"On Tuesday, March 31, 2026, the Colorado State Capitol complex will host a special performance of TRANSformative Stories by Motus Theater in honor of International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV)." #copolitics
For your weekend reading: I wrote about what our BMJ findings mean for addiction — why GLP-1s work across every addictive substance, and how these drugs seem to quiet cravings the same way they quiet food noise.
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Tylenol use by pregnant women in ERs dropped after Trump autism warning | NPR www.npr.org/2026/03/05/n...
Devastated 🥲 I love the Into The Wild run so much.
Denmark becomes first country in the European Union to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis. This is testament to universal health access and a functioning public health system.
The US recorded 4000 cases of congenital syphilis in 2024.
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Our analysts review the drugs and discounts available on TrumpRx to assess its potential to help consumers save money.
The discounts are only available to people who do not use insurance to pay for the drugs. That may limit their value for many.
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Amid a state budget crisis, Colorado fiscal analysts say a Democratic plan to offer lucrative tax breaks to tech companies would take $106M away from the state‘s poorest households
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1/ The FDA just changed course and will now review Moderna’s new flu vaccine after previously refusing.
Public pressure was a factor here. Scientists, clinicians, reporters, and many others raised concerns, asked hard questions, and pushed for transparency.
The political effects of X's feed algorithm https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10098-2 Received: 16 December 2024 Accepted: 4 January 2026 Published online: 18 February 2026 Open access • Check for updates Germain Gauthier,5, Roland Hodler?5, Philine Widmer35 & Ekaterina Zhuravskaya3,4,5 m Feed algorithms are widely suspected to influence political attitudes. However, previous evidence from switching off the algorithm on Meta platforms found no political effects'. Here we present results from a 2023 field experiment on Elon Musk's platform X shedding light on this puzzle. We assigned active US-based users randomly to either an algorithmic or a chronological feed for 7 weeks, measuring political attitudes and online behaviour. Switching from a chronological to an algorithmic feed increased engagement and shifted political opinion towards more conservative positions, particularly regarding policy priorities, perceptions of criminal investigations into Donald Trump and views on the war in Ukraine. In contrast, switching from the algorithmic to the chronological feed had no comparable effects. Neither switching the algorithm on nor switching it off significantly affected affective polarization or self-reported partisanship. To investigate the mechanism, we analysed users' feed content and behaviour. We found that the algorithm promotes conservative content and demotes posts by traditional media. Exposure to algorithmic content leads users to follow conservative political activist accounts, which they continue to follow even after switching off the algorithm, helping explain the asymmetry in effects. These results suggest that initial exposure to X's algorithm has persistent effects on users' current political attitudes and account-following behaviour, even in the absence of a detectable effect on partisanship.
A new paper shows that less than 2 months of exposure to Twitter’s algorithmic feed significantly shifts people’s political views to the right.
Moving from chronological feed to the algorithmic feed also increases engagement.
This is one of the most concerning papers I’ve read in awhile.
I literally wasn’t seen until the second trimester because there were no appointments available. Ultrasounds had to be done at 9:30 p.m. One of two hospitals in Greeley closed the maternity center. Greeley is not a small town or particularly rural at this point 🙃
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JAMA Research Letter: Leading Cancer Deaths in People Younger Than 50 Years. Four graphs show temporal changes in cancer-related deaths in the US from 1990-2023. Data is broken down by overall deaths, age-adjusted death rate, males, and females.
Analysis of US mortality data indicates breast cancer, lung cancer, and leukemia deaths decreased in people younger than 50, while #ColorectalCancer mortality rose to become the leading cancer death by 2023.
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UPDATE: At least three people are in critical conditions after being wounded in a shooting near Evergreen High School, officials said Wednesday.
Officials said they were responding to an “active assailant” near the Jefferson County school.
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Independent rural hospitals are increasingly joining networks that share resources and bargaining power. The goal is to save money and improve patient care without losing their independence by joining a large health system.
Reporting from Bowman, ND:
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What the Colorado legislature did during its special session to tackle a $750M budget hole
No, the leaves aren't changing early in Colorado's high country. They're not getting enough water and are dying around the edges from drought.
When an insurance company is deciding whether to pay for your medical treatment, it generates a file, which should contain all records associated with your case, including documents explaining why the claim was denied.
You have a right to see this file.
(Published May 2023)
"In 2025, less than 70 percent of Americans still believe that childhood vaccinations are “very important.” This year, the US saw its worst measles outbreak since the early 1990s"
The scale of damage to trust in public health in < 6months driven my RFK Jr is staggering.
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Epidemiology is the science that helps us understand, track, and control disease in populations. From cholera to COVID-19, it guides public health decisions that save lives. Here’s an overview 🧵
Don’t miss this year’s call for applications for the RWJF Health Policy Fellows program - applications are due November 3.
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Vaccines do not cause autism.
"A new Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility meant for immigrants facing deportation is set to open in the small town of Hudson, Colorado, about thirty miles from Denver in Weld County." #denver
Firefighters brace for “extreme fire behavior” as weather intensifies around Lee fire in northwestern Colorado
Amid the challenges of adulthood, one rite of passage is unique to the United States: the need to find your own health insurance by the time you turn 26.
Today, an estimated 15% of 26-year-olds go uninsured, which, according to a @kff.org analysis, is the highest rate among Americans of any age.
I've never felt (or looked) more like a narc than at Red Rocks while asking people if we could identify and photograph them while they were doing drugs. #Nitrous, in particular, which is a growing scourge and health crisis, experts say.
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Less than 3% of students who received their associate degree through Colorado Re-Engaged decided to go back for a bachelor’s degree. A similar program had more success. The difference? Funding.
Are you a cancer patient whose care at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Maryland, or another hospital, has been affected by the Trump administration’s cuts?
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New federal guidance has derailed Colorado’s plan to allow babies and toddlers enrolled in public health insurance to stay continuously enrolled until they turn 3.
This is exactly right. Vaccination is a national security issue and with every anti-vaccine step RFK Jr. takes, the United States is rendered more vulnerable to bioterrorism.
