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Arapahoe County health officials report measles activity and pilot participation for overdose fatality reviews
Summary
Public-health staff described an uptick in national measles cases and local responses that have required significant staff hours; the county also said it was selected as a state pilot to design an overdose fatality review team framework.
Arapahoe County Public Health staff briefed the board on communicable-disease activity and a new overdose-fatality pilot the department will help design.
Public-health staff said national measles case counts have risen sharply (1,362 cases reported nationally in the first months of the year) and that Colorado had recorded 11 cases so far this year, many of which affected schools. Staff described…
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