San Juan Basin Health Department

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Pagosa Springs physicians request reconsideration of health department dissolution

Plata County commissioners plan to stay the course

March 28, 2023

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Opioid harm reduction efforts advance in La Plata County

Naloxone trainings spread; increased education and safe injection tools to come

March 7, 2023

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La Plata County Board of Health members envision size, scope of new department

Consultant’s findings comparing past, present and future expectations presented this week

March 3, 2023

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La Plata County Board of Health work underway

Members met for the second time Thursday; it must have a department operational by Jan. 1

February 24, 2023

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At Animas High School, students take on opioid harm reduction

Prompted by the loss of a friend to an overdose, classmates help deliver community resources

February 10, 2023

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What will Archuleta County do without San Jan Basin Public Health?

'We cannot fail at this,’ says Commissioner Warren Brown

January 27, 2023

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Seven members named to new La Plata County health board

selected come from a range of backgrounds

January 24, 2023

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San Juan Basin Public Health offers free radon testing workshops

gas is second-leading cause of lung cancer, and detecting it is easy

January 23, 2023

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Input on public health priorities requested as counties prepare for new departments

Residents asked about importance of public and environmental health concerns

January 16, 2023

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Remaining Colorado COVID-19 testing sites to be closed

Alternative options are being offered at low or no cost

January 7, 2023

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Happy healthy holidays in La Plata County

Children 6 months to 5 years now eligible for omicron boosters, CDC says

December 22, 2022

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Free vaccine bus makes a stop in Ignacio

mobile bus will at the community library beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday

December 20, 2022

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Resources made available for opioid harm reduction

Juan Basin Public Health will hold an event to distribute overdose reversal drugs and fentanyl test strips

December 12, 2022

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Get tested for sexually transmitted infections (free) and receive a $15 gift card from SJBPH

Syphilis cases this year have exceeded three-year average

December 1, 2022

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La Plata County seeks candidates for newly formed health board

Non-trivial workload includes no financial compensation, but it’s a chance to serve community during critical time

November 25, 2022

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San Juan Basin Public Health announces free well testing for ‘forever chemicals’

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment will provide funding to test for PFAS

November 22, 2022

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Holidays could serve up a ‘tripledemic’ of respiratory viruses

Plata County reporting rising number of COVID-19, influenza and RSV cases

November 17, 2022

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La Plata, Archuleta counties agree to dissolve San Juan Basin Public Health

Pandemic response exposed ‘philosophical differences’ between the counties, prompting them to go separate ways

November 15, 2022

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San Juan Basin Public Health receives EPA grant for air quality monitoring

Department says surveillance of pollutants has been an unmet need in the region

November 5, 2022

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Contagious respiratory illness detected in La Plata County

Juan Basin Public Health urges those who are sick to stay home

October 31, 2022

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La Plata County prepares for dissolution of San Juan Basin Public Health

Commissioner Marsha Porter-Norton says a vote could come within a month

October 24, 2022

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Monkeypox cases remain low in La Plata County

Juan Basin Public Health finds success stopping spread through communication, background monitoring

October 5, 2022

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La Plata County resident dies with West Nile virus

Coloradans have died so far this year with pathogen

October 4, 2022

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Colorado expands eligibility for monkeypox vaccine

grows to incorporate those more likely to contract the virus

September 2, 2022