A 78-year-old priest who has been in immigration detention in Aurora for almost a year continues to present symptoms of respiratory illness with no improvement in his condition. Edward Nalwamba, a citizen of Uganda who has lived in Colorado for more than two decades, has been in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention since September. […]
Six weeks after local officials issued a public health order concerning a confirmed active case of tuberculosis at an immigration detention center in Aurora, the private company that runs the facility still has not allowed access for health officials to complete a legally-required investigation. The result is a standoff between state and local government and […]
The Aurora City Council approved a statement Monday that demands the private company that runs the immigration detention center in the city cooperate with public health officials in an investigation of a tuberculosis case. “It’s in our interest to protect the public health of our community to be able to merely make a statement that […]
Colorado public health officials are still unable to investigate at least one tuberculosis case at an immigration detention center in Aurora, as the private company that runs the facility missed a deadline to give more information and allow health workers inside the building. “The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment still has not received […]
Successful public health campaigns and medical advances have enabled the United States to conquer a range of disfiguring and damaging diseases. Polio, which paralyzed thousands of Americans annually, was wiped out by widespread vaccinations. In 1999 the nation’s last hospital for lepers closed its doors in Louisiana. A global campaign eradicated smallpox, while lethal tuberculosis, the “consumption” that stalked characters in decades of literature, seemed beaten by antibiotics. Measles outbreaks still occur from time to time, but they are small, local, and easily contained.
