Health

Colorado only has four slots for young physicians who want to complete fellowships in geriatric medicine, but even so, the state couldn’t fill them this year.

Conditions in nursing homes and assisted living centers around Colorado, where residents often receive as little as two hours of direct care each day, are deteriorating. Chronic understaffing has led to severe deficiencies at these facilities, more than in most states, with rising numbers of complaints lodged by residents.

Eagle County Paramedic Services launched Eagle Valley Home Health in October, following the closure in 2023 of the valley’s only home health provider, a private company with the same name.

When Fourth of July fireworks burst this weekend, they’ll contribute to Colorado’s already poor air quality, adding smoke, soot and toxic chemicals to a sky fouled by wildfire smoke.

Even a few years of healthier eating and exercise can show up in better health outcomes two decades later, a new study found, but most people need significant support to make those changes.

Colorado’s proposed ban on using public food assistance to pay for soft drinks, which already faced a tight approval timeline, is likely dead after a judge on Monday ruled the federal government lacked the power to authorize such changes.

Denver Health recorded its strongest financial results in years in 2025, though its leader says one good year isn’t enough to cushion the region’s safety-net hospital from coming state and federal cuts.

Despite their cuddly demeanor, Coloradans should be wary of touching wild bats, even if injured, Jefferson County health officials said. 

The new rules will apply to people covered through what’s known as Medicaid expansion.

Children’s Hospital Colorado says it reinstated gender-affirming care in response to a court order, but transgender patients can’t actually receive it because the health center’s doctors refuse to write prescriptions, fearing retaliation.