According to a report by the University of Colorado's Anschutz Medical Campus, the level of meth contamination necessary for a residential home to be considered contaminated is 0.5 micrograms of meth per 100 square centimeters.
Essentially, public health needs rebuilding, said Dr. Jon Samet, dean of the Colorado School of Public Health. Officials need to rebuild public health staffing, better integrate health care and public health systems, stockpile supplies to provide better respiratory protection to workers in high-risk industries in case of future risk and invest in updating public health databases, among other steps, Samet said.
Recently I attended CU Anschutz’s Sickle Cell Summit and learned of new therapeutic modalities — pharmacologic as well as the exciting CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing therapy. Unfortunately, many people who have SCT are unaware of their status or the implications of SCD their offspring might inherit. Such knowledge can be useful in determining future family planning. On a positive note, the Anschutz Sickle Cell Group under Dr. Kathryn Hassell as well as Colorado Sickle Cell Association are actively disseminating information on SCT.
Christopher Knoepke, an assistant professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, who has studied red flag laws both in Colorado and nationwide, worries the state law is a valuable tool that is being underutilized. He said his research found that in its first year there were 109 ERPO petitions filed in Colorado. In 2021 there were 144, and as of Aug. 1 of this year there have been 69.
Nearly half of Jon Samet's tenure as the dean of the Colorado School of Public Health has been spent battling COVID-19, from modeling the virus's spread to advising state and local leaders; he even found time to keep a regular blog with his thoughts on the situation.
"Given the large numbers of unvaccinated school children (including all kids under 12 years), I believe that a universal mask-wearing policy in schools will be a very beneficial and low-cost strategy to reduce transmission," said Glen Mays, also of the Colorado School of Public Health. "I anticipate that many school districts will need to consider such a policy this fall, despite the fact that mask requirements remain unpopular among some groups."
Point: Dr. Matthew Wynia, a Professor in the Schools of Medicine and Public Health and Director of the University of Colorado’s Center for Bioethics and Humanities, located on the Anschutz Medical Campus: I’m not usually a fan of lotteries — they’re a tax on people who are bad at math, my math teacher once joked. But unlike a lottery, which requires buying a ticket, entry into the COVID-19 vaccination sweepstakes is automatic and free for everyone who gets the vaccine. Here’s why I’m in favor of them.
April 07, 2023