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How physicians are preparing for climate change and extreme heat's impact on human health

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Publish DateDecember 15, 2023

In a first of its kind program run by CU School of Medicine, experts are working to address how the medical community can help prevent climate disasters. Dr. Terry O’Connor from the University of Colorado School of Medicine says, “some of these events are coming more and more with less pre-notification. They’re amplifying faster than ever before.”

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What can be done to reverse worrying U.S. gun suicide trend

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Publish DateSeptember 13, 2023

Firearms are involved in more than half of suicides in the U.S. The gun suicide rate has reached an all-time high, and for the first time, the rate is higher among Black kids and teens than white ones, according to a recent analysis by Johns Hopkins University. William Brangham speaks with Dr. Emmy Betz, director of the Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, to learn more.

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Ricochet: An American Trauma

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Publish DateOctober 06, 2022

Dr. Emmy Betz, Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and the co-founder of the Colorado Firearm Safety Coalition, a group bringing together the firearms industry and public health researchers to prevent gun suicides is interviewed for the documentary.

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Suicides from firearms prompt movement to address mental health stigmas

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Publish DateSeptember 01, 2022

Dr. Emmy Betz is an emergency physician at the University of Colorado's Anschutz Medical Center. “The connection between the lethality of firearms and the risk of suicide death is not something that's been talked about enough.”

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Pfizer asks FDA to allow COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5

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Publish DateMarch 04, 2022

“What we’re seeing right now is still a lot of hospitalizations and unfortunately some deaths in this age group,” said Dr. Sean O’Leary of the University of Colorado [School of Medicine], who is on the AAP’s infectious disease committee. If the FDA clears vaccinations for these youngsters, “that’s going to be really important because all of those hospitalizations and deaths essentially are preventable.”

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Colorado hospitals overwhelmed by young, ‘dramatically ill’ unvaccinated COVID patients

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Publish DateNovember 21, 2021

For a front-line perspective, I'm joined by Dr. Ivor Douglas. He's chief of pulmonary and critical care medicine at Denver Health and a professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Dr. Douglas, welcome to the "NewsHour." Thank you for making the time. Take us, if you can, inside your hospital right now. What does it look like? What do you see?"

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WATCH: Senate Judiciary Committee holds gun violence hearing focusing on safe storage

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Publish DateMay 28, 2021

Kristin Song, whose 15-year-old son Ethan was killed in 2018 after he and a friend handled an unlocked pistol, will testify. Other witnesses include Maya Haasz of the Children’s Hospital Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Ted Bonar of End Family Fire, Joseph Bartozzi of the National Shooting Sports Foundation and Stephen Willeford, a former National Rifle Association instructor who exchanged fire with the suspect in a 2017 mass shooting in Texas.

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How to Keep Kids Healthy as the Country Reopens

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Publish DateJuly 24, 2020

The political fight over children returning to school this fall continues to rage, and now the medical community is weighing in, with the American Academy of Pediatrics issuing its own guidance. Dr. Sean O’Leary is vice chair of the organization’s committee on infectious diseases. He joins Hari Sreenivasan to explain how children are affected by the virus and the challenges of reopening schools.

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