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University of Colorado Hospital ‘returning to normal’ after postponing non-emergency surgeries

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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The University of Colorado Hospital has postponed non-emergency surgeries after a non-specified staffing shortage in...

First Colorado death from West Nile virus reported for 2025

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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save State health officials Friday confirmed the first human death from West Nile virus in Colorado...

Two bats test positive for rabies in Denver

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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two bats found in different Denver neighborhoods tested positive for rabies in July. The first was...

Jefferson County clinic set to help youth nicotine addiction

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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A new Jefferson County Public Health program is working to combat nicotine addiction in young...

Adams County reports first two human cases of West Nile virus for 2025

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Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains resumes scheduling Medicaid patients

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Colorado Planned Parenthood suspends Medicaid services as federal spending law takes effect

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This bites: West Nile virus detected in Denver mosquito sample

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Multiple Jeffco initiatives receive more than $2 million in opioid settlement funding

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Colorado 988 officials speak out after Trump administration eliminates LGBTQ hotline

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Boulder County resident exposes RTD riders to measles

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Vince Bzdek: Is ‘Cowboy Up’ culture killing the West?

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Arapahoe County toddler confirmed with measles taken to seven Aurora locations

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PeriodPalooza: Volunteers vow to distribute 1 million period products across Colorado

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Boulder bat tests positive for rabies

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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A bat recently found in Boulder has tested positive for rabies, Boulder County Public Health...

Measles risk at DIA from out-of-state traveler not added to state tally

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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An out-of-state travel at Denver International Airport earlier this month has tested positive for measles,...

Polis: More than 400,000 Coloradans could lose Medicaid with proposed Republican bill

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More than 400,000 Coloradans are at risk of losing their health coverage if a Republican bill in Congress is passed, Gov. Jared Polis said Tuesday...

Castle Rock holding free vaccination clinic

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Immunize Colorado will be holding a free vaccination clinic Sunday for all Douglas County residents and others in Castle Rock. The nonprofit organization will be...

2 Colorado health care workers fired for drug diversion, including opioids

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Children’s Hospital Colorado, Denver Health resume gender-affirming hormone therapy for minors

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Study finds hospital occupancy rates up since COVID-19 pandemic; Colorado better than U.S. average

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Powder to the People: The ski bums’ last stand | Vince Bzdek

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How CrossPurpose is breaking families out of generations of poverty | Vince Bzdek

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Is the military doing enough to heal the ‘invisible wounds’ of war? | Vince Bzdek

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Utah ski patrollers reach deal with Vail Resorts to end strike; Is Colorado next?

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Cherry Creek School District teacher recognized for organ donation awareness | HEALTHY BITES

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Upticks in Denver COVID, RSV, flu, norovirus cases brewing a post-holiday quadruple punch

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Colorado health department suspends water testing after 2nd chemist found manipulating data

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Oral history: How a Colorado dentist’s discovery paved the way for nationwide water fluoridation

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Soon after the turn of the 20th century, a dapper young dentist from the Boston area collected his degree from the University of Pennsylvania and...

Colorado health insurance enrollment deadline is Dec. 15 | HEALTHY BITES

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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The window is closing to enroll in federal health insurance for next year. The deadline...

Denver metro hospitals No. 3 in the U.S. for maternity care

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The Denver metropolitan area has the third greatest number of best hospitals for maternity care in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report’s...

‘Walking pneumonia’ cases among children back with a vengeance in Denver

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‘Walking pneumonia’ cases — especially among children — are back with a vengeance nationally and in Colorado after a roughly four-year hiatus. A milder form...