CDC To Simplify COVID-19 Vaccine Recommendations
The CDC has taken steps to simplify COVID-19 vaccine recommendations and allow more flexibility for people at higher risk who want the option of added protection.
The CDC has taken steps to simplify COVID-19 vaccine recommendations and allow more flexibility for people at higher risk who want the option of added protection.
The federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency will officially expire on May 11, 2023, as the country continues to transition to routine disease control for COVID-19.
In this guest column from Chaffee County Public Health Director Andrea Carlstrom, she addresses the end of the COVID-19 emergency, the reduction of SNAP benefits, and updated Medicaid coverage.
Chaffee County ‘s COVID-19 Community Level has been upgraded to “Medium” and the transmission level has moved from “Substantial” to “Moderate”.
Everyone knows people who have become ill with COVID-19 even after vaccination or previous infection, especially with Omicron, which continues to circulate with high transmissibility.
Symptoms of flu, colds, RSV, and COVID-19 can be very similar. If you are sick, stay home regardless of which illness you have.
This Thanksgiving, public health officials are grateful that they are not seeing the same levels of COVID related hospitalizations and fatalities that the 2021 holiday season brought.
Colorado Governor Jared Polis tested positive for Covid-19 yesterday, a little more than two months after receiving the omicron-specific booster shot.
If you are one of those people who sometimes waits until later in the season to get your annual flu shot, local public health authorities encourage you to get it earlier this year.
Infectious illnesses are on the rise in the San Luis Valley, and they have been causing some disruptions in childcare facilities and places of work.
Chaffee County Public Health has decided to sunset its local Covid-19 dashboard effective today.
COVID-19 case and hospitalization rates have remained stable in the San Luis Valley since early August, with 3 to 4 hospital admissions per week.