HIV prevention drugs are effective, but many who need them are left out
Many at-risk Americans either do not know about PrEP or don't have access. Here's why raising awareness is key to ending the HIV epidemic in the U.S.
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Many at-risk Americans either do not know about PrEP or don't have access. Here's why raising awareness is key to ending the HIV epidemic in the U.S.
Clinical trials showed 99.9% of participants who received the drug, called Yeztugo from company Gilead Sciences, remained HIV negative.
"This is a setback of probably a decade for HIV vaccine research," one scientist said.
UNAIDS boss Winnie Byanyima says if U.S. foreign aid isn't restored, AIDS will "come back, and we'll see people die the way we saw them in the '90s."
First known HIV cases from a nonsterile injection for cosmetic reasons highlights the risk of unlicensed providers.
A former client tested positive for HIV years after receiving a "vampire facial" at the spa, which has since closed. Health officials are urging other former spa clients to get tested.
The decline in new HIV cases was driven by a slowdown in infections among young gay and bisexual men.
Students at Denver School for the Arts are putting the spotlight, literally, on the AIDS/HIV epidemic.
Chinese medical officials are investigating the scientist who claims to have created the world's first genetically-edited babies.
The body of William E. "Billy" Trimbach was found alongside a road in western Morgan County on Valentine's Day in 1993. Now detectives need help in trying to find his killer.
A young father was found shot to death alongside a road in western Morgan County on Valentine's Day in 1993.
A pediatrician from Children's Hospital Colorado has compiled a book of medical miracles. It's called "Miracles We Have Seen, America's Leading Physicians Share Stories They Can't Forget."
Hundreds of people spent their Saturday morning walking and running for a cause.
Give a pint, get a pint -- that's the new motto for Bonfils Blood Center this month as January is National Blood Donor Month. Donations are down, and they're hoping the new campaign changes that.
Charlie Sheen announced that he has HIV, but the diagnosis has a different outlook compared to just a decade ago. CBS4's Dr. Dave Hnida explains.
Denver Public Health on Tuesday released a statement concerning actor Charlie Sheen's announcement that he's been living HIV positive for the last four years.
Colorado's chief medical officer plans to recommend post-traumatic stress disorder as a condition to be treated with medical marijuana.
A man accused of soliciting an undercover officer for sex with the knowledge of being infected with HIV/AIDS has been formally charged.
Legislation allowing terminally ill people access to unapproved drugs, a so-called "Dallas Buyers Club" bill, has unanimously passed the Colorado House.
A man accused of engaging in prostitution while knowing he had AIDS has been formally charged in Denver.
Auditors say a dozen physicians have issued half of the medical marijuana recommendations in Colorado and that the state is not providing enough oversight so only qualified individuals get referrals to use the drug.
"Besides a few people I've been to war with, my list of heroes is like a sparse cupboard, which became a little more barren with the death of a friend today," Dr. Dave Hnida writes in reference to the passing of Dr. C. Everett Koop.
Washington and Colorado, both culturally and politically, offered fertile ground for legalization advocates -- Washington for its liberal politics, Colorado for its libertarian streak, and both for their Western independence.
There were lots of colorful costumes, food options and unique entertainment at Civic Center Park on Saturday for the 37th annual Pridefest celebration.
Police are accusing a 64-year-old woman of trying to rob a bank and it's not the first time she's been a suspect.
Colorado will be blasted with the threat of fire and ice this week as a major Winter storm takes aim on the Rockies.
The Aspen Fire Department now has a new drone strike team to help combat wildfires.
Police are searching for the person responsible for a hit-and-run that killed a toddler in the Town of Erie.
A Colorado woman will serve 40 years in prison for attempting to murder her ex-boyfriend, shooting him multiple times.
NWS Boulder said temperatures at Denver International Airport hit 68 degrees just before 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. The normal temperature for Feb. 15 is 45 degrees, and the previous heat record was 67 degrees in 2017.
Colorado will be blasted with the threat of fire and ice this week as a major Winter storm takes aim on the Rockies.
The Aspen Fire Department now has a new drone strike team to help combat wildfires.
Police are searching for the person responsible for a hit-and-run that killed a toddler in the Town of Erie.
A Colorado woman will serve 40 years in prison for attempting to murder her ex-boyfriend, shooting him multiple times.
NWS Boulder said temperatures at Denver International Airport hit 68 degrees just before 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. The normal temperature for Feb. 15 is 45 degrees, and the previous heat record was 67 degrees in 2017.
A group met at a town hall in Aurora on Sunday to discuss license plate readers and how artificial intelligence is being used with that technology.
Erie police are investigating three serious crashes this week, two of which were fatal. All three took place between Friday night and Sunday evening.
Conditions this week have prompted the City of Broomfield a level 2 fire ban, meaning no burning is allowed.
Multiple fire departments worked for hours to put out a fire that broke out in the community of Silver Plume on Sunday afternoon.
Watch Dave Aguilera talk about record heat and fire danger
Mikaela Shiffrin, who is the winningest athlete on the World Cup circuit, has now failed to win a medal in eight straight Olympic events since the 2018 Winter Games in PyeongChang.
The U.S. kept pace with also-unbeaten Canada for the top seed in the Olympic men's hockey tournament.
It is Jordan Stolz's second gold medal of the 2026 Winter Games, breaking a world record.
The U.S. women's curling team was surprised to learn that their defeat of Canada marked an Olympic first.
Kendall Coyne Schofield scored twice and top-seeded United States routed Olympic host Italy 6-0 in a lopsided, festive and sometimes chippy women's hockey quarterfinal at the Milan Cortina Games.
Mikaela Shiffrin, who is the winningest athlete on the World Cup circuit, has now failed to win a medal in eight straight Olympic events since the 2018 Winter Games in PyeongChang.
Casey Wasserman, the chair of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics organizing committee, says he is selling his eponymous talent agency in the wake of the release of emails between himself and Ghislaine Maxwell.
The U.S. kept pace with also-unbeaten Canada for the top seed in the Olympic men's hockey tournament.
Tom Barrack, a top U.S. diplomat and longtime friend of President Trump, networked and socialized with Epstein for years, CBS News found.
It is Jordan Stolz's second gold medal of the 2026 Winter Games, breaking a world record.
Casey Wasserman, the chair of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics organizing committee, says he is selling his eponymous talent agency in the wake of the release of emails between himself and Ghislaine Maxwell.
On Saturday, the office of Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced that the city is accepting bids for license plate reader services.
Tom Barrack, a top U.S. diplomat and longtime friend of President Trump, networked and socialized with Epstein for years, CBS News found.
It's the second time in as many weeks that government funding has lapsed as Democrats and the White House remain at an impasse over immigration enforcement policies.
Democratic state Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet is leaving the Colorado State Capitol to confront and combat antisemitism full-time.
The AdventHealth Transplant Institute at Porter is participating in a national voucher system that allows living donors to give a kidney now and help a loved one receive one later.
The University of Colorado Cancer Center at CU Anschutz has been selected by the National Cancer Institute as one of just eight hubs nationwide to evaluate new multi‑cancer detection blood tests, part of a national pilot called the Vanguard Study.
Lydia Howerton of Good Eaters showed how easy it is to bake her gluten-free zucchini brownies.
In Colorado, it's not yet clear exactly how much funding will be cut for public health services, but organizations like the Colorado Health Network are bracing for impact.
The Food and Drug Administration is refusing to consider Moderna's application for a new flu vaccine made with mRNA technology, the company said.
Prediction markets are taking bets this Valentine's Day that celebrity relationships can thrive — or break apart.
As construction on the East Colfax Bus Rapid Transit project moves closer to Aurora, business owners and neighbors along the corridor say they are bracing for short-term disruption while holding onto hope for long-term revival.
Amazon's Ring unit touted a "search party" service in its Super Bowl ad, but one critic called the app a "surveillance nightmare."
Inflation came in below economists' forecasts and slowed from December's 2.7% annual rate.
A Denver bar called Mecca Sports Bar has been under investigation for prostitution for several years. It's coming to light now because the city's Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection requested a hearing for the bar about their liquor license and dance cabaret license. Both are in limbo.ore arrests have been made.
A Denver judge this week ordered an area pastor, Tilo Lopez, to pay a family $311,000 in restitution after Lopez was criminally prosecuted in connection with a construction project he said he would do for the family.
The filing comes months after a judge ordered the company to pay more than $116 million for its role in the 2021 death of 6-year-old Wongel Estifanos.
Denver drivers continue to be impacted by a change in how parking tickets are disputed. That system changed in September, when the city eliminated the ability to dispute parking tickets online.
Former Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen, who retired as chief in 2022, plans to announce next week that he is running for a seat on Denver City Council.
Colorado parents are raising concerns after a dispute between their school district and its water provider put the school's future firefighting water supply in question.