Update April 6, 2020: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommends everyone wear a homemade, non-medical grade face mask or cloth face covering to stop the spread of COVID-19.

Original article: As part of Denver Health's commitment to keeping you informed and safe in the face of the novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, we wanted to share a list of tips to help prevent the spread of the virus.

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is causing a lot of stress. It is disrupting our finances, health, social interactions and much more. Stress, in turn, affects our mental health.

The most common way to take asthma medicine is with an inhaler.

The medicine from an inhaler is sprayed out and breathed deep into the lungs. Inhalers are made of medicine and propellant (the thing that carries the medicine out). When an inhaler is new, has not been used for seven days, or has been dropped, steps need to be taken to make sure the medicine is mixed in with the propellant.

This is called “priming” an inhaler. When an inhaler is not primed, the person taking it does not receive a full dose of medicine.  

As part of Denver Health's celebration of Black History Month, we asked a few of our employees to introduce themselves, tell us why diversity is important at Denver Health and what Black History Month means to them. Here is just one of those responses:

Hey y’all, my name is Joe Kanzangu. I am a Patient Navigator at Denver Health with the Healthy Communities Outreach Program. I have been working here for approximately nine months, give or take.

We recently asked some of the team members at Denver Health's nine family health centers to give us a list of the most common reasons patients call the clinic. At the top of that list is wanting to speak with their doctor or provider about a health issue or ask follow-up questions from a recent visit.

When your child gets sick or injured and you cannot get an appointment with their pediatrician right away, taking them to urgent care is a good option to make sure they get the care that they need. At the new Denver Health Downtown Urgent Care, we treat all patients, including children six months of age and older.

The most common way to take asthma medicine is with an inhaler. 

The medicine from an inhaler is sprayed out and needs to be breathed deep into the lungs. In order to get the medicine all the way into the lungs, you need to use a spacer.
If you don’t use a spacer, less than half of the medicine will make it into the lungs – most will stick in your mouth and throat.

The following is a step-by-step guide to using an inhaler with a spacer and mouthpiece.

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MyChart makes it easy to manage your health care journey at Denver Health – including getting those test results sent to you, right on your computer or mobile device. Here's how to do it.

The most common way to take asthma medicine is with an inhaler.

The medicine from an inhaler is sprayed out and needs to be breathed deep into the lungs. In order to get the medicine all the way into the lungs, you need to use a spacer. If you don’t use a spacer, less than half of the medicine will make it into the lungs – most will stick in your mouth and throat.

The following is a step-by-step guide to using an inhaler with a spacer and facemask.

About two and a half years ago in a small rural town near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, an 18-year-old girl had just started using her first electronic cigarette (e-cigarette). She was not too different than any other teenager in Denver. She attended high school and worked part-time at as a hostess at a local restaurant. She had no idea how her life would soon change and that in a few weeks she would be teetering on the edge of life and death in an intensive care unit while doctors worked frantically to save her life.