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DENVER (AP) - The number of new influenza cases in Colorado has dropped for the fourth consecutive week. more...
  11/19/2009 11:08am
DENVER (AP) - Health officials say animal waste was the likely reason for a salmonella outbreak that spread through a southern Colorado city's tap water supply last year.
  11/18/2009 3:28pm
Aaaaaaah Thanksgiving. The one holiday that not only is celebrated BY food, but actually celebrates the bounty of food. Wouldn't our ancestors be proud?! Eat healthy? Don't TALK TO ME about portion control! How often do we get to taste Mimi's pumpkin pie...
  11/17/2009 10:08pm
overColorado has chosen Rocky Mountain Health Plans as its statewide partner to provide health plan administration for its members, effective Jan. 1, 2010. Express Scripts has been selected as CoverColorado's pharmacy benefit...
  11/17/2009 9:03pm
ATLANTA (AP) - U.S. health officials say the largest U.S. outbreak of mumps in three years is occurring in New York and New Jersey.
  11/17/2009 8:49pm
DILLON, Colo. — Town council and staff in Dillon will explore options to bar medical marijuana dispensaries within town limits at a work session Tuesday.
  11/17/2009 12:00pm
DENVER (AP) - Gov. Bill Ritter will direct medical marijuana dispensaries to start paying sales tax following an opinion from Colorado Attorney John Suthers that medical marijuana is subject to state and local taxes.
  11/17/2009 10:46am
The Grand Junction City Council is holding a public hearing Monday evening in order to give local residents a chance to sound off on a potential moratorium of medical marijuana dispensaries in town.
  11/16/2009 4:53pm
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - City leaders in Boulder have adopted regulations for new medical marijuana dispensaries.
  11/11/2009 3:14pm
DENVER (AP) - The number of new flu cases in Colorado has dropped for the third straight week, although four more deaths have been blamed on the virus.
  11/11/2009 11:41am
ATLANTA (AP) - Premature births, often due to poor care of low-income pregnant women, are the main reason the U.S. infant mortality rate is higher than in most European countries, a government report said Tuesday.
  11/10/2009 8:47pm
There it is, that first sign that something is trying to creep its way past your immune system and set up shop. It could be that drop in energy, the tickle in your throat, or that sudden acute awareness of some part of your respiratory system that...
  11/10/2009 8:42pm
Say the words “comfort food” and what comes to mind? Maybe it's a loaded pizza. What about warm, creamy mac and cheese, or something – anything -- chocolate?!
  11/10/2009 8:38pm
TRINIDAD, Colo. (AP) - Trinidad's city council has given preliminary approval to an ordinance banning medical marijuana dispensaries inside city limits.
  11/10/2009 3:23pm
DENVER, Colo. (AP) - A Denver judge has overturned a state health board vote that narrowed the definition of who can supply medical marijuana.
  11/10/2009 1:01pm
When Kate Ellis' father was near death a year ago she performed a long-distance harp vigil for him.
  11/10/2009 8:08am
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