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Opinion: The promise of universal health care deserves a proper analysis

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Publish DateFebruary 24, 2023

House Bill 23-1209, the Analyze Statewide Publicly Financed Health Care Act, just introduced in our General Assembly, will look to answer the questions raised by the report. It would, if passed, charge the Colorado School of Public Health to do a holistic analysis into how publicly funded health care for all Coloradans might look and how it would impact individual and community health.

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Colorado libraries keep closing for meth contamination. Is it their problem to solve?

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Publish DateFebruary 10, 2023

“It was really established for the worst-case exposure, which would be a toddler living 24 hours a day, seven days a week, in a contaminated home crawling over carpets, putting their hands in their mouth, doing all of those things,” said Van Dyke, now a professor at Colorado School of Public Health.

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To access housing and elder care, some older LGBTQ adults go back into the closet,

news outletThe Colorado Sun
Publish DateDecember 15, 2022

Johnson’s experiences are not unique. Carey Candrian, PhD, a researcher and associate professor of internal medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, calls this phenomenon a “habit of silence.” Candrian’s work focuses on how communication can impact health care outcomes, especially for older LGBTQIA+ adults and their caregivers.

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OPINION: Capture the lessons of Colorado’s Response to COVID-19

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Publish DateDecember 08, 2022

Co-authored by Jon Samet M.D., of Denver, is dean of the Colorado School of Public Health.

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University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus launches new center to fight esophageal and gastric cancer

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Publish DateDecember 06, 2022

When Dr. Sachin Wani goes to work every day at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, it can often feel like he is fighting an uphill battle. Wani is a gastroenterologist and an interventional endoscopist, as well as a professor of medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Much of his work with patients involves diagnosing and treating cancer of the esophagus.

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El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, which arrested alleged Club Q shooter in 2021, has never initiated a red flag gun seizure

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Publish DateDecember 01, 2022

“Any time you have a law, it’s only as good and effective as how it’s used,” said Dr. Emmy Betz, a physician and professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and the Colorado School of Public Health who studies ways to prevent gun violence.

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Opinion: To realize the promise of DNA-driven medicine, genetic libraries need to be more diverse

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Publish DateNovember 23, 2022

In Colorado, The Colorado Center for Personalized Medicine, a partnership between UCHealth and University of Colorado – Anschutz Medical Campus, has developed a Biobank of patients’ DNA and blood samples. This initiative has, so far, identified 60 patients who have genes identified with higher risks of diseases such as breast and other cancers, and heart failure.

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Colorado oil and gas regulators approve new wells in Weld County over Broomfield’s objections

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Publish DateOctober 27, 2022

It also offered a health survey, done in coordination with researchers at the Colorado School of Public Health, that showed people living closer to well pads reported higher incidences of respiratory problems and other health issues.

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