The number of new cases also ticked up a bit compared to the previous week, though the percentage of tests coming back positive remained unchanged. But the numbers are still within the general area where they’ve been fluctuating in recent weeks, said Bailey Fosdick, an associate professor of biostatistics and informatics at the Colorado School of Public Health.
“We think about air quality, we think about water security, we think about wildfires, extreme heat and extreme weather events and what it does to our communities,” said Dr. Jay Lemery, who helped found the University of Colorado School (CU) of Medicine’s Climate and Health Program, which focuses on the impact of climate change on human health.
The increase in cannabis use could be happening because the risk perception of the drug is steadily dropping, said Dr. Christian Hopfer, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, who was not involved in this study.
Dr. Huntington Potter, director of the Alzheimer's and Cognition Center at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center, said the drug could also benefit others with memory problems and improve cognition in people with Down syndrome, but he cautions that several more years of research are needed to make sure the drug is effective.
“Based on what I consider limited animal data, there is a theoretical risk that the aluminum in vaccines could influence allergy risk,” said Daley, an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
“It’s just coming out in a different form to potentially be more attractive, more quote unquote ‘fun’ to use because it looks potentially fun to take,” said Wang, an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.
Dr. Monica Federico, a pediatric pulmonologist at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado in Denver, started an asthma program at the hospital several years ago. About a fifth of its appointments proved no-shows. The team needed something more granular than patient satisfaction data to understand why.
Of the four CU campuses, the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus was responsible for $777.8 million in research funding, with the Boulder campus a close second at $658 million. CU’s Denver and Colorado Springs campuses brought in less than $30 million combined.
