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.

Why These Heroes Still Love Their Jobs Through the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ask any of our amazing frontline workers at Denver Health – from the housekeepers and food service workers, to the doctors, nurses, techs and more – and they will tell you they know the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over. While some members of the community are getting "fatigued" with the restrictions to stop its spread – such as mask-wearing, social distancing of six feet or more and limits on the number of people at gatherings – the heroic frontline workers know first-hand what it's like to deal with the virus.

Update: Based on recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and the Food and Drug Administration, Denver Health will resume administration of the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) COVID-19 Vaccine. Learn more here.

How Getting Your Prescriptions Through the Mail Might Make You Healthier

When Denver Health expanded Pharmacy by Mail earlier this year in response to increased demand from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, we found that the benefits for our patients went far beyond the ease, convenience and safety of this important service. Using any mail order pharmacy service can actually help you improve your health and might just save your life.

Denver Health Orthopedics Cutting-Edge Surgery Salvaging Severely Injured Hands

If you find yourself in the unfortunate situation of having a severe injury to an arm, hand or finger, such as through a car wreck, bad encounter with heavy machinery or a slip up with a kitchen knife, Denver Health is here for you and this is where you want to be for your treatment.

Is There Trick-or-Treating in 2020? Or Has COVID Canceled It?

Halloween is coming up on Saturday and as with most anything else this year, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, traditional Halloween activities are going to look a lot different than they have in years past. So far, COVID has not canceled trick-or-treating activities in Colorado, and according to our medical experts, it still can be done, as long as you are doing it safely and correctly in the COVID age.

With the number of COVID-19 cases on the rise in Denver for three consecutive weeks and new orders now in place to wear masks outside and limit gatherings to five people or less to help stop the spread of the virus, Denver Health is renewing its calls for everyone over the age of six months to get a flu shot.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Denver Health wants to make sure you know your risk and take the proper steps to keep yourself healthy and safe from this deadly, but survivable disease. We are urging all of our patients to make sure that they continued to get screened for breast cancer, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Every year Denver Health recommends that our patients get a vaccine to protect against the flu (influenza) during the fall and winter seasons. But this year, it is especially important because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) predicts that both the influenza virus and COVID-19 will be spreading at the same time, creating the potential for extra strain of healthcare resources that may already be stretched thin.

September 15-October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month and Denver Health is committed to helping all of our patients be a part of the most healthy community possible.