Tag: Children’s Hospital Colorado
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Children’s Colorado must resume care to transgender plaintiffs, state Supreme Court rules by 5-2
The Colorado Supreme Court, by a 5-2 vote, ordered Children’s Hospital Colorado on Monday to resume providing certain medical services to a group of transgender plaintiffs, which it had ceased in the face of funding threats from the federal government last year. The unusual appeal before the Supreme Court stemmed from a trial judge’s rejection…
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Philanthropy on the Farm a night of fun and fundraising for Children’s Hospital
It was a lively evening of delicious farm-to-table meals, dancing, friends and Western hats and jeans for supporters of Children’s Hospital Colorado, Colorado Springs, at Spruce Mountain Ranch in Larkspur. The touching portion of the 2026 Philanthropy on the Farm evening was the stories recounted by former patients, now hospital ambassadors, and their families. And…
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Colorado Supreme Court weighs transgender services case involving Children’s Hospital and federal threats
Some members of the Colorado Supreme Court expressed discomfort on April 14 with having to decide whether to order Children’s Hospital Colorado to resume providing certain services to transgender children, which could trigger a “death sentence” if the federal government imposes consequences. “I’m assuming there’s no middle ground here with the federal administration, in terms…
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Colorado Supreme Court signals intervention in dispute over treatment for trans children
The Colorado Supreme Court ordered Children’s Hospital Colorado on Tuesday to explain why it should not direct the organization to resume providing certain types of services to transgender children in compliance with the state’s non-discrimination law. Last month, a Denver judge declined to require Children’s Colorado to continue providing hormone therapy and puberty blockers to…
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Field of dreams: High tech diagnoses, surgeries a game changer for young athletes in Colorado
If walking is a series of controlled, false falls, 18-year-old Aidan Harris moves in precision plunges and pivots so smooth he sometimes seems to float — all while snapping ball after ball after ball exactly where he wants it to go. Kid’s got better aim with his leg than most people do with their arm,…
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Aurora Water still looking for source of ‘sediment’ that delayed surgeries in 3 local hospitals
Aurora Water officials are still looking for the source of a mysterious waterborne “sediment” that prompted three local hospitals to postpone surgeries late last week. Children’s Hospital Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital, and the Rocky Mountain VA Regional Medical Center each delayed or moved some non-emergency surgeries after staff reported concerns…
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Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run outside Children’s Hospital in Aurora
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Aurora Police are investigating a hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian outside Children’s Hospital Saturday morning. Police said at 4:37 a.m. that officers were responding to the crash in front of the walking bridge near the hospital and university campuses in the area of East Colfax…
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Children’s Hospital Colorado slips off national best pediatric hospital list | Healthy Bites
Aurora-based Children’s Hospital Colorado — which also operates a hospital in Colorado Springs — is still No. 1 in the state. But Children’s Hospital slipped out of the Top 10 national ranking it had held for at least two years by the U.S. News & World Report. Last year, the hospital ranked No. 7 nationally.…
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Colorado children’s mental health leaders plead for pandemic recovery funding
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Children’s mental health advocates want a fair share of Colorado’s federal pandemic recovery money that has yet to be allocated, they announced Tuesday during a virtual discussion spearheaded by Children’s Hospital Colorado. “There is a continued sense of being overwhelmed as a system, and it’s…
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Meet the woman behind Colorado’s new 100-mountain record
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save On her drive home after another ascent of 14,005-foot Mount of the Holy Cross, Andrea Sansone got a call from her boyfriend, Andrew Hamilton, who said a reporter was looking to interview her. “I was like, Why?” Sansone recalls. “Like, no one ever wants to…