CU Anschutz In The News

“Closing the Pueblo syringe service program is a fiscally irresponsible move, because people are now going to get more infections that are more costly,” said Dr. Josh Barocas, an infectious diseases physician and addiction researcher at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. “A lot of people either are on state insurance, Medicaid or are uninsured. So where does that cost go? That cost goes directly to the city of Pueblo and its residents.”

Researchers still don’t know how the recent outbreak of bird flu spread to cattle, but the leading theory is that it has to do with milking machines that could be carrying the virus, Jenna Guthmiller, an assistant professor of immunology and microbiology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, said in the university’s journal. She said high levels of the virus have been found in the cows’ udders, and the infection appears restricted to dairy cows, which furthers this possibility.

You are likely to save time and money, however, by just getting the vaccine if you aren’t sure of your status. It is safe to do so even if you were ultimately vaccinated at a younger age and don’t remember, Joshua Barocas, MD, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, told Verywell.

Psychologist Michelle L. West, assistant professor in the department of psychiatry at University of Colorado - Anschutz Medical Campus, tells Yahoo Life that it's important to consider all sides of marijuana use. “It is important to consider benefits and downsides of marijuana use and to be open to new information,” she says. “There is a lot that we don’t know about marijuana and the way that it can impact people, especially young people.”

Since 2019, the Team PH has received an abundance of diverse proposals from investigators worldwide. Most recently, Dr. Sue Gu of the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus received the 2023 Team PH Research Award for her submission titled, "Sex Differences and the Impact of High Intensity Interval Training on Right Ventricular Metabolism in Pulmonary Hypertension."

The Conversation asked Dr. Jacob Pellinen, a CU School of Medicine neurologist specializing in epilepsy, to walk us through how to recognize a seizure in a bystander or loved one, and what to do in those crucial moments after a seizure begins.

“This breakthrough approach turned out not only to be safe but also promising, with respect to the effects observed through medical exams and, as data generated in our lab suggest, molecular markers of neuroinflammation," said Angelo D’Alessandro, a professor at the Univerisity of Colorado’s School of Medicine.

This second Colorado, said Jane Reusch, professor of endocrinology at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, “doesn’t really look dissimilar to what’s found in Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas.”