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Colorado joins multi-state lawsuit against Trump administration over child immunization schedule
2+ hour, 30+ min ago (455+ words) Pavane for a Dead Princess Win a trip for two to an island resort in Panama! Colorado is joining more than half a dozen states, led by Arizona and California, in suing the Trump administration over its overhaul of childhood…...
Colorado bill to seal children's name-change records moves forward after Polis veto threat
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (659+ words) Win a trip for two to an island resort in Panama! By Lucas Brady Woods/KUNC and 1A Across America Colorado lawmakers advanced a bill this week that would make legal records of children who request name changes private after the…...
Colorado just changed how 'Stateless' people can get delayed birth certificates
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (259+ words) Win a trip for two to an island resort in Panama! By a unanimous vote Wednesday, the Colorado Board of Health changed the rules to get a delayed birth certificate in the state. The change might at first appear to…...
Can ‘Tin Can’ be the answer to delaying smartphone use? Some Colorado families are giving it a try
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1724+ words) Lauren Zobec compared her kids" first experience with a landline phone, a turquoise cylinder device that arrived at her east Denver home in December, to aliens learning how to talk. "They were holding it way out here," said Zobec, a…...
Colorado's first child death from COVID-19 this season amid low vaccination rates and required shots overhaul
3+ week, 4+ day ago (703+ words) For the first time this viral respiratory season, a child has died from COVID-19 in Colorado. The state epidemiologist said the case was in a high school-aged child in the Denver area. The death in December was recorded on the…...
Colorado records 2nd pediatric flu death of the season
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (567+ words) A second child has died of flu in Colorado this season." A state health department spokesperson said the case was in a high school-aged child from outside the Denver metro area. The death was recorded on the state's viral respiratory…...
Colorado parents: Here’s what to know about signing up for free preschool for 2026
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1130+ words) Unlock $10,000 plus a portion of the $1 million incentive fund with your Colorado Gives Day donation now. By Ann Schimke, Chalkbeat Colorado families can start applying for the state's free preschool program for the 2026-27 school year on Tuesday at noon. The…...
Colorado health leaders react to CDC limiting hepatitis B vaccine recommendations
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (848+ words) Unlock $10,000 plus a portion of the $1 million incentive fund with your Colorado Gives Day donation now. Health leaders said Coloradans should look to trusted national medical groups and state-based experts for vaccine guidance after a meeting of a top national…...
Adoptions from foster care down 40 percent in Colorado since 2006
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (429+ words) Hannah and Blake Letzler have fostered about two dozen children in the past five years. When a half-brother and half-sister, Luke and Lilly, needed a family, they first fostered, then adopted them. It hasn't always been easy for the Durango…...
National Adoption Month: Heritage Camps help families of transracial adoption build community and cultural connection in Colorado
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (434+ words) Chandra Thomas Whitfield joined CPR as a host and producer of its daily interview show, Colorado Matters, in 2022. Professional background: Whitfield has produced stories for NPR, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Essence, Ebony and a number of other…...