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Potential for short-term health impacts from Colorado oil and gas drilling leads to calls for temporary halt in permits
A new study commissioned by the state health agency and released Thursday shows worst-case scenarios for adverse effects
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Colorado had to release a health report. So it paid muralists to do it with paint.
By Jennifer Brown Health Primary category in which blog post is published
A condition called aphasia makes language difficult. This CU therapy group seeks to change the narrative — through “applied theater.”
By Kevin Simpson Health Primary category in which blog post is published
Paging Dr. Algorithm: How AI and other new tech are changing care in Colorado hospitals
By Michael Booth Health Primary category in which blog post is published
Denver and other cities are looking to take cops out of mental health-related 911 rescues
By Kaiser Health News Crime and Courts Primary category in which blog post is published
A text, chat line for LGBTQ youth contemplating suicide gets a boost in Colorado
The Trevor Project connected with 1,500 Colorado teens last year, and that’s not nearly enough, the nonprofit says
In a plan to set hospital prices, Colorado could see the mother of all health care battles
State leaders are coy about how they would compel hospitals to participate in the newly proposed public health insurance option
Colorado just released details for its public health insurance option. Here’s how it would work.
Colorado officials are proposing to restrict what hospitals can charge and will require both hospitals and insurance companies to participate
Why Colorado hospitals are getting into the housing business
Denver Health, Mercy in Durango, find providing housing is safer, more cost effective for patients "stranded" in the system
Supervised injection site supporters aren’t ready to give up on the conversation in Colorado
Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, leader of the push nationally, visited Denver this week after a victory in federal court
Colorado, other states say OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma should not pay bonuses
Purdue has said it needs to make bonus payments to keep employees and maintain operations at a time of high turnover
Rural Colorado struggles to find foster homes as new federal law seeks to keep more kids out of group settings
Only 13 families volunteer in the vast, six-county San Luis Valley, where poverty presents one of several obstacles to placement
As Coloradans struggle to pay for health coverage, cheaper alternatives come with their own perils
Health care sharing ministries have their place in the market, supporters say, but a recent state clamp-down showcases a darker side
Colorado officials created greeting cards to destigmatize the opioid epidemic. They didn’t order nearly enough.
The state made almost 10,000 cards with money from a federal grant but it took only four days for them to go out of stock
