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Public Health Policy

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    Libby Szabo: Campaign flier attacking Sara Gagliardi adds insult to injury for hep C patient

    Libby Szabo​We can expect plenty of over-the-top negative ads and low blows in the next few days as this gruesome election cycle enters its final days. But a mailer sent out by Republican statehouse candidate Libby Szabo, trying to paint Rep. Sara Gagliardi as a typical tax-and-spend Dem, is j ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    One Denver nonprofit's World AIDS Day message: Clean needles save lives

    Andrew McClure and Lisa Raville, advocatin'.​ Anyone who Googled anything today knows that it's World AIDS Day. And anyone who drove by the intersection of Colfax and Broadway this afternoon knows select folks in Denver think clean needles are part of the solution to stopping the spread of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    Betsy Markey rep just not that into talking about her "no" vote on healthcare bill

    Betsy Markey doesn't like the House's healthcare bill -- and she's not that into talking about why not, either.​Even though Diana DeGette has big problems with an amendment to the mammoth healthcare bill limiting access to abortions, she voted for the measure. Not so Betsy Markey, the only Dem ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2009

    Will Monday be judgment day for Colorado's medical marijuana industry?

    It's hard to understate the explosive rise of Colorado's medical marijuana industry. When Westword took an in-depth look at issue in the February 2009 article "Medical marijuana Has Become a Growth Industry in Colorado," just over 5,000 patients had been approved by the state to use marijuana -- w ... More >>

  • News

    April 16, 2009

    Letters from the week of April 16

    It's hard to understate the explosive rise of Colorado's medical marijuana industry. When Westword took an in-depth look at issue in the February 2009 article "Medical marijuana Has Become a Growth Industry in Colorado," just over 5,000 patients had been approved by the state to use marijuana -- w ... More >>

  • News

    April 9, 2009

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

    It's hard to understate the explosive rise of Colorado's medical marijuana industry. When Westword took an in-depth look at issue in the February 2009 article "Medical marijuana Has Become a Growth Industry in Colorado," just over 5,000 patients had been approved by the state to use marijuana -- w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2009

    Did Governor Ritter flip-flop on needle exchange?

    Photo from Wikipedia Commons.Bill Ritter once supported needle exchange, but now he's silent on the issue. Listen to Ritter's testimony on a 1998 bill seeking to legalize syringe exchange in Colorado. Colorado lawmakers last tackled the legalities of syringe exchange -- the topic of this week's fe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2008

    Denver ambulances using wrong response time standard, says Denver Auditor

    Photo from Wikipedia Commons.Bill Ritter once supported needle exchange, but now he's silent on the issue. Listen to Ritter's testimony on a 1998 bill seeking to legalize syringe exchange in Colorado. Colorado lawmakers last tackled the legalities of syringe exchange -- the topic of this week's fe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2008

    Sick Right Here

    Photo from Wikipedia Commons.Bill Ritter once supported needle exchange, but now he's silent on the issue. Listen to Ritter's testimony on a 1998 bill seeking to legalize syringe exchange in Colorado. Colorado lawmakers last tackled the legalities of syringe exchange -- the topic of this week's fe ... More >>

  • News

    February 14, 2002

    Cutting Edge

    A plan by some Colorado leaders to trim hard-won health-insurance benefits could leave consumers feeling the pain.

  • News

    January 10, 2002

    Funky Town

    Even though the EPA says Denver's air is getting cleaner, the odor lingers on.

  • News

    January 21, 1999

    Letters

    Even though the EPA says Denver's air is getting cleaner, the odor lingers on.

  • News

    December 25, 1997

    Bombs Away

    Frustrated by federal inaction, state health officials sue to clean up the old Lowry Bombing Range.

  • News

    February 7, 1996

    ADDICTED TO LOVE

    BORN TO AIDS-INFECTED DRUG USERS, THESE WERE THE BABIES NOBODY WANTED. EXCEPT MEGAN ROSS.

  • News

    October 4, 1995

    STICKING POINT

    ABORTION-CLINIC SUITS SCARE DENVER FROM NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS.

  • News

    July 27, 1994

    GETTING TESTY

    A DISPUTE OVER AIDS TESTING ENSNARES A HEALTH OFFICIAL FROM COLORADO SPRINGS.

  • News

    March 30, 1994

    LETTERS

    A DISPUTE OVER AIDS TESTING ENSNARES A HEALTH OFFICIAL FROM COLORADO SPRINGS.

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