As Big Pharma loses interest in new antibiotics, infections are only growing stronger
Existing drugs still treat most infections. But that has discouraged investment in new drugs that will be needed when -- not if —the old ones fail.
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Colorado’s efforts are not enough to solve ozone problem, experts say
New Colorado laws aimed at improving air quality along that urban corridor east of the Rocky Mountains arenât expected to do much to directly reduce ozone, according to experts charged...
Colorado records most West Nile deaths in 18 years as climate change pushes U.S. toward “Goldilocks zone” for virus
West Nile killed 11 people and caused 101 cases of neuroinvasive infections â those linked to serious illness such as meningitis or encephalitis â in Colorado in 2021, the highest...
The case of the $489,000 air ambulance flight from Colorado to North Carolina
Sean Deines and his wife, Rebekah, were road-tripping after he lost his job as a bartender when the pandemic hit. But while visiting his grandfather in a remote part of...
Why Pregnant People Were Left Behind While Vaccines Moved at âWarp Speedâ to Help the Masses
Clinical trials of covid-19 vaccines excluded pregnant people, which left many women wondering whether to get vaccinated.
What Are Taxpayers Spending for Those “Free” Covid Tests? The Government Wonât Say.
Inquiries lead from one federal office to the next, with no clear answers. At one Army Contracting Command, a protocol office employee says that “voicemail has been down for months.”...
Marshall fire puts additional strain on health care workforce with Louisville hospital closed, staff displaced
The Colorado wildfire that destroyed more than 1,000 homes last month has forced the temporary closure of a hospital and upended the lives of health care workers as the stateâs...
As hospitals fill up in western Colorado, paramedics spend more time moving patients, less on emergencies
In recent years, interfacility transports or transfers, also known as IFTs, like this one have become increasingly common for Gunnison Valley Health Paramedics, forcing the team to drive far outside...
Seeking refills: Aging pharmacists leave drugstores vacant in rural Colorado
With a large group of pharmacists nearing retirement age, more communities may lose their only drugstore
A COVID head-scratcher: Why lice lurk despite physical distancing
Colds and more serious bugs like respiratory syncytial virus, better known by the shorthand RSV, are also back. That may leave some to wonder: With all the COVID prevention measures...