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2 judges order Trump administration to use contingency funds for SNAP payments during the shutdown

Updated 3 days ago

BOSTON (AP) — Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must to continue to fund SNAP, the nation’s biggest...

Colorado: Health insurance premiums set to double in 2026

Updated 1 week ago

Health insurance rates for middle-income Coloradans who buy their own coverage are set to double in 2026, according to the state’s insurance division. The statewide...

Colorado hospitals are operating on ‘unsustainable’ margins, report finds

Updated 1 week ago

Nearly 70% of Colorado hospitals ended 2024 with “unsustainable” margins, according to a new financial report from the Colorado Hospital Association. Tom Rennell, the group’s...

Populus Hotel in Denver fined for pest control issues

Updated 1 week ago

Earlier this month, Michelin recognized the Populus Hotel, in downtown Denver, as one of “The very best hotels in the United States.” Denver public health...

As peak flu season looms, vaccination rates remain low in Colorado

Updated 2 weeks ago

Griffith Centers to offer substance abuse help to Adams County

Updated 2 weeks ago

Medicaid spending surge for therapy sessions prompts Colorado to reinstate limits

Updated 3 weeks ago

Colorado urges insurers to ease rules for federal workers hit by shutdown

Updated 3 weeks ago

Colorado River near Grand Junction infested with zebra mussels, state officials report

Updated 4 weeks ago

Why are government jobs growing faster than private jobs? | Vince Bzdek

Updated 4 weeks ago

Colorado prescription board votes to limit cost of rheumatoid arthritis drug

Updated 4 weeks ago

Adams County distributes almost $6M in opioid settlement funds

Updated 1 month ago

CU Anschutz receives jumpstart donation of $50 million for mental health initiative

Updated 1 month ago

Field of dreams: High tech diagnoses, surgeries a game changer for young athletes in Colorado

Updated 1 month ago

Rally for Recovery will try to bring healing and hope into the open

Updated 2 months ago

When the Rally for Recovery takes over Civic Center Park on Saturday, voices will rise above the downtown traffic, some chanting, some singing, all carrying...

The more journalism the better: Denver Gazette turns five-years-old

Updated 2 months ago

“The more journalists you have, the closer you’ll get to the truth.” So said Patricia Calhoun, longtime editor of the alt-weekly Westword, at a recent...

Gov. Polis announces Monday as ‘988 Colorado Mental Health Line Day’

Updated 2 months ago

Gov. Jared Polis officially proclaimed Monday, Sept. 8, as 988 Colorado Mental Health Line Day in celebration of the crisis line established in 2022. “Our...

Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet grills RFK Jr. on vaccine policy, calls for his removal from health post

Updated 2 months ago

Following a tense exchange with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a Senate hearing on Thursday, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, a Colorado Democrat, reiterated his call...

Colorado lifts prescription requirement for COVID-19 vaccine ahead of respiratory season

Updated 2 months ago

Realness Project teaches exiting inmates ‘the art of being human’ | Vince Bzdek

Updated 2 months ago

COVID-19 cases rise as students return to school in Denver

Updated 3 months ago

Equine therapy brings a smile to memory care patients in Parker

Updated 3 months ago

Plague found in cat in Jefferson County

Updated 3 months ago

JeffCo health officials report 3 West Nile cases in humans, Denver 1

Updated 3 months ago

Kaiser ends gender transition services for minors

Updated 3 months ago

Colorado’s top hospital? Still UCHealth

Updated 3 months ago

Denver warns of psilocybin-laced products, including chocolate bars

Updated 3 months ago

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

Updated 3 months ago

First Colorado death from West Nile virus reported for 2025

Updated 3 months ago

State health officials Friday confirmed the first human death from West Nile virus in Colorado this year. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment...

Two bats test positive for rabies in Denver

Updated 3 months ago

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

Updated 4 months ago

A new Jefferson County Public Health program is working to combat nicotine addiction in young residents. The program, which began in June, looks to help...

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

Updated 4 months ago

Adams County Health Department officials confirmed the first two human cases of West Nile Virus this year, likely contracted from infected mosquitos in late June....