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Health

Six Babies a Day: Colorado’s Teen Pregnancy Problem

As high school seniors plan for Homecoming dances next month too many of their peers are coming home with something far more unexpected --...

Non-Profit News: Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers Foundation

Getting treatment for a serious illness often wipes out a patient's bank account. Workers and volunteers at Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers (RMCC) saw it...

Feds Extend Abstinence-Only Funding

Congress approved another emergency 90-day extention for a contentious grant program to support abstinence-only education ahead of the September 30 fiscal year deadline. Spared...

Feds Extend Abstinence-Only Funding

Congress approved another emergency 90-day extention for a contentious grant program to support abstinence-only education ahead of the September 30 fiscal year deadline. Spared...

Feds Extend Abstinence-Only Funding

Congress approved another emergency 90-day extention for a contentious grant program to support abstinence-only education ahead of the September 30 fiscal year deadline. Spared...

Colorado Delegation Split on SCHIP Bill

Colorado Democrats joined 261 other U.S. House members Tuesday in voting for a funding expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The...

208 Commission Passes Fifth Health Reform Proposal

It wasn't easy, but during an all-day meeting Monday members of Colorado's Blue Ribbon Commission on Health Care Reform finished its draft of a...

Health Reform Commission Seeks Public Input

It's still unclear what reform of Colorado's health care system will look like and whether it will be sweeping or scattered, and now is...

One-third of Coloradans Recently Uninsured

More than a third of Coloradans under the age of 65 were uninsured at some point during 2006-2007, according to a report released Thursday...

Wal-Mart Inches Forward on Health Coverage

Wal-Mart announced new health care plans for workers Tuesday that could help its 25,000 Colorado employees get better coverage. Health care reform advocates are...
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