Press Release | Department of Public Health & Environment

CDPHE hires new director to lead the Water Quality Control Division

(REMOTE) Sept. 1, 2021: The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is excited to announce that Nicole Rowan is the department’s new division director of the Water Quality Control Division.

Back-to-school vaccinations are more important than ever

Ensure safe and continued in-person learning

State health department debuts a new advanced mobile air monitoring and leak detection van

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Aug. 18, 2021
Contact: Andrew Bare, 720-425-2736 (mobile), andrew.bare@state.co.us;

REMOTE (Aug. 18): Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment now has a new mobile air monitoring van, which gives the department another advanced tool for monitoring emissions across the state and detecting fugitive emissions and leaks from oil and gas operations and other facilities.

West Nile virus detected in humans in Colorado

Take precautions to avoid bites

CDPHE Executive Director appoints seven new members to the Health Equity Commission

REMOTE, (July 26, 2021): Jill Hunsaker Ryan, executive director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, appointed seven new members to the Health Equity Commission.

Plague activity identified in Colorado

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, in cooperation with local public health agencies, is investigating plague (Yersinia pestis) activity. Currently, there have been laboratory confirmed reports of plague in animals and fleas from six counties.

State health department to fly over oil and gas sites to monitor for methane

REMOTE (July 16): Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment took to the skies this week, completing the state’s first airborne survey designed to monitor for methane and other emissions at major oil and gas sites in the Denver-Julesburg Basin. The initial flight is the first of many scheduled for 2021. The aerial surveys will focus on areas north and northwest of Denver in Boulder, Weld and Larimer counties.

West Nile virus detected in Colorado mosquitoes: Take precautions to avoid bites

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) is reporting West Nile virus in mosquitoes in Colorado for the first time this season. The mosquitoes were collected in Weld County. West Nile virus is most commonly spread to people by the bite of an infected mosquito.

State health department makes air quality health advisories available in Spanish

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment announced Tuesday that it is now issuing its air quality health advisories in Spanish. The advisories can be found at a new dedicated webpage on the department’s air quality website.

CDPHE notified EMS agencies of impending ketamine waiver suspension

Remote, July 7, 2021: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment notified Emergency Medical Services physician Medical Directors in a letter of the suspension of ketamine for excited delirium and agitation in the prehospital setting.