If you are reading this, you have most likely experienced burnout at some stage or another. Maybe you are currently feeling burnt out or experience it frequently. You might be unsure. Wherever you are, learning what burnout is and reflecting over your personal red flags to prepare for the potential experience of it, is critical for your overall wellness and workplace health. 

Omicron, Delta, COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 are household names. As frequent as they appear in conversation, there is widely distributed misinformation regarding COVID-19 variants. Denver Health is committed to providing our community with accurate and timely information regarding COVID-19, its variants, how they compare and how you can protect yourself and those you love.

The past year was a year of profound loss. Taken from so many of us were lives and livelihoods, loves and loved ones. Even facts and universal truths seemed stripped away by a roller coaster pandemic and repeated cycles of social action and reaction. Among the overlooked statistics from this lost year was the terrible toll wrought by drug overdose deaths, which increased by 64 percent in Denver in just one year, adding to our personal and local misery, echoed in similar trends across Colorado and the nation.

For weeks now, a big topic of conversation surrounding the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has been the variants of the original virus that causes COVID-19 – specifically:

• What are variants?
• What do variants mean if we've been fully vaccinated?
• What do variants mean for wearing masks?

Here is everything that is important to know right now about variants.

August is National Immunization Awareness Month and a good time to talk about vaccines and why they are so important not just now but throughout history. Vaccines are something most of us don't think about regularly and often take for granted. Since Edward Jenner created the first vaccine in 1796 they have become of vital importance to our health care system. Widespread use of the smallpox vaccine helped wipe out the disease in 1980.  Other diseases, such as polio and diphtheria, have been eliminated in many parts of the world because of vaccinations.
 

Denver Health Kangaroo-a-Thon Still Going Strong

For the second straight year during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Denver Health's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is proud to continue taking part in the annual Kangaroo-a-Thon, to encourage skin to skin care between parents and their newborn babies.

This Mental Health Awareness Month, Denver Health Director of Integrated Behavioral Health Jennifer Grote, PhD, explains how the expansion of telepsychiatry services changed the hospital’s approach to mental health treatment for the better. 

(Updated) Vaccinations are available to everyone age 5 and over. Denver Health will continue to vaccinate patients according to the latest state guidelines. Learn how to make an appointment for a vaccine at Denver Health.

Update 11/20/2020: Due to a spike in COVID-19 cases in Colorado and nationwide, Denver Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are recommending that everyone avoid travel and Thanksgiving gatherings outside of your own home this year. The safest way to celebrate is at home with the people you live with.

Updated 11/19/2020: As of Friday, November 20, 2020, 15 Colorado counties, including Denver, will move to tougher public health restrictions to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The Colorado Department of Public Health's new "Level Red: Severe Risk" means that everyone is required to stay at home except for grocery shopping, exercise, and necessary activities.