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Weld County is poised to receive about $1.2 million in settlements from federal opioid lawsuits, and the Colorado Opioid Abatement Council has approved its plans for using the funds. The chair of the Weld County Regional Opioid Council, which created the plan, joins us.
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Later this month Dr. Mark Wallace, the director of the Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment will retire. He first joined the office in…
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The number of children in Colorado who are obese has plateaued, but that’s not good news according to the state department of public health.The state’s…
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Over 1,240 cases of pertussis, better known as whooping cough, have been reported across Colorado. The latest data from December shows that most of the…
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Inside the Greeley school district's cavernous food services warehouse, nutrition service director Jeremy West leans over a 40-gallon kettle and turns a…
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Weld County public health officials say a wet summer has lead to more of the mosquitoes that carry the West Nile virus.The highest concentration of the…
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For the first time in the 2014 season, West Nile infected mosquitoes have been found in 5 Colorado counties.Adams, Boulder, Delta, Mesa and Weld counties…
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Mountain west states – including Colorado – have higher suicide rates compared to the rest of the country. In January, Weld County reported 49 suicide…
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The Colorado Department of Health released a report with recommendations seeking to restrict the ways parents can opt out of immunizing their children…
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Colorado is experiencing its worst season for whooping cough in more than six decades. Statewide 1,407 cases have been reported as of Dec. 8 - a number…