Denver Health, rural Colorado hospitals that needed cash infusions are working toward financial...

The Denver Post (Healthcare) 9/29 2:00A Meg Wingerter

Three Colorado hospitals that faced severe cash crunches in the last year are getting closer to financial recovery, but still need to make changes to be sustainable in the long term. Two of the...

Kaiser Permanente employees in Colorado say they plan to strike Oct. 4 if no deal reached

The Denver Post (Healthcare) 9/22 11:00A Meg Wingerter

A union representing Kaiser Permanente Colorado employees announced Friday that it plans to strike for three days in early October, though it s possible negotiators could still reach a deal before that happens. Services Employees International...

Users beware: Trail apps have been leading to problems in public lands

The Dever Post (Fitness) 8/26 2:00A John Meyer

Veteran mountaineer Dale Atkins was climbing the challenging Kelso Ridge last week on Torreys Peak, a popular Front Range fourteener, when he encountered a woman in her 20s who had discovered the...

Boulder mom breaks world record for running while pushing a stroller

The Dever Post (Fitness) 8/14 2:00A Lauren Hill

When Neely Spence Gracey discovered there was a world record to be held for the fastest mile run while pushing a stroller (with a child inside), she relished the prospect of chasing it. As a lifelong...

Opinion: The Colorado Option is not working

The Denver Post (Healthcare) 8/7 2:29A Anthony Hartsook

The charade that the Colorado Option would supply healthcare savings and benefits for consumers is tumbling down like a house of cards. This always happens with flawed ideas from government bureaucrats when they fail to listen to business and...

Cold plunging is a hot trend in Colorado. Here’s where to try it.

The Dever Post (Fitness) 8/7 2:00A Mindy Sink

A plunge into ice-cold water might sound like just the thing on a hot summer day, but there’s more to the art of cold plunging than that. Hot springs and sports recovery centers are offering cold...

“Unrealistic” expectations: How Colorado’s Behavioral Health Administration has struggled to get off...

The Denver Post (Healthcare) 7/31 2:00A Meg Wingerter, Seth Klamann

With less than six months before Colorado s new Behavioral Health Administration is supposed to take over regulating the state s mental health and addiction treatment providers, people working in the industry are concerned that they re running out...

Fatal fall exposes the risk rock-scramblers take by not using ropes

The Dever Post (Fitness) 7/18 2:00A John Meyer

A well-known Boulder climbing club that specializes in quick and rope-free ascents of Boulder s famous tilted Flatirons has been jolted by the death of a member who fell 500 feet to her death in Rocky...

From heart transplant to half-marathon: How a Sedalia woman made up for lost time

The Dever Post (Fitness) 7/12 2:00A John Meyer

When Andrea Ogg was a schoolgirl with an undiagnosed congenital heart condition, she wanted to play sports like other kids but couldn t keep up with them. Coaches and even family members told her she...

Denver-area hospitals expand mental health and addiction treatment, but “we just need more”

The Denver Post (Healthcare) 7/4 2:00A Meg Wingerter

The Denver region is seeing an influx of new options for mental health and addiction treatment, but it s not yet clear how much of a dent those new and expanded programs will put in the sizable unmet demand for such care. UCHealth and Denver...

Here’s where you can go mountain biking at Colorado ski resorts

The Dever Post (Fitness) 7/3 2:00A John Meyer

With Colorado ski areas shifting into summer operations, resorts are opening trails to mountain biking or will do so any day. Many utilize their chairlifts for bike hauls, requiring the purchase of...

Long COVID patients in Colorado are still struggling as the world moves on: “We’re fighting for our...

The Denver Post (Healthcare) 6/25 2:00A Meg Wingerter

Chelsey Baker-Hauck hoped to celebrate her 50th birthday by hiking across Scotland, but when the day finally came earlier this month, she was relieved just not to have to spend it in a chair at an...