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Colorado blood supplies approach critical levels as coronavirus-wary donors stay home
Dozens of blood drives have been canceled, and donors are now being asked if they have been in countries beset by COVID-19
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Colorado opened one of the nation’s first drive-through testing sites for coronavirus. This is what it looked like.
By John Ingold Coronavirus Primary category in which blog post is published
A decade into the opioid crisis, Colorado hospitals have changed the way they treat opioid-exposed babies. And it’s helping.
By Jennifer Brown Health Primary category in which blog post is published
Colorado lawmakers failed to pass a bill to improve immunization rates in 2019. Here’s what’s new this year.
By Jennifer Brown Health Primary category in which blog post is published
Opinion: Colorado’s clear 2020 vision for newborn screening of spinal muscular atrophy will save lives
By Michelle Pritekel Opinion
This miracle drug was designed and manufactured for just one person — a 9-year-old Boulder girl
Mila’s medicine catapulted precision drugmaking into the future, cutting a path for other children with rare genetic diseases, her doctors say
Colorado is creating a network of doctors to diagnose child abuse and keep kids from slipping through the safety net
The state has just six doctors board certified in child abuse pediatrics, and they’re all on the Front Range
One student killed, eight more wounded in shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch allegedly committed by two peers
At least one person was killed and eight students were wounded in a shooting Tuesday afternoon at STEM School Highlands Ranch allegedly committed by two of their peers, authorities say.
Opinion: There’s a nationwide measles outbreak. We still must act to keep Colorado children safe.
Opinion
By law, mental health benefits are supposed to be as good as medical coverage. In practice, that’s not happening.
An effort to enforce the nation’s mental health parity laws is in the works in Colorado, where insurance companies pay mental health doctors 30 percent less than they pay other medical professionals
Cigarettes all over again? Colorado has the highest youth vaping rate in the country.
Some Colorado towns got fed up waiting for the state to crack down on youth sales. They're not waiting for history to repeat itself.
Gore Otteson had no heartbeat for 55 minutes. Rescuer, doctors led by instinct and faith saved him.
8-years later, his parents say God had a hand in their boy's survival: "Even people who don’t believe, they don’t have a clear medical explanation for how this happened.”
New youth mental health initiative will promote statewide collaboration to prevent teen suicide
Colorado ranks 48th out of 50 states in its mental health services for children
