Health reporter
Meg Wingerter
Meg Wingerter covers health for The Denver Post. She joined the newspaper in February 2019 as an education reporter, before switching to health in 2020. She previously worked at The Oklahoman, Kansas News Service, The Topeka (Kansas) Capitol-Journal and The Muskegon (Michigan) Chronicle. She previously won awards for business coverage in Kansas and for column writing in Michigan.
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Denver’s InnovAge was struggling long before Medicare stopped paying
A company tasked with caring for some of Colorado's sickest people failed to consistently provide basic services like insulin injections for more than a year before state and federal authorities...

How Coloradans are trying to thwart antibiotic-resistant bacteria: “It’s a silent pandemic”
Efforts to create new antibiotics face significant hurdles: a Colorado senator's bill to give drug companies incentives has stalled, and a different type of treatment being researched in Boulder is...

Colorado nursing homes face pandemic-worsened staffing crisis: “It’s a struggle on a daily basis”
It's never been easy finding workers willing to help others with their most personal bodily functions for not much more than they'd earn at a fast-food restaurant, but the pandemic...
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Most Colorado health research grants canceled by Trump have been reinstated — but impacts are still being felt
The National Institutes of Health canceled 53 grants to Colorado institutions earlier this year, according to the volunteer tracking group Grant Witness.

Denver police seek driver of gold Camry that hit motorcyclist on South Broadway
The crash happened at about 9:22 p.m. Thursday in the 2700 block of South Broadway. The Camry driver left the scene, driving southbound.

Southbound I-25 closed near Castle Rock due to crash
The accident took place between Exit 184, for State Highway 86, and Exit 187, for Happy Canyon Road.

Body believed to be missing Omaha man recovered in Rocky Mountain National Park
Family members reported Blake Kieckhafer, a 23-year-old Omaha man, missing on Monday.

State health officials warn of measles exposure at Children’s Hospital Colorado
An Adams County child is in the hospital with measles, and Colorado public health officials warn of possible exposure at Children's Hospital.

Budget gap created by Trump tax bill likely means cuts to some Colorado Medicaid services
Colorado faces a roughly $783 million budget shortfall because of federal tax changes that cut into the state's revenues.

Jefferson County cat dies of plague
Jefferson County Public Health reported the cat lived near Cub Creek Park in Evergreen. It was the first animal with a confirmed plague case in the county since 2023.

No changes to routine vaccines, but pregnant women might have to pay for COVID shots
The government's mixed messages around vaccines has been confusing for parents.

Union for medical residents, fellows files labor complaint against CU School of Medicine
The university declined to agree to collective bargaining, and the union alleged in its complaint to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment that CU took steps to retaliate.

Colorado Democrats ask feds to allow state plan that would let toddlers stay on Medicaid
Colorado's Democratic U.S. senators and representatives asked the federal agency regulating Medicaid to reconsider a decision that won't let the state keep toddlers and former prisoners covered.