Of the 160 adolescent residential treatment facilities contacted by researches, only 63 said they would allow adolescents to detox on-site. Even fewer had medication to help them.

Nearly half of those teens said it would take them less than 10 minutes to access a fire arm.

State officials on Wednesday launched a special marketplace enrollment period, through March 16, open to all uninsured Coloradans regardless of whether they’ve been directly affected by the fire or the COVID-19 surge.

While Telluride is known for its glitzy resort tucked into the mountains, the place functions because of the workers — many of them first-generation immigrants — within the surrounding San Miguel County.

In Sioux Falls, South Dakota, nurses can make more than $6,200 a week. A recent posting for a job in Fargo, North Dakota, offered more than $8,000 a week. Some can get as much as $10,000.

As COVID-19 forced many addiction treatment clinics to scale back, Colorado brought its clinics on wheels to remote, underserved towns and used telehealth to connect patients with addiction doctors.

Sunny shores and mountain vistas are prompting people to relocate to second homes if they have them, or to purchase new homes in those areas if they don’t.

Of the four cases identified in Colorado, each occurred months apart and the patients appear to have no connection other than having been homeless in the Denver area.

Between the challenges of the pandemic, the social unrest and the economic crisis, mental health providers are warning that the need for behavioral health services is growing.

The indirect impact of COVID-19 might last for months, if not years, after the virus stops spreading and the economy improves.

Reopening businesses must navigate new government guidelines designed to balance a restart of the economy against the possibility of reigniting the pandemic, all without scaring away customers.

Doctors say the machine that helps some people with sleep apnea keep their airway open at night won't be enough to help an ill COVID-19 patient breathe, and could spread the coronavirus to bystanders.

While 36 states have COVID-19 pandemic crisis plans, many just copied the language from national recommendations and did not detail how the plans would be implemented locally.

The Polis administration has taken an aggressive approach to reining in health care costs.

In rural areas, where high-deductible plans are even more prevalent and incomes tend to be lower than in urban areas, patients often struggle to pay those deductibles.

Marijuana is legal in many states but still illegal federally, so growers can't ship their products to other countries or even other states where it is legal.