The Colorado State Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) are distributing critical resources today to help communities respond to COVID-19. This week, Colorado received a second allotment from the Strategic National Stockpile, which it will begin distributing across the state today. The Strategic National Stockpile is “the nation’s […]
An 80-year-old woman tied to an outbreak at a Loveland long-term care facility has died after contracting the new coronavirus. Larimer County health officials on Wednesday confirmed that the woman, a resident at North Shore Health & Rehab Facility, had died after contracting COVID-19. The identity of the woman was not immediately known. She died […]
As a new parent, one of the first things you learn is that taking care of a baby is really, really hard. In normal times, my husband and I lean heavily on an extended network of caregivers—grandparents, friends, babysitters, and daycare—for help with the monumental, sometimes mind-numbing task of caring for young children. But these […]
President Trump today announced he has activated the National Guard for three hard-hit states, and Ohio and Louisiana today became the latest states to issue mandatory shelter-in-place orders, as the number of COVID-19 infections in the United States soared past 33,000. Meanwhile, an increasing number of infections and exposures have been reported in lawmakers on […]
The news at large this week has understandably focused on the new coronavirus that continues to spread throughout the world. It’s slowly seeping into the world of cybersecurity as well, as hackers and scammers take advantage of confusion, anxiety, and lax work-from-home setups to stir up trouble. Ransomware Operators Pledge Not to Hit Hospitals for […]
There’s something deeply unsettling about stepping out of the home-from-work boredom of self-isolation into the tense, ambient panic of grocery shopping during a pandemic. Normal is a double-sided coin now. At home, things feel hyperreal and outside they feel entirely surreal—two steps removed from the flashback scenes in a post-apocalyptic movie. You may feel a […]
Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Queens, New York, received a text Wednesday evening that they long feared might come: “We’re writing to let you know that a positive case of the coronavirus (COVID-19) was found at our facility today.” This is the realization of a major threat to Amazon’s operations. Millions of people across […]
Larimer County has its first presumptive positive case of the new coronavirus, Colorado health officials announced Monday. A Johnstown woman in her 50s tested positive for COVID-19, based on overnight testing, according to a news release from Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. The woman, who resides in the Larimer County portion of Johnstown, has been diagnosed […]
Hours after the first cases of the coronavirus were confirmed in Colorado, Sen. Michael Bennet was at Colorado State University on Friday, learning about the university’s efforts to combat COVID-19. He advised residents to take the new virus seriously and use commonsense preventive measures, but not to overreact. Bennet, who noted he’s not an expert on immunology, […]
No Purell? No problem! When disinfecting gel sells out everywhere, you can just make some yourself with stuff you (maybe) already have at home. Properly scrubbing your hands is one of the best ways to stop the spread of germs and viruses, and to ensure you don’t get sick yourself. But if you don’t have […]
