Colorado Health Officials Looking For Possible Cases Of Breathing Illnesses Linked To Vaping
Confirmed cases have been reported in Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota. Doctors in New York, Indiana and California are also checking possible cases.
Colorado Cities, Counties Consider New Measures To Combat State’s Status As No. 1 In Teen Vaping
Anti-tobacco measures, like tax increases, flavor bans, requiring licenses for tobacco retailers and raising the legal purchasing age from 18 to 21 are on the table in several cities and counties.
New Program Works To Help Teens Stop Vaping In Colorado
Colorado tops the country for teen e-cigarette use. An estimated 27,000 high schoolers here report vaping more than 10 days a month. But as CPR Health Reporter John Daley discovered, the state has few programs, scant resources, and little research to help them stop. Now there’s a new effort that might help in that cause.
Safety Threats Reported To The Safe2Tell Tip Line In July Nearly Doubled From 2018 To 2019
The end to the 2018-19 school year was marked by the school shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch and other fraught events.
Rural Hospitals Get A Boost With The Help Of A Partnership With Banner Health
Collaborating with the large nonprofit heath system will allow rural hospitals to swap supplies and employees while offering greater specialized care.
It’s Not Just For First Responders Anymore. Health Experts Want Regular Coloradans To Have Naloxone On Hand
Naloxone has saved 1,122 lives in Colorado since 2017. Officials want to increase that number by giving the overdose-reversing drug to more people.
Polis Celebrates Colorado’s New Reinsurance Program, Which Could Lower Premiums In The Future
Reinsurance is essentially insurance for insurance companies, and helps them cover the costs from super-user patients.
Colorado Is A Hotbed Of Teen Vaping, But Lacks The Tools To Help Kids Quit
One medical professional said “we have almost nothing in terms of treatment for these kids.”
The FDA Wants To Reduce Colorado’s High Teen Vape Rate … With Magic
The U.S Food and Drug Administration is releasing its first youth e-cigarette prevention campaign. Colorado leads the country in dozens of states surveyed for teen vaping.
Want To Know Where The Opioid Epidemic Hit Colorado Hardest? Follow Where The Pills Went
Colorado counties hardest hit by opioid epidemic saw pill numbers rivaling states with the most prescription opioids.
US Women’s Soccer Players Lindsay Horan And Mallory Pugh Get A Hometown Hero’s Welcome
Gov. Jared Polis honored the Colorado’s members of the U.S. Women’s National Team at a Colorado Rapids game Monday.
Commentary: The U.S. Women’s National Team Inspires A Whole New Generation of Fans (Including My Daughter)
The U.S. women’s soccer team is one of the greatest sports teams of all time. Here’s what it meant to watch my daughter see them win on the world stage (again).
As E-Cigarettes Get More Sophisticated, Questions Mount About Privacy, Potential To Maximize Addiction
The circuit boards in JUULs and other vaping devices are getting more complex, but will that technological might help treat nicotine addiction or start them anew?
Prescriptions Fall 14% As Colorado Doctors Cut Back On Opioids
Rural America has been particularly hard hit by opioid drug overdose deaths, with rates higher than urban areas for longer than a decade.
Here’s What To Know Going Into The U.S. Women’s National Team’s World Cup Matches
The U.S. Women’s National Team, which has two Colorado natives on the roster, hits the pitch for their first game on Tuesday, June 11.
This ‘Lunar Rover’ Will Go Where Some Doctors Have Gone Before: Your Colon
The goal is to make colonoscopies — and doctors — more efficient.
