In Denver, some 700 young people  are killed or injured by guns, or are victims of gun-related crimes each year. Gun-related deaths are among the most common causes of death for Denver youth. The information comes from a report released today by Denver Public Health.

Date: September 4, 2019

Contact: Rachel Brand, 303-602-3718

Denver Public Health and Jefferson County Public Health are partnering on a tuberculosis investigation at Victory Montessori in Westminster, CO. 

In the midst of the largest measles outbreak in the U.S. in nearly three decades, public health officials representing Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson counties are calling on parents and caregivers to keep measles out of Colorado by making sure kindergartners are vaccinated before school starts.

Denver Public Health (DPH), the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment (DDPHE) and many Denver service providers are accelerating education, outreach and free vaccination for hepati

Contact:  Denver Public Health, Rachel Brand: 303-602-3718 or Metropolitan State University, Tim Caroll: 303-605-5562

Denver Public Health (DPH) and Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver) successfully partnered to test the majority of faculty and students who were potentially exposed to tuberculosis (TB) on campus this spring. The authorities did not find any evidence of transmission. 

Denver residents’ high rate of alcohol use leads to fatal car crashes, alcohol-related health issues and outsized EMS use

In Denver, rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis – three of the most common sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) – are up dramatically for the fourth consecutive year.   And while low- and no-cost, confidential testing and treatment are available at Denver Public Health’s STD Clinic, experts believe that most cases go undiagnosed, potentially causing infertility, increasing the risk of HIV, and causing other problems.

Denver Public Health: Rachel Brand, 303-882-9024
Metropolitan State University of Denver: Tim Carroll, 303-870-7705

Denver Public Health and Tri-County Health Department successfully collaborated with Aurora Public Schools and Aurora Hills Middle School to test the faculty and students who were potentially exposed to TB last fall.

Denver Public Health continues to partner with Tri-County Health Department, Aurora Public Schools, and Aurora Hills Middle School to test people who were potentially exposed to tuberculosis (TB) during the fall semester. Initial testing in January did not show that anyone got infected with TB at the school. However, repeat testing last week of the same people who were exposed showed that some have been infected, but none of them are sick.