[ad_1] What would be considered a good test positivity rate after the sudden surge of cases we saw from omicron? It stood at about 30 percent in mid-January. Public health experts often look to the positivity rate, the rate of positive COVID-19 tests, as a reliable gauge for community transmission, with 5 percent cited as […]
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[ad_1] As Colorado shifts toward an endemic response to COVID-19, the state health department is looking to the private sector for help in rethinking strategies to deal with the presence of the virus forever, and appears to be trying to shed its central role in limiting its spread in the process. The Colorado Department of […]
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[ad_1] DENVER (KDVR) — The omicron variant spread faster and farther than any coronavirus strain to date. The World Health Organization tallied 90 million COVID cases in the last 10 weeks since the omicron variant was first found in South Africa. In two months, omicron has produced more cases worldwide than in the entirety of […]
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[ad_1] DENVER, Colo. (KDVR) – New drugs approved to treat COVID-19 may pose a risk depending on what other medications patients are taking. As the COVID-19 pandemic persists, new antiviral pills provide a sense of hope for many. Pfizer says its pill reduced hospitalization and severe infection by nearly 90 percent if taken within 3 […]
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