Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Check, please! Keeping tabs on Denver's restaurant-inspection policy

Reader: Lack of a gun didn't prevent terrible double-murder/suicide using a knife

Our post about the killing of two Colorado Springs kids, allegedly by Ethan Courrau, described by his mother as bipolar, noted that the fatal weapon was a knife. This fact caused our commenters to morph into a lively gun-related debate. Here's a prime example.

Weld County commissioners really, really like the Second Amendment

Last week, we noted that Weld County Sheriff John Cooke was among several Colorado sheriffs raising constitutional concerns about potential gun-control measures. Now, the Weld Count Commissioners have pulled a similar trigger, passing a resolution -- read it below -- expressing their support for the ... More >>

Colorado may be the least obese state, but we're getting fatter

Colorado ranked lowest on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 2012 obesity rate study, but don't grab for the funnel cakes in celebration just yet: Over the past fifteen years, the obesity rate has doubled or almost doubled in 38 states, and even Colorado's has increased substantially. ... More >>

Colorado ranks lowest in obesity rate study: We're still the skinniest state

Those summer bike rides to the local farmers' market have apparently paid off. Once again, Colorado ranks lowest on the state-by-state adult obesity rate analysis conducted by the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Maybe it's because there are so many appealing outd ... More >>

Marijuana study author: U.S. Attorney wrong about rising teen pot use

Yesterday, we told you about a study showing no link between medical marijuana legalization and teen pot use. The co-author of that study, University of Colorado Denver professor Daniel Rees, sees the findings as directly contradicting attempts to link MMJ and marijuana usage among young people tha ... More >>

Marijuana study latest evidence MMJ doesn't boost teen use, advocate says

A just-released study associated with the University of Colorado Denver finds no link between teen marijuana use and the legalization of medical marijuana; read the report below. Sensible Colorado's Brian Vicente sees these results as more evidence that regulating pot actually causes a decrease in ... More >>

"Gays are a threat to public health" letter fires up civil unions debate

At this writing, the second-most-viewed item on the Boulder Daily Camera website is a letter to the editor -- but not just any letter. The missive, published under the heading "Gays are a Threat to Public Health," has had an explosive impact on readers, coming at the outset of a special session insp ... More >>

Hooters, IHOP and McDonald's among the Denver restaurants on Healthy Dining Finder

​When you think of healthy restaurants in Denver, one of the healthiest cities in the country, a couple of spots whose menus are rife with the terms "organic," "sustainable" and "local" come to mind: WaterCourse Foods and Root Down, for example. You won't find them on Healthy Dining Finder -- ... More >>

Campaign For a Healthy Denver calls out food service in television spot

​Last week, No On 300 announced the release of the first television spot focusing on the Denver Paid Sick Leave Initiative. The video stars Mayor Michael Hancock and directs attention to the toll the ordinance could have on the city's budget. In contrast, the clip from pro-300 Campaign For a H ... More >>

Diana DeGette and Henry Waxman request listeria outbreak investigation

U.S. Representative Diana DeGette didn't just fall off the turnip truck. She's been concerned about food safety throughout her tenure in Congress, and yesterday, she and California Representative Henry Waxman sent a letter demanding a full investigation into the listeria contamination that's already ... More >>

Youth Risk Behavior Survey: Keeping tabs on U.S. students since 1991

If you've ever wondered how Colorado knows, say, that its youth are more likely to smoke on school campuses than the average U.S. student, the answer is that it asks them. Every other year since 1991, the Center for Disease Control has administered the Youth Risk Behavior Survey at a national level ... More >>

Six biggest Colorado-related food scares

Beware the killer cantaloupes! It sounds like a horror-flick spoof, but for Jensen Farms in Holly, it's all too real. In September, the Colorado farm recalled all of its potential globes of death, approximately 300,000 cases. Nonetheless, the case of the listeria-carrying melons already ranks as the ... More >>

Abstinence-only funding was refused, but that didn't stop a state school-board member

STDs study: If you need to notify a sex partner about chlamydia, don't send an e-card

​ Is there really a good way to tell someone you may have given them an STD? Maybe not, but there are certainly some ways that are less embarrassing and/or horrifying than others. Sending an e-card isn't one of them, according to a recent study conducted at the Denver Metro Health Clinic.

Is this Facebook or the hub of digitally transmitted diseases?

​Facebook is starting to make me itch, what with its infestation of high heels and sneaker spam, not to mention the scantily clad women advertising scattered-ass to and fro across the home page. Rather than your favorite social media hangout, it's turning into the easiest place to catch a digi ... More >>

Japanese radiation worries in U.S.: Health dept. tries to calm fears as media stokes them

​This morning, Peter Boyles spent part of his KHOW morning show wondering if we should be taking potassium iodide to protect ourselves against radiation from the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. And at this writing, the main story on the CBS4 home page asks, "Could Japan's Radi ... More >>

Epidemic, Education, Entertainment

Flu shots may hurt like hell, but free Nuggets tickets should ease the pain

Flickr​The folks at the Colorado Adult Immunization Coalition wants you to get a flu shot -- and to encourage people to volunteer for jabbing, they've created the "Enough is Enough" contest, with those who upload photos of themselves being injected to a Facebook page automatically eligible to ... More >>

Gouda cheese giveaway at Costco not such a good deal after all, linked to E. coli outbreak

Flickr​Who among us hasn't grazed through a store, snatching every free sample in site? Well, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, those who did so at local Costcos in mid-October may have gotten more than they bargained for -- a case of E. coli from sample Go ... More >>

Sergei Berejnoi's alleged fake bomb claim makes Top 5 list of freakiest CO airport passengers

Sergei Berenjoi.​On Saturday, Sergei Berejnoi was apparently upset that he arrived late at his DIA gate. So he allegedly said there was a bomb in his already checked luggage -- and was promptly busted. Of course, we've come to expect this kind of lunacy from passengers who land in Colorado. He ... More >>

Did Mexicans get the short end of the stick when it comes to height?

Asia like it: Can I date a Mexican?

When cold and flu season hit, reach for chicken soup

​Cold and flu season has arrived, and while there are vaccines and a multitude of drugs out there that will be used to combat these illnesses, doctors remain constant on one remedy: chicken soup. According to WebMD, doctors prefer milder, natural alternatives to treat cold and flu cases, with ... More >>

Air Force Academy doc's study: A lot of what we think we know about swine flu may be wrong

A Flickr photoThe Air Force Academy has punched swine flu in the snout.​ We've all been told that the H1N1 virus, aka swine flu, is no longer contagious 24 hours after a person's fever has broken. But hold up a minute. A new study overseen by Air Force Academy doctor Catherine Witkop and publi ... More >>

For two decades, pit bulls have been public enemy #1 in Denver. But maybe it's time for a recount.

The Mexican advises against rushing to the altar

A fine swine of a time at the Berkshire's first pig roast

Lori MidsonIn the midst of all this swine flu hysteria, there's just one thing to do: Eat more pork! The H1N1 influenza outbreak is not transmitted in any way, shape or form by anything with a snout, curly tail or hooves, as Jason Sheehan reported last week. And if you don't believe him, just ask th ... More >>

As swine flu numbers build (a little), sneezing in public now a crime

A Flickr photo"Ah-choo!" My wife has a cold -- a regular, standard, garden-variety cold. No fever. No blinding headaches. No agonizing joint pain. A cold. The kind that causes sneezing. And this Saturday, as we watched two very long baseball games starring our nephew in conditions that ranged from ... More >>

Eat the pig! Particularly at the Berkshire!

Seriously, people?  You're getting weird about eating pork now? I understand that all this talk about the swine flu is freaky. I realize that we're kinda on the edge of a panic now, and that the Centers for Disease Control have just announced that a worldwide pandemic is imminent. I get that we ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Andrew Speaker's no-fly zone

Andrew Speaker, Denver's accidental tourist, has some sense of timing. Speaker, the focus of our last international health-scare when he went on the lam, and in the air, after being diagnosed with tuberculosis and warned not to fly, this week filed suit against the Centers for Disease Control for ... More >>

Why doesn't Colorado get the point of needle exchange programs?

The Cigarette is dead, and the ads are illegal

The nifty ads are hard not to notice, boldly proclaiming: The Cigarette is Dead. They've popped up alongside buildings, buses and billboards, directing people to www.QuitDoingIt.com, where smokers can find tools to help them quit. Commissioned by the State Tobacco Education & Prevention Partnershi ... More >>

Breakfast of Champions

Breakfast of Champions

What the If?

This state campaign seems headed for disaster.

Manu Chao

Friday, June 8, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 303-830-8497.

A Grim Prognosis

HIV infection is soaring in the Latino population. Can El Futuro slow it down?

Drunk of the Week

Kona Grill

Bite Me

Brain Drain

Off Limits

Blame Canada

Spook and Ladder

Firefighters Museum toasts ghosts

New Life

It may be the thought that counts, but only donations will keep the Colorado AIDS Project out of trouble.

A Plague on All Your Houses

Denver readies itself for a bio-bomb — but is the federal program behind this exercise a dud?

Virtual Strangers

Denver researchers study how the chat room leads to the bedroom.

Nobody Gets Out of Here Alive

Patrick Gourley has seen enough death from AIDS. Now it’s time for rebirth.

Mad All Over

This family of killer diseases hits close to home. Too close.

Hard Lessons

Ten years ago, Colorado began to force batterers into treatment programs. but do they work?

HEP TO THE PROBLEM

A HEPATITIS C SUFFERER FORMS A SUPPORT GROUP THROUGH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL.

THE NEXT GENERATION

SEX IS BECOMING AN INCREASINGLY RISKY BUSINESS FOR YOUNG GAYS.