Public Health & Medicine

Widely circulating coronavirus variants and persistent hesitancy about vaccines will keep the goal out of reach. The virus is here to stay, but vaccinating the most vulnerable may be enough to restore normalcy.

A bill that would require Colorado ski areas to share safety strategies as well as statistics revealing injuries and fatalities didn’t make it out of a committee vote Thursday in Denver after hours of emotional…

Low immunization levels suggest vaccine hesitancy is pervasive among emergency workers, posing risks to public safety.

The latest numbers surpass even the yearly tolls during the height of the opioid epidemic and mark a reversal of progress against addiction in recent years.

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Americans love sugar, Belgians love fat, and Germans love both.

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The German company CureVac hopes its RNA vaccine will rival those made by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech. It could be ready next month.

Colorado is at a COVID crossroads as vaccinations slow amid rising case numbers and hospitalizations.

Hair transplants, not so much.

Five cases of the B1617.2 strain first identified in India have been discovered in Mesa County.

America has seen decades of consolidation of its hospitals, raising prices for consumers. President Biden now wants to do something about it.

As of the Dec. 15 deadline, 97.9% of active duty soldiers in the US Army have received at least one Covid-19 vaccine, slightly trailing 98% of the Navy but slightly higher than the Air Force (97.5%) and the Marine Corps (95%). The Air Force discharged 27 airmen who had refused to get the shot and the Navy has fired one sailor for refusing to be tested while he was pursuing an exemption.

The US is averaging nearly 120,000 new Covid-19 cases a day, which is a 40% increase from last month, and deaths have increased 12% over November.

Women undergoing common elective or emergency surgeries had a 15% higher chance of dying or experiencing a major complication within 30 days than when male surgeon performed the surgery compared to when a female surgeon did.

The agency’s advisers cited concerns about the increased incidence of a rare but potentially serious blood clotting condition among those who received the company’s shot.