Immunization /tags/immunization Immunization en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Tue, 16 Jun 2020 00:17:15 GMT Colorado Passes Bill To Improve Vaccination Rates. To Some, It's A Goldilocks Approach. /politics/2020-06-15/colorado-passes-bill-to-improve-vaccination-rates-to-some-its-a-goldilocks-approach After a failed attempt last year, Colorado lawmakers have passed a bill that would make it harder to get a vaccine exemption for school children. Right… Tue, 16 Jun 2020 00:17:15 GMT /politics/2020-06-15/colorado-passes-bill-to-improve-vaccination-rates-to-some-its-a-goldilocks-approach Rae Ellen Bichell Anti-Vaccine Movement, Racism And COVID-19 Collide In Colorado /politics/2020-06-11/anti-vaccine-movement-racism-and-covid-19-collide-in-colorado At a hearing last weekend about a Colorado bill on vaccination, Dr. Reginald Washington had originally planned to make several urgent points in support of the bill. Thu, 11 Jun 2020 15:45:44 GMT /politics/2020-06-11/anti-vaccine-movement-racism-and-covid-19-collide-in-colorado Rae Ellen Bichell Mumps Outbreak At Keystone Ski Resort Infects 19 And Counting /health/2020-02-26/mumps-outbreak-at-keystone-ski-resort-infects-19-and-counting Health officials are investigating an outbreak of mumps that started among employees of Keystone Resort in Colorado. Of the 19 cases identified so far, 18… Wed, 26 Feb 2020 17:25:23 GMT /health/2020-02-26/mumps-outbreak-at-keystone-ski-resort-infects-19-and-counting Rae Ellen Bichell Seeking 'Health Freedom,' Some Parents Relocate To Idaho For Its Looser Vaccine Laws /health/2020-02-11/seeking-health-freedom-some-parents-relocate-to-idaho-for-its-looser-vaccine-laws At a public hearing last year in Boise, Idaho, recent transplant Alicia Peterson urged lawmakers not to tighten vaccine requirements. "I, this last year,… Tue, 11 Feb 2020 22:15:09 GMT /health/2020-02-11/seeking-health-freedom-some-parents-relocate-to-idaho-for-its-looser-vaccine-laws Rae Ellen Bichell Measles Infection Causes 'Amnesia' In The Immune System, Study Finds /health/2019-10-31/measles-infection-causes-amnesia-in-the-immune-system-study-finds Researchers writing in the journal Science found that when kids get measles, it can cause “amnesia” in the immune system. In much of the Mountain West,… Thu, 31 Oct 2019 23:18:17 GMT /health/2019-10-31/measles-infection-causes-amnesia-in-the-immune-system-study-finds Rae Ellen Bichell Even With Measles Cases At A High, Colorado Vaccination Bill Didn't Make It /health/2019-05-03/even-with-measles-cases-at-a-high-colorado-vaccination-bill-didnt-make-it This story was updated May 3, 2019 at 3:40 p.m.Measles cases have reached a 19-year high in the U.S., but a bill in Colorado aimed at improving childhood… Fri, 03 May 2019 19:41:15 GMT /health/2019-05-03/even-with-measles-cases-at-a-high-colorado-vaccination-bill-didnt-make-it Rae Ellen Bichell New Data Says Colorado Immunization Rates Higher Than Previously Thought /education/2017-06-20/new-data-says-colorado-immunization-rates-higher-than-previously-thought Up until this year, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (DPHE) had immunization data on only 350 kindergartners. Now, the department… Tue, 20 Jun 2017 21:34:48 GMT /education/2017-06-20/new-data-says-colorado-immunization-rates-higher-than-previously-thought R. Teal Witter