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		<title>Recess Is Canceled: Denver Anti-Vaxxer Dating Event Pushed Out After Controversy</title>
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					<dc:creator>Sage Kelley</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 13:08:53 -0600</pubDate>
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<p>The post <a href="https://www.westword.com/news/denver-anti-vaxxer-dating-event-canceled-recess-beer-garden-40885288/">Recess Is Canceled: Denver Anti-Vaxxer Dating Event Pushed Out After Controversy</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.westword.com">Denver Westword</a>.</p>
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		<title>Shingles Mixer: Anti-Vaxxer Dating Gathering In Denver</title>
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					<dc:creator>Hannah Metzger</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 17:55:57 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/y7a4102.webp" alt="Shingles Mixer: Anti-Vaxxer Dating Gathering In Denver" /><p>A dating app for the unvaccinated wanted to kick off its multi-state tour at Recess Beer Garden. That location is off, but the event's still on.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.westword.com/news/uninjected-anti-vaxxer-dating-event-denver-40884673/">Shingles Mixer: Anti-Vaxxer Dating Gathering In Denver</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.westword.com">Denver Westword</a>.</p>
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		<title>Pollen Allergies Are Brutal This Year. Here&#8217;s Why, and How to Find Relief.</title>
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					<dc:creator>Levi Keller</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 08:35:10 -0600</pubDate>
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<p>The post <a href="https://www.westword.com/news/pollen-allergies-brutal-why-how-to-find-relief-40881861/">Pollen Allergies Are Brutal This Year. Here&#8217;s Why, and How to Find Relief.</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.westword.com">Denver Westword</a>.</p>
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		<title>Drop in U.S. Opioid Overdose Deaths Nears 50 Percent Since 2023</title>
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					<dc:creator>Tim Henderson, Stateline</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:04:44 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Colorado Abortion Fund Saw 84 Percent Jump in Spending on Procedures in 2025</title>
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					<dc:creator>Lindsey Toomer, Colorado Newsline</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 07:47:00 -0700</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/02/AF_Abortion_Protest_4.jpg" alt="pro-abortion protesters in denver" /><p>Just under 48 percent of clients receiving funding were from Colorado, and almost 40 percent were Texas residents. </p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.westword.com/news/colorado-abortion-fund-big-jump-procedure-spending-2025-40846548/">Colorado Abortion Fund Saw 84 Percent Jump in Spending on Procedures in 2025</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.westword.com">Denver Westword</a>.</p>
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		<title>Denver Senior Living Facility Infested With Bedbugs for a Year, Resident Claims</title>
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					<dc:creator>Hannah Metzger</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 07:28:36 -0700</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/francis-heights-bed-bugs-e1768919303731.jpg" alt="Denver Senior Living Facility Infested With Bedbugs for a Year, Resident Claims" /><p>"She had a bedbug crawling out from her shirt," recalls the daughter of a Francis Heights tenant. "They're everywhere."</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.westword.com/news/denver-senior-living-facility-infested-bedbugs-for-a-year-40829763/">Denver Senior Living Facility Infested With Bedbugs for a Year, Resident Claims</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.westword.com">Denver Westword</a>.</p>
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		<title>When COVID Jumped the Fence at the Denver Zoo, Researchers Seized the Opportunity</title>
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					<dc:creator>Brendan Joel Kelley</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 06:52:00 -0700</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/Amur-Tiger-e1767991908360.jpg" alt="An Amur tiger at the Denver Zoo" /><p>A new Colorado-led study traces how the virus moved through tigers, lions and hyenas in 2021.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.westword.com/news/denver-zoo-study-covid-outbreak-lions-tigers-hyenas-40827534/">When COVID Jumped the Fence at the Denver Zoo, Researchers Seized the Opportunity</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.westword.com">Denver Westword</a>.</p>
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		<title>Denver Church Offers Affordable Housing to Men of &#8220;Any Faith or No Faith at All&#8221;</title>
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					<dc:creator>Teague Bohlen</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 07:36:00 -0700</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/11/Granite-Peaks-with-Mark-Lopez-e1764181539866.jpg" alt="pastor stands in front of his church" /><p>Granite Peaks Church has been walking the walk for nearly a decade.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.westword.com/news/west-denver-church-affordable-housing-for-men-40810967/">Denver Church Offers Affordable Housing to Men of &#8220;Any Faith or No Faith at All&#8221;</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.westword.com">Denver Westword</a>.</p>
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		<title>Newly Arrived Mosquito, Kissing Bugs Bring New Disease Threats to Colorado</title>
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					<dc:creator>Michael Roberts</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 08:29:28 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title>Providers Work to Overcome Difficulties for Reproductive Health Care Access in Rural Colorado</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 13:32:25 -0600</pubDate>
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