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COVID is now rarer in Colorado than before it was declared a national emergency

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:59:25 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The public health emergency has been over for some time, but the numbers have finally caught up. COVID is officially as small an issue as it was in February 2020. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment continues to track COVID numbers including daily new COVID cases, hospitalizations and deaths. The main metrics used to gauge COVID's respective danger to the community are now all as low or lower than they were in March 2020 when former President Donald Trump declared a national emergency. Red Rocks hailstorm: Nearly 100 concertgoers hurt Daily caseloads have not been so low since the COVID pandemic began in earnest. As of June 17, there were an average of 41 COVID cases reported daily - about as many as were recorded in early March 2020 weeks before any emergency was declared. COVID-related hospitalizations and deaths show the same trend. There were an average of 14 patients admitted to Colorado hospitals per day as of June 14, the lowest since ...

Second arrest warrant issued for rapper Kodak Black in Broward County

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:59:25 GMT

An arrest warrant was issued for rapper Kodak Black in Broward County after he failed to submit to a random drug and alcohol test as part of his pretrial conditions. Black, whose real name is Bill Kapri, was suppose to to show up for his testing appointment on June 9. He is facing charges stemming from a 2022 arrest for allegedly trafficking oxycodone.This is the second time this year that an arrest warrant has been issued for Black. Back in February, he tested positive for drugs when he submitted a urine test. His attorney argued that the company responsible for the test made a mistake. Instead of going back to jail, Black agreed to go into rehab for 30 days. Due to breaking the terms of his pre-trial release, Black’s release was revoked.

Debris field found near Titanic amid search for submersible, Coast Guard says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:59:25 GMT

A robot on the seafloor found a debris field near the Titanic shipwreck, the Coast Guard announced Thursday. The discovery is a possible lead in the search for a missing tourist submersible that disappeared during a dive to the site of the Titanic shipwreck.“A debris field was discovered within the search area by an ROV near the Titanic,” the U.S. Coast Guard Northeast District said in a tweet Thursday. “Experts within the unified command are evaluating the information.”The nature of the debris field is unclear. Rear Admiral James Mauger, who has led the search-and-rescue operation, will lead a media briefing at 3 p.m. EST in Boston.The Titan, a 21-foot tourist submersible, lost contact with its Canadian-owned parent ship, Polar Prince, on Sunday morning, sparking a wide-reaching search led by the U.S. and Canadian Coast Guards that has garnered round-the-clock international attention. Commercial, research and private vessels and aircraft, as well as teams from the U.S., Canada and ...

Europe’s new Marshall Plan: making a bet on Ukraine

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:59:25 GMT

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Google Play EN_Google_Podcasts_Badge Created with Sketch. Stitcher .st0{fill:#EB8A23;} .st1{fill:#FAC617;} .st2{fill:#612368;} .st3{fill:#3792C4;} .st4{fill:#C33727;} Acast This week’s EU Confidential episode comes to you from London, where the Ukraine Recovery Conference has just wrapped up. Ukraine may still be fighting a war, but already a conversation has started abo...

Debris has been found near the Titanic during search for submersible, US Coast Guard says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:59:25 GMT

The search for a missing submersible with five people aboard took a bleak turn Thursday when the U.S. Coast Guard said a debris field was found at the bottom of the ocean near the Titanic, and the critical 96-hour mark passed when breathable air could have run out.The Coast Guard’s post on Twitter did not say whether officials believe the debris is connected to the Titan, which was on an expedition to view the wreckage of the Titanic. It said the debris was discovered within the search area by a remotely operated underwater robot, and was being evaluated.The Titan was estimated to have about a four-day supply of breathable air when it launched Sunday morning in the North Atlantic — but experts have emphasized that was an imprecise approximation to begin with and could be extended if passengers have taken measures to conserve breathable air. And it’s not known if they survived since the sub’s disappearance.Rescuers have rushed ships, planes and other equipment&nbs...

US median age reached a record high in 2022, according to the US Census Bureau

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:59:25 GMT

(CNN) — The United States population has been aging for decades and is now older than it has ever been.The median age of the US population reached a record high of 38.9 years in 2022, according to new estimates from the US Census Bureau.That’s an increase of about 3.5 years since 2000, and a jump of 0.2 years in the past year alone.Births outnumbered deaths last year but not enough to shift the overall pattern of aging, according to the Census Bureau estimates. Other federal data shows that the US birth rate has been trending down for years. There was a steep drop in the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic and only a slight increase the following year.“Without a rapidly growing young population, the US median age will likely continue its slow but steady rise,” said Kristie Wilder, a demographer with the Census Bureau.Nearly all states saw their population grow older between 2021 and 2022, according to the new Census Bureau data. In about a third of states, more than h...

Massachusetts Opioid Deaths Climbed To New High In 2022

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:59:25 GMT

The already-devastating opioid crisis is getting worse.Massachusetts experienced 2,357 confirmed and estimated fatal opioid-related overdoses in 2022, a new record high, according to data the Department of Public Health published Thursday. The fatality rate of 33.5 per 100,000 people reflects a 2.5 percent increase over 2021 and a 9.1 percent increase from 2016, the pre-pandemic peak.The crisis was especially pronounced among non-Hispanic Black residents, for whom overdose deaths increased 42 percent. The most rural areas of the state had the highest overdose death rate, compared to more densely populated regions.State public health officials said a major factor driving the jump in fatalities is the increasingly common presence of multiple substances, especially fentanyl, contaminating the drugs a person might use.DPH plans to release the latest opioid report at a Public Health Council meeting Thursday afternoon. Goldstein and other Healey administration officials briefed media...

Massachusetts opioid overdose deaths spike to a record-high: ‘A tragedy and alarming’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:59:25 GMT

Opioid-related overdose deaths in Massachusetts continued to spike last year, yet again hitting a record-high with fentanyl present in 93% of fatal opioid ODs.There were 2,357 confirmed and estimated opioid-related overdose deaths in the Bay State last year, surpassing the previous peak in 2021 by 57 deaths. That’s a 2.5% increase year-over-year.Fatal OD rates among Black, non-Hispanic residents made up the largest increase, according to preliminary data released on Thursday by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.“The increase in opioid-related overdose deaths is a tragedy and alarming,” said DPH Commissioner Robert Goldstein. “We know overdose deaths are preventable.“The pandemic has had a devastating impact on mental health and substance use, especially among marginalized communities,” Goldstein added. “We are working to reverse these troubling trends by continuing to build on our data-driven and equity-based approaches toward re...

You’ll probably live longer than you think — what to know about life expectancy for retirement planning

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:59:25 GMT

Women often don’t score as well as men in surveys of financial literacy. One area where we seem to do better is “longevity literacy,” or understanding how long we’re likely to live.Longevity literacy is essential to smart retirement planning. Overestimate your longevity, and you could retire too late or scrimp too much. Underestimate it and you could run short of money.In a recent TIAA Institute study, 43% of women correctly estimated the life expectancy of 60-year-old women in the U.S. (The right answer was 85.) Only 32% of men chose the correct answer for the life expectancy for 60-year-old men, which was 82. Men also were far more likely than women to underestimate life expectancy — and that’s a huge potential problem for both sexes.A man who expects to die in his 70s might draw too much from retirement funds or start Social Security too early. That could leave him — and the spouse who may outlive him — with too little income later on.“A lot of people do OK in their first 10 year...

A ‘debris field’ was found in the search for the missing OceanGate Expeditions Titanic sub

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:59:25 GMT

A “debris field” has been found in the search area for the missing OceanGate Expeditions sub that explores the Titanic wreck site with five people aboard, according to the Coast Guard out of Boston.The 21-foot submersible has been missing in a remote area of the North Atlantic Ocean, about 900 miles off of Cape Cod, since Sunday. The 96-hour oxygen supply on board was expected to expire on Thursday.Early Thursday morning, a Canadian vessel Horizon Arctic deployed a remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) — reaching the sea floor to search for the missing sub.“A debris field was discovered within the search area by an ROV near the Titanic,” the First Coast Guard District tweeted a few hours later on Thursday.“Experts within the unified command are evaluating the information,” the Coast Guard added.Related ArticlesLatest Headlines | Debris has been found near the Titanic during search for submersible, US Coast Guard says Lat...