Denver employee had not shown the city violated his rights by rejecting his request for a religious exemption to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Specifically, U.S. District Court Chief Judge Philip A. Brimmer concluded plaintiff Patrick Higgins had not actually lodged a coherent religious-based objection, as he…
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Appeals court dismisses state contractor’s defamation suit against Denver7
Colorado’s second-highest court agreed earlier this month that a former vaccine distribution contractor for the state failed to show Denver7 should be liable for defamation through its series of stories about the company’s problems. Between 2021 and 2022, Denver7 published four articles describing employees of Jogan Health, LLC not receiving payments, false statements in Jogan…