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Why eggs are still worth cracking — even as prices remain high
March 24, 2025
Why eggs are still worth cracking — even as prices remain high
March 24, 2025
Eggs have become a costly item nationwide in recent months. In February, the average retail price of a dozen large...
Eggs have become a costly item nationwide in recent months. In February, the average retail price of a dozen large...
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Health
Though tasty and convenient, ultra-processed foods come at a cost
March 19, 2025
Though tasty and convenient, ultra-processed foods come at a cost
March 19, 2025
On the first floor of the King Center on the Auraria Campus, vending machines stand as fluorescent oases, tempting hungry...
On the first floor of the King Center on the Auraria Campus, vending machines stand as fluorescent oases, tempting hungry...
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Health
Love it or hate it, daylight saving time should be nothing to lose sleep over
March 5, 2025
Love it or hate it, daylight saving time should be nothing to lose sleep over
March 5, 2025
Daylight saving time returns Sunday morning, reviving concerns about the tradition’s health impacts, along with debate about whether the benefits...
Daylight saving time returns Sunday morning, reviving concerns about the tradition’s health impacts, along with debate about whether the benefits...
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Health
Public-health experts hopeful Denver’s flavored-tobacco ban will discourage young people from using
March 5, 2025
Public-health experts hopeful Denver’s flavored-tobacco ban will discourage young people from using
March 5, 2025
A tobacco-policy analyst at Metropolitan State University of Denver thinks the city’s ban on the sale of flavored tobacco and...
A tobacco-policy analyst at Metropolitan State University of Denver thinks the city’s ban on the sale of flavored tobacco and...
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Health
Mental health care is in high demand — but harder than ever to access
February 28, 2025
Mental health care is in high demand — but harder than ever to access
February 28, 2025
A 2023 Colorado Health Access survey found that 26.2% of Denver residents reported poor mental health. Even more troubling is...
A 2023 Colorado Health Access survey found that 26.2% of Denver residents reported poor mental health. Even more troubling is...
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Education
Too many Colorado children read below proficient levels. This new center aims to help
February 21, 2025
Too many Colorado children read below proficient levels. This new center aims to help
February 21, 2025
Christina Smith felt she was not receiving needed support after her 9-year-old daughter’s teacher told her the girl had scored...
Christina Smith felt she was not receiving needed support after her 9-year-old daughter’s teacher told her the girl had scored...
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Health
Speech-language clinic helps kids find their voice
February 20, 2025
Speech-language clinic helps kids find their voice
February 20, 2025
Linda Baker and Abby Marroon recently met for the first time, though Marroon has known Baker’s son, 4-year-old Monty Manley,...
Linda Baker and Abby Marroon recently met for the first time, though Marroon has known Baker’s son, 4-year-old Monty Manley,...
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Health
Why bird flu isn’t the next pandemic — yet
February 19, 2025
Why bird flu isn’t the next pandemic — yet
February 19, 2025
Bird flu has been tearing through poultry for several years now, infecting birds and prompting the wholesale slaughter of flocks....
Bird flu has been tearing through poultry for several years now, infecting birds and prompting the wholesale slaughter of flocks....
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Climate and Environment
Microplastics might be worse than you think. Here’s why
February 11, 2025
Microplastics might be worse than you think. Here’s why
February 11, 2025
Just when it seemed the news about microplastics’ potential for harm couldn’t get worse, an environmental researcher at Metropolitan State...
Just when it seemed the news about microplastics’ potential for harm couldn’t get worse, an environmental researcher at Metropolitan State...