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Schools, pediatricians look to make up lost ground on non-COVID vaccinations

November 18, 2021 at 8:39 a.m.

Despite a rebound, immunization rates are still lower than in 2019, and disparities in rates between racial and economic groups, particularly for Black children, have been exacerbated.

Denver and other Western boom cities see spike in harmful ozone

November 10, 2021 at 1:46 p.m.

Cities with chronically hazardous levels of ozone include Salt Lake City, Phoenix and Albuquerque, New Mexico. But the levels in Colorado鈥檚 Front Range, along the eastern edge of the Rockies,...

Pueblo Riverwalk, Pueblo. May 2018. Photo by Sue McMillan, Special to The Denver Post

From sewers to golf courses, cities see green with new federal covid relief dollars

October 17, 2021 at 10:20 a.m.

The American Rescue Plan Act, passed by Congress in March, provides $130 billion to cities, counties and tribes -- with few restrictions on how the money can be spent.

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Covid testing availability and turnaround times still uneven this far into pandemic

October 17, 2021 at 11:50 a.m.

The availability of covid testing and turnaround times for results still vary widely around the country, some 19 months since the pandemic was declared a national crisis. A jumbled testing...

Demand for PCR COVID-19 tests in Boulder County, Colorado, quadrupled from 600 tests a week in July to 2,500 a week in September.

COVID testing, turnaround times are still uneven this far into pandemic

October 16, 2021 at 6:00 a.m.

While COVID testing is much easier to come by than it was early in the pandemic, the ability to get a test 鈥� and timely results 鈥� can vary widely...

Solitary confinement condemns many prisoners to long-term health issues

October 6, 2021 at 9:17 p.m.

An estimated 300,000 people were held in solitary confinement in U.S. jails and prisons at the height of the pandemic. An international movement is pushing to limit the form of...

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This Colorado town is about as vaccinated as it can get. COVID still isn’t over there.

October 2, 2021 at 6:00 a.m.

If vaccines were the singular armor against COVID's spread, then on paper, San Juan County, with its 730 or so residents on file, would be one of the most bulletproof...

Wildfire burn scars threaten drinking water in Colorado, across the West

September 28, 2021 at 12:08 p.m.

In 鈥渂urn scars,鈥� where fires decimated forest systems that held soil in place, an increase in droughts followed by heavy rainfall poses a different kind of threat to the water...

Denver Post reporter Sam Tabachnik writes about his slow recovery from a snowboarding concussion and what he learned about perseverance and coping.

How rape affects memory, and why police need to know about that science

September 12, 2021 at 11:49 a.m.

How a sexual assault survivor is questioned by police can greatly influence the ability to access memories of the traumatic incident. Better interview techniques might help solve more cases.

Kerry Endsley was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Wednesday

One Colorado clinic鈥檚 prescription for healthier patients: Lawyers

September 12, 2021 at 1:10 p.m.

Although Medicaid traditionally doesn鈥檛 fund clinics to supply legal assistance, Colorado is one of several states that have been given permission to use some of their Medicaid money to help...

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