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A bottle of the MMR vaccine photographed in Lubbock, Texas, where a measles outbreak has sickened dozens.

Colorado’s measles vaccination rate is just a bit too low for herd immunity

By Alison Borden and John Daley

A student writes words on a white board

‘Every single kid is worth saving’ Parents, students push dyslexia screener bill over first legislative hurdle

By Jenny Brundin

Mushrooms in jars at a psilocybin service center

Colorado’s first licensed psilocybin healing center is getting ready to open

University of Colorado College of Nursing researchers Dr. Samantha Stonbraker and Dr. Christine Rael

‘You can’t stop this work or you go backwards,’ Colorado HIV researchers whose federal funding is canceled say AIDS deaths will increase

By Rachel Estabrook

Photo shows two people shoveling snow from a sidewalk in front of a house in Arvada.

Life and Culture

‘Snow Buddies’ help older adults, those with disabilities with free snow removal

By Chandra Thomas Whitfield

Three people speak during a press conference

Rep. DeGette calls major health cuts ‘shocking,’ says they’ll cost lives

Man speaking into a microphone

Federal Medicaid cuts would put Colorado in a “huge vise” says treasurer Dave Young

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Deep Medicaid/SNAP cuts would cost Colorado’s economy 14,000 jobs next year, according to new report

Oil pump jacks and storage in Colorado’s North Park

Colorado study suggests that proximity to oil and natural gas wells increases risk of childhood leukemia

By Ishan Thakore

Oregon Magic Mushrooms

The Colorado psychedelic mushroom experiment has arrived

By KFF Health News

High school students lift up a parachute

Study shows ‘rare bright spot’ for suicide prevention using Colorado-based strategy

By Jenny Brundin

Podcast host Cody Hufstedler is shown smiling and leaning to the right while seated at a table with Aimee Dokes of Denver, who is also smiling. She is leaning inward from the right side of the photo.

Life and Culture

‘Uplifting’ insights from the dying, Colorado podcast gives terminally ill a chance to share what they’ve learned about life

From left, a man in a green shirt touches a seated woman's arm as they both look at a man holding a sheet of paper. They are all in a doctor's office exam room.

Parkinson’s patient finds hope in computerized advances to brain stimulation treatment

POLIS ANNOUNCES FEDERAL FUNDS FOR RAIL RAIL PROJECTS

Government and Politics

Democrats host Medicaid day of action, warn what funding cuts could mean for Colorado

A room view of conference tables with black tablecloths forming a rectangle with 18 people sitting around them with large white name plates in front of them at the table

Colorado researchers warn of lost advances and a lost generation of scientists due to federal cuts

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