Shifting attitudes on menopause drive lawmakers to push for new protections
Stigma is fading and new laws are passing that will increase access to menopause treatment.
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Overdose deaths rose in Colorado and the West in 2025. But why?
Overdose deaths dropped in Colorado in 2024, alongside the rest of the country, and the start of 2025 looked reasonably bright. Then March hit.
US health officials order quarantine for 2 passengers from cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak
U.S. health officials say they’ve issued quarantine orders for two passengers who were on the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak who are now at a hospital in Nebraska.
Colorado Supreme Court orders Children’s Hospital to restart gender-affirming care
The Colorado Supreme Court determined that the original court erred by allowing discrimination against one group because of potential harm to a larger group.
Colorado hantavirus death not linked to cruise ship outbreak, state says
A Douglas County resident who died after contracting hantavirus was not connected to the outbreak on Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius, Colorado public health officials said this week.
That discount at the pharmacy counter may pack hidden costs
Should you use prescription drug coupons? The short answer: It depends.
Colorado’s tick season worse than normal after mild winter, researchers say
Tick season arrived in Colorado with a bang this year, starting both earlier and with stronger populations after the state’s mild winter.
The world’s reaction to hantavirus is tinged by echoes of something else: COVID
A rare hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship sparked fears of another pandemic, showing the lingering impact of COVID-19.
The condition PCOS is now called PMOS. What to know about the name change and what it means for care
The name change was made after 14 years of collaboration between experts and patients.
Often-maligned ‘mommy brain’ isn’t a bad thing, emerging research suggests
Much of the discussion of the postpartum period is focused on new mothers’ vulnerability to new mental health problems.