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A new law gives the state authority to test water quality in mobile home parks and force owners to fix any issues. The testing program officially begins this summer, but state officials have gotten a head start at one community in the Colorado River Valley that helped spur the legislation.
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Nationally, the CDC is seeing a widening gap in mortality rates between urban and rural communities.
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New data shows respiratory illness is elevated or increasing across most of the United States, including the Mountain West region.
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It’s one of many battles fought nationwide for survival of rural birth centers, which tend to be less profitable for hospitals operating in small communities. At stake is the health and safety of women who could lose access to necessary healthcare entirely.
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With a new year underway, many Americans have sworn off alcohol for “Dry January” or as a New Year’s resolution. A new nationwide report reveals alcohol consumption trends vary widely in the Mountain West.
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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.