Drop in U.S. Opioid Overdose Deaths Nears 50 Percent Since 2023
Colorado saw overdose deaths drop, but at much lower rate than national average.
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Colorado Abortion Fund Saw 84 Percent Jump in Spending on Procedures in 2025
Just under 48 percent of clients receiving funding were from Colorado, and almost 40 percent were Texas residents.
Denver Senior Living Facility Infested With Bedbugs for a Year, Resident Claims
“She had a bedbug crawling out from her shirt,” recalls the daughter of a Francis Heights tenant. “They’re everywhere.”
When COVID Jumped the Fence at the Denver Zoo, Researchers Seized the Opportunity
A new Colorado-led study traces how the virus moved through tigers, lions and hyenas in 2021.
Denver Church Offers Affordable Housing to Men of “Any Faith or No Faith at All”
Granite Peaks Church has been walking the walk for nearly a decade.
Newly Arrived Mosquito, Kissing Bugs Bring New Disease Threats to Colorado
A new mosquito species in Colorado is capable of carrying dengue, yellow fever and Zika, while kissing bugs can now carry parasites that cause Chagas disease.
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Providers Work to Overcome Difficulties for Reproductive Health Care Access in Rural Colorado
After the federal government cut off Medicaid funding for certain reproductive health care providers, the state stepped in.
The Kratom Conundrum
Isolated alkaloids from the plant’s active ingredients pose greater danger for consumers.
The Veteran and His Venoms
Zach Phillips’ healing journey has gone from using cannabis to ayahuasca to snake venoms.
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El Grito 5K Returned, Reviving Chicano Tradition
After a five-year hiatus, the run that started thirty years ago is back.
Fear and Teetotaling in Denver: How I Started the City’s Two-Hour Prohibition
Denver declared liquor and pot stores non-essential on March 23, 2020. Chaos ensued.
How COVID-19 Is Being Tracked in Colorado Now
Home testing has changed everything.
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Are the New XBB COVID Variants Increasing in Colorado?
The latest mutations are XBB.1 and XBB.1.5.
Vaccine- and Booster-Resistant COVID Variants Surging in Colorado
The variants have been linked to more than half of cases.
Boulder Residents Urged to Wear Masks Because of High COVID Levels
The masking recommendation isn’t being universally embraced.
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COVID-19 Update: Colorado Places Where Residents Are Supposed to Wear Masks
COVID-19 is at high levels in seventeen counties.
COVID, RSV Contributing to Pandemic-Record Hospitalizations
The new mark matches the pandemic’s previous high.
Colorado COVID-19 Outbreaks Blow Past 10,000
New outbreaks nearly doubled last week’s total.
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Colorado COVID Hospitalizations Up, New Variants Splintering
The state’s main COVID-19 website has been revamped.
New COVID Variants’ Week-Over-Week Growth in Colorado
One variant’s percentage more than doubled in a week.
“Troublesome” New COVID Variants Rising in Colorado
One of the mutations arose mere weeks ago.
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Why Colorado’s COVID Outlook Is Uncertain for the Rest of 2022
New variants are the wild cards.