Rae Ellen Bichell
Mountain West ReporterRae Ellen Bichell was a reporter for KUNC and the Mountain West °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ Bureau from 2018 to 2020.
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At a hearing last weekend about a Colorado bill on vaccination, Dr. Reginald Washington had originally planned to make several urgent points in support of the bill. -
Saturday marked the tenth day of protests in Colorado following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. From Denver to Greeley, KUNC… -
Weekend protests drew crowds across the country including in the Mountain West, from hundreds in Boise and Reno to thousands in Denver. Some city leaders… -
Researchers in Utah are in the process of testing about 10,000 people for COVID-19 and antibodies against the virus that causes it.“People have talked… -
Nursing home residents and workers account for about one-third of all coronavirus deaths in the U.S., as The New York Times reported last week. Testing… -
Everyone knows that living in the Rockies can get expensive. Headwaters Economics wanted to know why. The non-profit published new research this week that… -
Depending on the estimate, the U.S. needs between 100,000 and 300,000 contact tracers to help fight COVID-19. Some say these new jobs could be an… -
Communities across the globe are trying to understand what percent of their population has been exposed to COVID-19 by searching random samples of… -
This week the governors of Colorado and Nevada joined West Coast states in something called the Western States Pact. Its stated aim is to bring together… -
This post was updated May 1 with additional informationIt's World Immunization Week, but there's evidence that vaccinations are down as checkups get…
