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…
New Online Tool to Help Compare Costs of Up to 500 Medical Services
By Julie Appleby Need medical treatment this year and want to nail down your out-of-pocket costs before you walk into the doctor’s office? There’s a new tool for…
The Player-Coaches of Addiction Recovery Work Without Boundaries
By Rae Ellen Bichell Sarah Wright stops by her peer support specialist’s hotel room-turned-office in this Denver suburb several times a day. But her visit on a…
Medical Panel Discusses Concerning Surge of Pediatric RSV
By Benjamin Neufeld The nation is experiencing an extreme surge in respiratory syncytial virus or RSV, especially among infants and children. Ethnic Media Services hosted a press briefing…
A ‘Painful and Terrifying’ Road to a Monkeypox Diagnosis
By Jackie Fortiér Two days after Kevin Kwong flew home to California from New York, his hands itched so badly, the pain jolted him from sleep. He thought…