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Backpacks like a first grade classroom at Goldrick Elementary.

Last of COVID money helps create child care seats in rural Colorado

A medical professional wearing black scrubs over a red long-sleeved shirt and blue gloves administers a vaccine to the shoulder of a younger woman.

Colorado losing $250 million in federal funding for health services

By Bente Birkeland

A nurse prepares a dose of the flu vaccine.

This flu season looks like it might be Colorado’s worst one in 20 years

A line outside a COVID-19 vaccine pop-up clinic

Resilience shines through as Coloradans reflect on five years since the pandemic shut the state down

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It’s been 5 years since the first COVID case in Colorado. But doctors warn more viruses threaten public health

By Andrea Dukakis

Wastewater testing done to track COVID-19 now used to monitor substances like fentanyl

A medical professional wearing black scrubs over a red long-sleeved shirt and blue gloves administers a vaccine to the shoulder of a younger woman.

Driven by the shared air of the holiday season, flu and other viruses hit Colorado hard this January

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Mesa County settles with sheriff’s deputy for $1M in COVID-19 lawsuit

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Government and Politics

With little to spend but much to debate, lawmakers convene Colorado’s 75th General Assembly on Wednesday

By Bente Birkeland and Lucas Brady Woods, KUNC

State health department expands COVID tracking to all virus data on new dashboard

Coloradans can now track more respiratory viruses with updated dashboard

Woman in a mask in purple surgical gloves holding a syringe

Newly updated COVID-19 vaccines have just been approved in time for fall. Here’s what you should know about them

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New CU Boulder study explores how low cortisol levels play a part in long COVID

A woman in a tank top sings, her mouth open, her eyes closed and her hands pulling at invisible air.

Denver opera singer performing again after her voice was silenced by long COVID

Construction at the corner of Cook Street and 2nd Avenue in Cherry Creek.

The big office building purge seems to have skipped the Cherry Creek neighborhood as developers continue flocking to the area

By Sarah Mulholland

A close-up image of an array of buttons and a lanyard on a person's orange knit shirt. The lanyard is red with "VISITOR" on it. Both buttons are in support of long COVID treatment.

Long COVID is showing up in Colorado death data, even as COVID-19 deaths drop sharply

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COVID-19 showing up in dozens of Colorado wastewater facilities as summer cases tick up

A therapy room at the Center on Colfax.

Government and Politics

As the COVID pandemic raged, Colorado poured millions into treating mental health. Now, officials are detailing how things are going

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