Whooping cough cases in Colorado have tripled so far this year, and schools are experiencing clusters of the preventable respiratory disease, according to the state health department. The Centers for …
A Denver resident has West Nile virus, and the local health department urged the public to drain standing water and take other precautions. The Denver Department of Public Health and …
Colorado has three years to lower ground-level ozone pollution to meet federal standards, and this summer’s hazy skies — caused by oil and gas drilling, heavy vehicle traffic and wildfire …
What exactly are “Ozone Action Day” alerts, and why do they seem to multiply in the heat? So far in 2024, Colorado health officials have issued 15 Ozone Action Days …
People who attended a puppy adoption event in Englewood and their pets may need preventive shots after one of the dogs at the event tested positive for rabies. The event …
Colorado dairies must test their milk weekly as the state tries to stop further spillovers of the highly infectious bird flu from wiping out poultry farms. On Monday, Colorado state …
Fewer Coloradans died in 2023 than in the previous year, but the state still lost more people than it did before the pandemic. Drug overdoses, COVID-19 and organ damage from …
Colorado’s vaccination rate held steady in the most recent school year, but pockets of the state remain vulnerable to outbreaks of measles and other diseases. Last school year, 92.1% of …
Colorado high school students seem to be feeling better mentally, with the number reporting signs of poor mental health not only falling from its pandemic high, but in some cases …
Colorado’s eating disorder treatment industry will soon face tighter regulations of providers’ practices under a new state law spurred in part by former patients and providers’ accounts of punitive environments …