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Biden proposes Medicare and Medicaid cover costly weight-loss drugs for millions of obese Americans

Millions of Americans with obesity would be eligible to have popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy or Ozempic covered by Medicare or Medicaid under a new rule the Biden administration proposed Tuesday morning.

President Joe Biden speaks as first lady Jill Biden looks...

President Joe Biden speaks as first lady Jill Biden looks on at a Friendsgiving event with service members and their families in the Staten Island borough of New York, Monday, Nov. 25 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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President Joe Biden speaks as first lady Jill Biden looks on at a Friendsgiving event with service members and their families in the Staten Island borough of New York, Monday, Nov. 25 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Experts and health officials caution the data is preliminary and only covers the first six months of this year — and Colorado’s number of overdose deaths still remain well above pre-pandemic levels.

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Fatal drug overdoses in Denver and across Colorado show declines through first half of 2024

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Wildfire mitigation is a hot topic in Colorado, with the fire season now stretching well beyond the sweltering summer months as the climate warms and a megadrought continues to dry out the American West.

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Opposition to forest thinning heats up in Jeffco mountain parks as wildfire threat looms

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Donated tissues are collected much more frequently than organs, and corneas are the most commonly transplanted body part in the U.S., with nearly 51,000 transplants last year.

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Former workers at Colorado eye bank say pressure, lax oversight led to errors

By KFF Health News

November 20, 2024 at 9:39 a.m.

Donated tissues are collected much more frequently than organs, and corneas are the most commonly...

Only one case of E. coli connected to the organic carrot outbreak has been reported in Colorado, but CDC officials said the true number of infections could be much higher.

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One dead, 15 hospitalized in new multi-state E. coli outbreak linked to organic carrots

By Lauren Penington

November 17, 2024 at 1:07 p.m.

Only one case of E. coli connected to the organic carrot outbreak has been reported...

Despite deep partisan divides on issues like abortion and contraceptive access, lawmakers from both parties appear to have forged a cautious consensus on menopause.

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In divide on women’s health care, a consensus on menopause

By Tribune News Service

November 16, 2024 at 7:11 a.m.

Despite deep partisan divides on issues like abortion and contraceptive access, lawmakers from both parties...

One person died in Colorado and four people have developed a potentially life-threatening kidney disease complication.

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E. coli cases climb to 104 in McDonald’s outbreak tied to slivered onions

By Jonel Aleccia

November 13, 2024 at 4:20 p.m.

One person died in Colorado and four people have developed a potentially life-threatening kidney disease complication.

UCHealth will pay $23 million to settle a federal lawsuit alleging the hospital system fraudulently coded emergency room visits submitted to Medicare and the military health insurance program TRICARE.

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UCHealth to pay $23 million to settle federal lawsuit over billing fraud allegations

By Katie Langford

November 13, 2024 at 7:52 a.m.

UCHealth will pay $23 million to settle a federal lawsuit alleging the hospital system fraudulently...

A "Stop Bike Ranch" sign posted in a field.

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Jefferson County squeezes brakes, rejecting first-of-its-kind bike park with lift access in Conifer

By John Aguilar

November 12, 2024 at 4:16 p.m.

The Jefferson County Board of Commissioners gave the thumbs-down Tuesday to a Conifer downhill bike...

Demolition of the former headquarters of TTEC, a call center operator, will begin later this winter, according to CommonSpirit.

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CommonSpirit Health to demolish former TTEC HQ and build 42-acre campus

By Thomas Gounley

November 12, 2024 at 6:03 a.m.

Demolition of the former headquarters of TTEC, a call center operator, will begin later this...

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