Health Care

The addition could help improve maternity and birth outcomes in the state, particularly for women of color.

A community fights to keep its birthing center open.

A single mom in Greeley sought help for her suicidal teenage daughter. The resulting bills wiped out her savings.

It’s pricey for hospitals to operate labor and delivery departments, leaving people far from critical services.

Tens of thousands of people in Colorado may struggle to afford tampons, pads and other menstrual hygiene products.

Administering the COVID-19 vaccine to people experiencing homelessness was always going to be difficult. Colorado is making it appreciably harder.

Telehealth is now available to more people, and in more formats, than ever before. Will it last after the pandemic?

While health officials focus on making hospitals safer to prevent infant and maternal deaths among people of color, a small number of new parents are avoiding hospitals altogether.

An increasingly sought-after, lower-cost form of maternity care is inaccessible to many Coloradans.

It’s much higher than we think, as new Colorado-based research shows.