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Racial Disparities Among Colorado COVID-19

WEBOf the 1,347 positive COVID-19 cases in these counties reported by Wednesday, 534 were among whites, 329 Latinx, 123 African American, 70 Asian American and 13 Native …

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Housing Challenges are Hurting Coloradans’ Health, Report Finds

WEBSixty percent of Coloradans feel their communities are in a housing crisis. Nearly half of Colorado renters are cost-burdened, meaning they spend more than 30 percent of their …

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For People of Color, Could Home Births Be Safer Than Hospitals

WEBThe kind of births that Ford ushered in at people’s homes—once common—became vanishingly rare. Births moved into hospitals, almost entirely. But the benefits of the …

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One Colorado Family’s Long, Expensive Journey to Obtaining Life …

WEBOne Colorado Family’s Long, Expensive Journey to Obtaining Life-saving Youth Mental Health Care - A single mom in Greeley sought help for her suicidal teenage daughter. …

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The Health Impacts of Forced Relocation Are Real

WEBIn Oakland, Calif.’s highly gentrified neighborhoods, displaced people experienced financial distress, longer commutes and loss of health services that, in turn, had direct impacts …

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Gun Violence is a Health Equity Issue

WEBIn Colorado, according to a November 2015 report compiled by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, 78 percent of gun deaths are suicides. …

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How Colorado’s Changing Climate is Putting Children’s Health at …

WEBIn 2018, the state was 2.9 degrees Fahrenheit warmer on average than it was in 1970. Consequently, studying how children’s health responds to climate change …

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In Rural Southwest Colorado, Maternal Health Care Access is At Risk

WEBIn early June, Southwest Health System, the nonprofit that runs the hospital, announced it would temporarily close the birthing center on July 1, 2023, “based on financial and …

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Inpatient Substance Treatment Centers Can Be Life-Saving

WEBAspen Miracle Center, run by Mile High Behavioral Health, is one of seven residential treatment programs in Colorado for Medicaid-eligible pregnant people, called Special …

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A Grand Junction School Board Rejects a New School-Based …

WEBThe Mesa County Valley School District 51 Board of Education has already received national coverage as a bellwether among school boards tacking to the right …

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WEBHow Ute Tribes in Colorado Resisted U.S. Boarding Schools. By Kristin Jones. A recent state report highlights a history of powerful opposition by Ute tribal …

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Programs Aim to Reduce Mental Health Care Stigma Among …

WEBIn conversations several years ago with farmers and ranchers, Rebecca Edlund, director of operations and membership at the Colorado Farm Bureau, …

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The Hidden Epidemic Endangering Coloradans, Especially Older …

WEBOlder adults are often thought of as more likely to be lonely, but according to the Surgeon General’s report, young adults are nearly twice as likely to be lonely than …

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The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the …

WEBPeople of color, and in particular women of color are overrepresented in low-wage jobs such as childcare and home health care. These groups on the frontline face a higher

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Rural Coloradans Are Losing Access to Obstetrics Care

WEBBut rural populations are shrinking, making obstetrics departments less viable. Colorado has 32 Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs)—facilities in designated rural areas more than …

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The Pandemic Has Exacerbated Food Insecurity Across Colorado

WEBAccording to Hunger Free Colorado’s December 2020 survey, 52% of nonwhite and Latinx people are facing food insecurity, compared to 30% of whites. “The disparities are not …

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Using Trauma-Informed Design, Buildings Become Tools for …

WEBTrauma-informed design is an extension of that practice, rooted in the belief that an unfriendly built environment—dark stairwells, clinical-looking spaces, black metal bed …

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Advocates, Officials Seek More Clarity on Air Quality in Pueblo

WEBA suite of new laws signed by Gov. Jared Polis since 2020 require state officials to collect more detailed statistics on air toxins and devise a system to regulate them. “In the next …

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Mesa County’s New Reentry Program Joins Others in Colorado …

WEBRichard Gallegos was locked up in the Mesa County Jail for the first time at age 18. He spent the next eight years in and out of jail—typically drug and alcohol-fueled …

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Colorado Emerges as a Refuge for Transgender Children and Their

WEBAn investigation by the national news agency Reuters found that fewer than 1,400 children nationwide started puberty blockers in 2021. Around 4,200 minors started hormone …

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