Around the country, the setting for adolescent mental health care looks ever more like this doctor’s office in Kentucky, the next patient arriving every 15 minutes. Dr. Melissa Dennison, a
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SafeGraph, a Denver data company, stops selling information on visits to abortion clinics
A Denver-based data broker said Tuesday it will stop selling information on visits to abortion clinics, including Planned Parenthood facilities, following a report from Vice about how easy it was
What happens if Roe v. Wade is overturned? What Coloradans need to know about abortion rights
The U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to overturn the landmark decision of Roe v. Wade, which holds that the right to have an abortion is protected by the Constitution, but
Dr. Morton Mower, co-inventor of implantable defibrillator, dies at 89 in Denver – The Denver Post
BALTIMORE — Dr. Morton Mower, a former Maryland-based cardiologist who helped invent an automatic implantable defibrillator that has helped countless heart patients live longer and healthier, has died at age
FDA issues plan to ban menthol in cigarettes, cigars – The Denver Post
By MATTHEW PERRONE WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government on Thursday released its long-awaited plan to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, citing the toll on Black smokers and young
Colorado’s COVID cases rise again; hospitalization trend unclear
Colorado’s COVID-19 cases have been rising slowly for four weeks, but the level of disease is still relatively low and it’s not clear how significant a wave the virus might
Colorado’s backlogged COVID data plays havoc on national case trackers
Colorado looks like a COVID-19 hotspot on some national pandemic trackers, but those numbers can be misleading because many of the cases being recorded as new are actually months old.
Lapsed COVID funding is trouble for Colorado clinics serving uninsured
Nobody wants to see another COVID-19 wave, but for health clinics serving low-income Coloradans, an increase in demand for testing and treatment at this point could be a financial disaster,
Colorado COVID-19 hospitalizations drop to near-record low
Colorado’s COVID-19 hospitalizations this week dropped to their lowest level since the earliest days of the pandemic, but the numbers still painted an unclear picture of what the virus might
Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair loss from alopecia at center of spat at Oscars – The Denver Post
A disease that causes hair loss is at the center of the most talked-about moment at Sunday’s Oscars ceremony. Actress Jada Pinkett Smith disclosed four years ago that she has