Colorado blames Biden administration, drugmakers for delaying Canadian imports
Lawmakers in both parties, at the state and national level, have sought for decades to legalize importing drugs from Canada.
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More Colorado schools stock overdose reversal meds, but others worry about stigma
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.
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Police blame some deaths on “excited delirium.” ER docs consider pulling the plug on the term.
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
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.
Most states have yet to permanently fund 988. Call centers want certainty.
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...
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A Denver father dreamed of a home for his family. Medical debt nearly pushed them onto the streets.
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
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...
Inside Denver’s 5280 High, one of the country’s few recovery high schools
In 2022, nearly a third of 12th graders and 1 in 5 10th graders reported using an illicit drug in the previous year, according to a national survey from the...
One Texas judge will decide fate of abortion pill used by millions of American women
“What happens in Texas doesn't stay in Texas,” warns an abortion rights advocate bracing for a district judge’s ruling on whether the abortion pill mifepristone was properly authorized by the...
Rural Colorado tries to meet increasing need for health care workers with apprenticeships
Besides increasing the number of direct care workers, the Colorado apprenticeship program offers opportunities for improving earning power to residents who live at or below the poverty line or who...