As schools resume, CDC reports rise in COVID ER visits from adolescents
Rates have nearly doubled over the past week.
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Rates have nearly doubled over the past week.
Officials say testing should still work for the new COVID variant.
The Denver Department of Public Health and Environment is urging residents to take precautions to protect themselves from West Nile virus.
One person was exposed to the bat and has begun treatment to prevent infection and illness.
While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have not announced new mask mandates, some experts say you may want to consider it, depending on your situation.
In some places, the emergence of new COVID-19 variants is spurring the return of mask requirements and other safety measures.
So far, the CDC doesn't think the highly mutated BA.2.86 variant is to blame.
Using eye drops contaminated with bacteria can lead to a "life-threatening infection," FDA warns.
A new study published this summer finds strong evidence to support doing light physical and mental activity sooner after receiving a concussion may actually help a person recover quicker. But that doesn't mean diving right back into sports.
Colorado's current average hospital admissions are hovering around 70, up from about 63 hospitalizations per week in July.
A Boulder County resident has died from meningoencephalitis caused by West Nile virus.
Denver Public Schools issued an early release for students at more than a dozen schools on Tuesday, one day after record-setting temperatures in Denver.
Mistreatment was higher among Black, Hispanic and multiracial women, the survey found.
The 66-year-old resident had been hospitalized since the end of July and died from neuroinvasive West Nile virus.
Morris Brown College is reinstating its Covid mask mandate for the next two weeks as a result of positive cases at the Atlanta University Center.
While health officials are concerned with the caseload this early in the year and lack of emergency room beds, they tell parents not to panic. Most children will recover.
Nearly 100 players are vying for a spot on Colorado's first professional women's ultimate frisbee team.
As Colorado deals with a worsening outbreak of RSV, the state health department says 167 children have been hospitalized.
Dr. Jaya Kumar, Chief Medical Officer at Swedish Medical Center, is a local nephrologist wanting to help enact change.
In the Denver metro area alone, the CDPHE said there have been 554 patients hospitalized. Of those, 525 are children.
A red tow truck that became one of the first symbols of an effort to remove abandoned vehicles from Colorado's backcountry has itself been removed from the side of a mountain.
Over two weeks after a large sinkhole appeared in a road in Commerce City, water line repairs are set to begin.
Large crowds came out to enjoy the annual Dragon Boat Festival, which took place in Denver this weekend at Sloan's Lake Park.
Crews are working to clear a large mudslide that brought boulders and debris down on a road in Eagle County.
Colorado firefighters say they're monitoring hotspots that flared up inside the perimeter of the Gold Mountain Fire on Friday.
Joe Ruch is tracking rain in Denver
Over two weeks after a large sinkhole appeared in a road in the Denver metro area, water line repairs are set to begin.
Old Town in Fort Collins is in mourning tonight after tragedy struck on a busy Saturday morning. A truck drove onto a sidewalk, injuring five people and killing one person.
Colorado resident Vicki Herrell is 104 years old, and she still knows how to laugh at the realities that come with getting older. And after more than a century of life, Herrell has plenty of stories to tell.
The Denver Food + Wine Festival took place over the weekend, with proceeds going towards funding education, training and financial aid for hospitality workers.
Sam Ehlinger shined with a three-touchdown performance in the Denver Broncos' 34-6 win over the Minnesota Vikings on Friday night.
Cale Makar is back for eight more years, Colorado Avalanche fans!
In a news release, the NFL said it plans to "elevate" Pro Bowl selections, with no replacement selections.
One study shows soccer and basketball are projected to generate the highest amount of global revenue for women's sports, and Denver is seeing some of those effects firsthand, with the new NWSL team, Denver Summit FC.
The ad for a new driver had sparked an online backlash, with viewers criticizing the spot for trivializing violence against women.
"Sunday Morning" looks back at the astonishing career of the queen of country music, whose talent, warmth, wit, and philanthropy made her a genuine, once-in-a-generation luminary.
Google announced that it had begun rolling out changes to how its maps display Lake Ontario's name, after President Trump signed an executive order changing it to "Lake America."
NASA's Roman Space Telescope launched shortly after daybreak from Kennedy Space Center and blazed toward an observation point 1 million miles away.
The flash floods hit Bright Angel Canyon and the Phantom Ranch area on Saturday afternoon, the National Park Service said.
The judge delivered a victory for Stanford University's student newspaper, which said some international students were afraid to speak out because of the deportation threat.
Google announced that it had begun rolling out changes to how its maps display Lake Ontario's name, after President Trump signed an executive order changing it to "Lake America."
The judge delivered a victory for Stanford University's student newspaper, which said some international students were afraid to speak out because of the deportation threat.
The ruling marks a blow to the federal government's long-delayed effort to prosecute Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who is accused of developing the plot to crash planes into the Pentagon and World Trade Center.
President Trump announced a deal to grant the U.S. control of more than 60 billion barrels of proven Venezuelan oil reserves.
The incident happened about an hour after the National Transportation Safety Board released new details about a similar incident in early August.
Caused by parasites spread via Anopheles mosquitoes, malaria can cause symptoms including nausea, headache and intense waves of fever and chills.
U.S. officials have confirmed cases of a parasitic illness tied to lettuce in three more states: Georgia, Tennessee and Texas.
Patients taking the first-of-a-kind pill, called daraxonrasib, lived for a median of 13.2 months compared with 6.7 months for chemotherapy recipients, studies showed.
The rate is much higher than is seen in the general population. CTE is a brain disease linked to repeated blows to the head.
Researchers and disability rights advocates warn that the dismantling of the Education Department and its erosions of civil rights oversight risk widening the disparities autistic children face.
President Trump announced a deal to grant the U.S. control of more than 60 billion barrels of proven Venezuelan oil reserves.
A judge barred the Trump administration from enforcing a set of rules aimed at cutting off Anthropic from the federal government, ruling the administration had unconstitutionally punished the AI company for protected speech.
Hospitals, technology firms and other companies could soon be at risk from AI-enabled cyberattacks, according to a new open letter from more than 100 signatories.
A lawyer for Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook said she "has never committed mortgage fraud or any intentional wrongdoing."
President Trump has accused oil companies like Chevron and ExxonMobil of "making too much money." He owns shares of both.
Denver City Attorney Faces Second Ethics Complaint, This One Over DIA Legal Work
An anonymous Denver city employee has filed an ethics complaint against City Attorney Miko Brown, alleging she may have violated the Denver Code of Ethics in connection with the city's hiring of the law firm where Brown previously worked.
The city of Denver is paying four lawyers at an outside law firm as much as $800 an hour to defend the city in two employee lawsuits, despite being in a $200 million deficit.
Colorado's hemp-derived THC industry could see major changes later this year, though a federal crackdown scheduled for November may be temporarily postponed.
Attorneys for the State of Colorado say a newly uncovered White House email provides crucial evidence in their lawsuit alleging the Trump administration retaliated against the state over election policies and the prosecution of former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters.