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The new COVID vaccine is out. Why you might not want to rush to get it.

August 27, 2024 at 1:09 p.m.

Although public health officials recommend the newly approved COVID vaccine for everyone 6 months and older, it may make more sense to wait until closer to the holiday season.

It was the first time Xcel Energy preemptively switched off electricity in Colorado as a wildfire prevention tool, according to a company official.

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Nursing homes are left in the dark as more utilities cut power to prevent wildfires

July 7, 2024 at 6:00 a.m.

It was the first time Xcel Energy preemptively switched off electricity in Colorado as a wildfire prevention tool, according to a company official.

She received coverage through Florida’s Medicaid program until it abruptly stopped at the end of March, she said.

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Medicaid “unwinding” decried as biased against disabled people in Colorado, elsewhere

May 16, 2024 at 8:34 a.m.

She received coverage through Florida’s Medicaid program until it abruptly stopped at the end of March, she said.

Lawmakers in both parties, at the state and national level, have sought for decades to legalize importing drugs from Canada.

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Colorado blames Biden administration, drugmakers for delaying Canadian imports

December 7, 2023 at 4:02 p.m.

Lawmakers in both parties, at the state and national level, have sought for decades to legalize importing drugs from Canada.

Education |
More Colorado schools stock overdose reversal meds, but others worry about stigma

October 6, 2023 at 6:00 a.m.

Though more districts have signed on since last year, only about a third of Colorado districts had enrolled in the state’s giveaway program at the start of this school year.

Crime and Public Safety |
Police blame some deaths on “excited delirium.” ER docs consider pulling the plug on the term.

October 5, 2023 at 9:27 a.m.

The American College of Emergency Physicians will vote at an October meeting on whether to formally disavow its 2009 position paper supporting excited delirium as a diagnosis that helped undergird...

Biden Administration to Ban Medical Debt From Americans’ Credit Scores

September 27, 2023 at 4:20 p.m.

The White House said the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will develop new regulations that would prevent unpaid medical bills from being counted on credit reports.

Health |
Most states have yet to permanently fund 988. Call centers want certainty.

September 14, 2023 at 12:00 p.m.

For rural Americans, who live in areas often short of mental health services and die by suicide at a far higher rate than urbanites, the federally mandated crisis phone line...

Across the country, medical debt forces legions of Americans to make painful sacrifices. Many cut back on food, take on extra work, or drain retirement savings. For millions like Atencio, the health care system is threatening their very homes.

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A Denver father dreamed of a home for his family. Medical debt nearly pushed them onto the streets.

September 13, 2023 at 3:45 p.m.

Across the country, medical debt forces legions of Americans to make painful sacrifices. Many cut back on food, take on extra work, or drain retirement savings. For millions like Atencio,...

Promising Better, Cheaper Care, Kaiser Permanente’s National Expansion Faces Wide Skepticism

August 17, 2023 at 12:35 p.m.

Kaiser Permanente, the California-based health care giant, is looking to dramatically expand its national presence. It’s committed $5 billion to a new unit called Risant Health and has agreed to...

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