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State health officials share swimming safety information

REMOTE, May 23, 2022 – The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment will receive a $2 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to advance the cleanup and revitalization of sites in Cortez, Evans, Firestone, Longmont, and Lyons.This is the first time EPA has offered statewide grants for states and tribes, and CDPHE partnered with these five communities in submitting grant proposals. 

STATEWIDE (May 19, 2022) — The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment will update its hospital data to improve COVID-19 reporting among hospitalizations as part of today’s regular 4 p.m. data update. In order to improve data transparency and provide the public with better hospitalization information, CDPHE requested and began receiving additional data about COVID hospitalizations from hospitals and health systems.

Air Pollution Control Division starting its enforcement process to get the facility operator into compliance and protect the public health of the local residents

State health department is committed to hearing from the community in its feedback process

REMOTE, May 5, 2022 – The Environmental Protection Agency has honored the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment with a FY22 EPA Headquarters’ National Notable Achievement Award. The award recognizes the Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Division’s work to safely destroy chemical weapons at the Army Pueblo Chemical Depot facility in Pueblo County. 

REMOTE (April 29, 2022): The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is teaming up with the Colorado Rapids to get the ball rolling toward a goal of promoting environmental awareness. 

Person had direct contact with infected poultry; public health experts say the risk to the public is low.