
Rae Ellen Bichell
Mountain West ReporterRae Ellen Bichell was a reporter for KUNC and the Mountain West ڱ Bureau from 2018 to 2020.
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Colorado researchers launched a website Tuesday to help people make difficult decisions about living with dementia. An estimated 5 million people in the…
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Researchers writing in the journal Science found that when kids get measles, it can cause “amnesia” in the immune system. In much of the Mountain West,…
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A growing number of pharmacists across the country are now offering birth control directly to patients -- no doctor’s visit required. That includes…
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Updated Monday, November 18, 2019 to include a visualization of pharmacy closure in the Mountain West. A national study published in the journal JAMA…
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There's been a lot of hubbub about a recent study on the health risks of living near oil and gas. The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission…
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Governors of Western states have signed letters supporting a pair of bills that would compensate more people who were exposed to radiation from nuclear…
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Chronic wasting disease is continuing to pop up in deer and elk populations around the Mountain West. But researchers have found one way to help prevent…
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A few months ago, Tricia Shields was having a regular day at work. “I think I was daydreaming at my desk,” says Shields, a resident of Parker, Colorado,…
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Story updated Oct. 11, 2019.Rocky Flats used to be a nuclear weapons plant in Northern Colorado. Now, parts of the site that used to be a security…
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Colorado and Oregon researchers writing this week in the journal Science say there's an urgent need to reevaluate wildfire management practices, calling…