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Posted inHealth

Two Colorado health care giants are forming one big insurance network. But will consumers actually benefit? 

by John Ingold 3:55 AM MST on Jan 24, 20237:55 PM MST on Jan 23, 2023

UCHealth and Intermountain Healthcare are creating a “clinically integrated network” that gives patients whose insurance contracts with them access to their physicians, clinics and hospitals

Posted inEducation

Colorado middle and high schoolers could begin receiving annual mental health checks

by Elliott Wenzler 4:05 AM MST on Jan 23, 20237:18 AM MST on Jan 23, 2023

If a student needs additional resources, they would be referred to state-run program offering free therapy sessions

Posted inHealth

Colorado is in a mental health crisis. Psychologists want to help by being allowed to prescribe medication.

by Jennifer Brown 4:00 AM MST on Jan 20, 202310:09 AM MST on Jan 21, 2023

Medical doctors and psychiatrists say it’s dangerous to let non-medically trained psychologists prescribe mental health medications.

Posted inHealth

Colorado Option sign-up numbers are in. But the debate over the Jared Polis-backed insurance plan is far from over.

by John Ingold 3:17 AM MST on Jan 19, 20238:45 PM MST on Jan 19, 2023

Approximately 35,000 people signed up for Colorado Option health insurance plans during the most recent open enrollment period

Posted inHealth

Methamphetamine contamination found in third public library in Colorado

by Colorado Community Media 10:12 PM MST on Jan 18, 20239:10 AM MST on Jan 19, 2023

Recent findings at libraries in Englewood and Boulder, as well as the Englewood Civic Center, led the City of Littleton to perform testing “out of an abundance of caution”

Posted inHealth

Boulder is buying a home for people to live in while recovering from methamphetamine addiction

Boulder Reporting Lab logo by Boulder Reporting Lab 3:34 AM MST on Jan 18, 20238:10 AM MST on Jan 18, 2023

Boulder County repurposed one of its office buildings to provide temporary outpatient drug addiction treatment. Now, they are looking to buy a property for inpatient recovery.

Posted inCOVID

Do Coloradans need to care about the new COVID variant XBB? Yeah, probably.

by John Ingold 3:48 AM MST on Jan 13, 20238:50 PM MST on Jan 12, 2023

XBB.1.5 — nicknamed the “Kraken” — has yet to hit Colorado in full force. When it does, it could drive a new wave of infections.

Posted inEnvironment

Avian flu wreaks more havoc in Colorado egg layers and wild birds

by Michael Booth, Tamara Chuang and Joshua Perry 3:35 AM MST on Jan 9, 202310:55 AM MST on Jan 9, 2023

Worst-ever outbreak leads to slaughter of 6 million-plus chickens and has killed enough eagles and other raptors to raise wildlife fears.

Posted inHealth

After years of profits, many Colorado hospitals are facing a downturn

by John Ingold 3:53 AM MST on Jan 3, 20238:10 AM MST on Jan 3, 2023

Investment losses and higher staffing and supply costs are all contributing, but one expert cautions to look at the long-term picture

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EPA investigating Colorado for discriminatory air pollution

by Michael Phillis, AP and Brittany Peterson, AP 2:18 PM MST on Dec 29, 20222:18 PM MST on Dec 29, 2022

The EPA is using the Civil Rights Act to probe whether Colorado’s regulation of major polluters, like Suncor, discriminates against minority residents

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