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John Ingold
John Ingold was a Denver Post reporter from 2000-2018.
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Trump administration’s cuts imperil Colorado teen pregnancy prevention program
The Trump Administration's decision to end grants early to programs working to prevent unwanted teen pregnancy has thrown the future of one such program in Colorado into doubt.

Two student suicides in two days, both following social media posts, leave Littleton community seeking answers
Three student suicides this week – two of them in the Littleton School District -- have teenagers, parents and school officials searching for answers amid a spike in suicides in...

Peter Banko steps into CEO role at Colorado-based Centura Health
Peter Banko, currently the COO of Centennial-based hospital network Centura Health will assume the role of CEO this week, the company announced Wednesday.

Hepatitis A cases in Colorado are skyrocketing in 2017
The number of cases of hepatitis A recorded in Colorado so far in 2017 has already doubled the annual average, and officials say men who have sex with other men...

Denver’s gun-related homicides are a study in racial inequity
Black men and women in Denver are twice as likely to die from gunshots -- and five times as likely to be murdered by gunfire -- as white men and...

Colorado gets $5.5 million in settlement with EpiPen maker
As part of a deal to settle allegations of underpaying rebates to Medicaid, EpiPen maker Mylan will pay Colorado $5.5 million.

Children’s Hospital Colorado preparing 25 new cancer trials after “breakthrough” law signed
Doctors at Children's Hospital Colorado hope that a new law will open the floodgates for research on drugs to treat childhood cancer, and U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and FDA Commissioner...

Traffic heavy and slow headed out of eclipse totality zones in Nebraska, Wyoming
They went. They saw the Great American Eclipse. And they all jumped back in their cars and tried to get home.

Shock of Great American Eclipse ends with church bells and awe
The Great American Eclipse arrived as promised, and those both inside the path of totality and outside of it were not disappointed.

Eclipse selfies stall traffic at Wyoming state line
Hundreds of thousands of people poured north into the normally desolate plains of Nebraska and Wyoming, creating traffic jams, festival scenes and "the ultimate tailgate."