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According to the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, there were just five reported abortions in the state in 2023. A sharp decline from previous years, that number does not appear to reflect the reality of abortion access in the state since strict abortion bans went into effect.
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A Teton County judge in Wyoming has asked the high court to rule on the future of reproductive rights in the state. But will it?
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The Indian Health Service is working to provide tens of thousands of children’s books to Indigenous families across the U.S., including parts of the Mountain West.
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The documentary, produced by Olympic ski racer Bode Miller and the Alterra Mountain Company, explores the high highs and low lows of life in a resort community. It screens at the Wheeler Opera House on Wednesday.
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COVID-19 is still infecting people in the Roaring Fork Valley. Local public health agencies are encouraging the public to get vaccinated, along with their flu shot, especially to prevent more severe symptoms.
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While the rate of addiction in Mesa County is comparable to the rest of the United States, local leaders have made extra efforts to combat substance abuse.
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Proof of vaccination has long been part of the back-to-school checklist, but as the country emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, Colorado’s childhood-immunization rates continue to drop — and state and local officials are working to address the decline.
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The Mountain West has seen a record increase in wildfires over the past couple years, and even if a fire was not burning in the state, smoke from these fires drifted across the region. Now, new research is showing that exposure to wildfire smoke can have negative effects on the brain.
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Pitkin County’s Board of Health was briefed in August on the Healthy Kids Colorado Survey results from 2021. Students and school program administrators weigh in on findings.
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Maternal deaths nationwide more than doubled from 1999 to 2019, according to a new study in The Journal of the American Medical Association. The research also showed that death rates are especially high for Black and American Indian and Alaska Native moms.
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Most of the Mountain West ranks below average when it comes to health insurance coverage and median income, according to recently released Census data.
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New data shows a dramatic rise in the U.S. suicide rate, especially for Native Americans and Alaska Natives.