Medicare Expands the Roster of Available Mental Health Professionals
Judith Graham Lynn Cooper was going through an awful time. After losing her job in 2019, she became deeply depressed. Then the covid-19 pandemic hit, and her…
Health Coverage Available for DACA and Undocumented Coloradans
By Eric Galatas Colorado’s Omni-Salud program – which allows low-income undocumented Coloradans and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients to enroll in affordable health insurance plans with…
Enrollment for Health Insurance Begins This Month
By Julie Appleby For millions of Americans who buy their own health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace, the end of the year brings a day of…
Doctors Advocate Fresh Efforts to Combat Chagas Disease, a Silent Killer
By Paula Andalo When Maira Gutiérrez was diagnosed with Chagas disease in 1997, neither she nor her primary care physician had even heard of the malady. She discovered her…
Teens With Addiction Are Often Left to Detox Without Medication
By Markian Hawryluk When Denver Health wanted to open an inpatient opioid detox unit specifically for teens, doctors there searched high and low for a model to copy….
Depressed? Anxious? Air Pollution May Be a Factor
By Jim Robbins In the 1990s, residents of Mexico City noticed their dogs acting strangely — some didn’t recognize their owners, and the animals’ sleep patterns had changed….
Health Agencies Turn to Locals to Extend Reach Into Immigrant Communities
By Markian Hawryluk When covid-19 vaccines became available, Colorado public health officials initially relied on mass vaccination events publicized through Facebook, email, and texts, and required Coloradans to…
Salud Names Dr. Pradeep Dharas as New Chief Medical Officer
Salud Family Health recently announced Pradeep Dhar, MD as its newest Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Dhar is succeeding Dr. Tillman Farley, who served as Salud’s Chief Medical…
Millions of Children, Adults at Risk of Losing Medicaid Coverage
By Benjamin Neufeld The Kaiser Family Foundation estimates that between 5 and 14 million people will lose Medicaid coverage when states “unwind” the continuous enrollment provision this year….
Medical Experts Discuss the Future of the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Benjamin Neufeld Despite increasingly lax attitudes around the COVID-19 pandemic among the majority of the population, new vaccine resistant variants continue to form and spread throughout the…