Despite improvements, Hispanic Coloradans are still more likely to face significant health disparities
Hispanic people in Colorado are more likely to die of preventable causes, be uninsured or forgo healthcare because of cost.
Drug overdose deaths continue to increase as state gets millions in opioid settlement funds
Colorado is set to receive more than $750 million in opioid settlement funds over the next 15 years as part of the largest national opioid settlement to date.
Colorado’s first American Red Cross blood donation center opens amid ongoing need for donors
The American Red Cross has plans to expand blood collection in the Colorado and Wyoming regions, but there are no definite plans yet.
As Colorado lawmakers work to expand abortion protections, pregnancy resource centers’ advertising under scrutiny
The centers say they educate people with unplanned pregnancies on options other than abortion, but legislators and activist groups say they mislead patients.
A Colorado mother and daughter share their abortion stories, 50 years apart
Less than a year since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, pregnant people are once again traveling thousands of miles to seek abortion care.
Amidst seismic social media changes, making a new year’s resolution for your eyeballs
With Twitter in some tumult, we discuss emerging alternatives with CU Boulder computational social scientist Brian Keegan. He reminds people that, when it comes to social media, “your eyeballs are the product.” Keegan guides us towards making a new year’s resolution for screentime.
10 years of recreational cannabis research: What we’ve learned and what’s still unknown
Researchers have been studying legal cannabis’s impact on health, public safety and the economy, but there’s still so much more to learn.
Kaiser Permanente to offer abortion services in response to long Planned Parenthood wait times
Kaiser Permanente in Colorado is now offering expanded abortion services to its patients in response to long wait times at abortion clinics. In a statement, the healthcare provider said that […]
Out-of-state patients seeking abortions arrive in Colorado in record numbers
The state health department’s preliminary numbers for 2022 show the predicted influx of residents from states where abortion is illegal is underway, overwhelming Colorado providers
5 years into Colorado’s medical aid-in-dying programs, access is still an issue and researchers say educating doctors could help
Between 2017 and 2020, 554 patients were prescribed aid-in-dying medication to end their lives in a peaceful way.
At home rapid COVID tests: how to use them and why they may mislead you if you don’t have symptoms
Rapid, at-home tests have been in high demand, but they may not tell you if you have COVID.
Colorado wants to give out free KN95 masks at your local library. But maybe call ahead first to see if they have them
Many library systems found out about the state’s mask program at the same time the public did.
Two COVID-19 testing companies have been ordered to stop operating in Colorado. Here’s a list of their 11 locations
The two companies operate these 11 sites in Colorado.
‘I want something to be proud of’: On the road to recovery, he reconnected with his family and now aims for more
Evan Bontrager credits enrolling in the New Life Program at the Denver Rescue Mission with getting back on his feet.
Disaster Assistance Center opens in Lafayette as a ‘one-stop shop’ for recovery resources
“There’s more there than FEMA. There’s a lot of other services.”
Is it COVID or a cold? What to do if you feel sick and how to stay safe
How can you tell the difference between COVID-19, a cold or the flu? And what does omicron change?