Health

A new report from the Colorado Health Institute tracks coronavirus’ disparate toll, with people living in diverse, low-income neighborhoods in the crosshairs

In a joint project with Wyoming, 13 infants have been diagnosed early with spinal muscular atrophy. Now they have new hope.

4-H leaders in La Plata County sent a letter advising that one of the club's members had died of suspected plague. Where the Durango 4th grader contracted the disease is still unknown.

The move is the latest sign that Colorado is moving past the pandemic, even as the economic effects of the health crisis linger and the dangerous Delta variant rages in the western part of the state

“COVID is over in Colorado,” said a college student from Durango at Country Jam. He wasn't the only one to think so.

San Juan Basin Public Health was notified July 7 of the potential case of plague, which is transmitted by infected fleas.

The deal comes after Colorado and 14 other states late Wednesday agreed to drop their opposition to a bankruptcy plan filed by Purdue, the maker of the powerful prescription painkiller OxyContin

The state’s uneven vaccination rates mean the pandemic has splintered into “a series of epidemics,” one top epidemiologist says

In rural America, it’s increasingly difficult for ambulance services to respond to emergencies. One factor is that emergency medical services are struggling to find young volunteers to replace retiring EMTs

While the more contagious delta variant has become the dominant strain in Colorado, the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 is down

The county started considering forming a new public health department several months into the COVID-19 pandemic

With no local access to prescription drugs, Walden residents are taking advantage of anyone’s trip to bigger cities to pick up medications for the rest of the town

In June, Children’s Hospital Colorado declared a crisis

Colorado doctors answered reader questions about side effects, efficacy, the Delta variant, and how to keep kids safe before they can get vaccinated

In Colorado, the average charge for the code corresponding to pushing drugs into an IV has nearly tripled since 2014, and the dollars hospitals actually get for it has doubled. In Colorado Springs specifically, the cost for IV pushes rose even more sharply than it did statewide.

The farm labor rule was part of a raft of bills passed by the Democrat-controlled Legislature to boost immigrant rights.

Colorado post-docs and undergrads endure the swabbing of seats and handrails in the name of science, part of a worldwide effort to “map the human biome” and sort good germs from bad.

Audit recommends legislation to require prescribers to use the database to track drug prescriptions — and add penalties if they don't