Press Release

Last year’s record-setting number of flu hospitalizations in Colorado is a clear reminder of how serious and unpredictable the virus can be. As flu season gets underway, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment urges flu vaccines for Coloradans ages 6 months and older, ideally before the end of October.

Colorado youth are vaping nicotine at twice the national average and at the highest rate of 37 states surveyed, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.