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Good morning, Colorado!
I’m heading to Grand Junction on Tuesday for in Colorado. The off-record-conversations have given us an opportunity to meet with communities around the state and hear how we can improve our coverage of teen mental health and suicide.
While we are nearing the end of this part of the project, we still want to hear from Coloradans. If you are interested in us hosting another community conversation or in having us come to you, let us know. You can also weigh in with story ideas and feedback through or by emailing health@denverpost.com.
Don’t forget: The Nov. 30 deadline for our is approaching.
If you or someone you know are having thoughts of suicide, call the Colorado Crisis Line at 1-844-493-8255.
Tips to Safe2Tell jumped 28% last school year
Safe2Tell, the anonymous hotline for students to report potential school threats or violence, continues to see a record number of tips.
During the 2018-19 school year, Safe2Tell received more than 22,330 tips, and of those, 19,861 were actionable, meaning they weren’t duplicates, pranks or hang-ups, according to an annual report released by the Colorado Attorney General’s Office.
Safe2Tell has seen the number of suicide-related tips increase in recent years, with the hotline receiving about 3,660 of those reports last school year. Drugs and bullying were also top reasons for why students or others made reports with the program, according to the report.
Read more here.
Health must-reads
- A federal judge rejected a new rule that would have allowed health care providers to refuse to perform abortions or other services on moral or religious grounds. — The Associated Press
- Women can now buy birth control at King Soopers and City Market stores without a doctor’s visit.
- Porter Adventist Hospital has laid off a small portion of its workforce at the Denver facility.
- Denver Public Health is investigating a potential exposure to tuberculosis at Metropolitan State University of Denver.
- At least 10 people have become sick from a salmonella outbreak, likely from ground beef, that has affected several states, including in Colorado.
Colorado teen sues Juul, alleges e-cigarette giant isn’t warning public of vaping dangers
A Colorado teenager has filed a lawsuit against Juul, the e-cigarette maker, alleging that the company “intentionally targeted adolescents” in marketing campaigns while not warning the public “of the dangers of Juul.”
Mohammed Aldawoodi, 19, began using Juul products in 2016, and as a result, suffers from nicotine addiction and has permanent injuries that will require lifeline medical treatment, he claims in his lawsuit.
The lawsuit does not allege that Aldawoodi suffers from the severe vaping-related illness that has sickened more than 2,000 nationwide and led to the death of almost 40 individuals.
Read more here.
Here’s what I’m reading
- A police officer , but local leaders were silent. The 2018 death of Daniel Pierce also — The Colorado Independent and The Rio Blanco Herald Times
- A sheriff’s office in California holding them for days or weeks in rooms without mattresses. — The Sacramento Bee and ProPublica
- Missouri monitored , including some women’s periods, to identify failed abortions. — The Washington Post
- which health experts say has no scientific or clinical basis. — Marie Claire
- Measles is more dangerous than previously thought, with — The Washington Post
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See you in two weeks!
Jessica
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