Author: Jennifer Brown
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Colorado family learns to let girl live as ‘truegender’
Elsa, a 9-year-old from Boulder, insisted as soon as she could speak that she was a girl, even though she was assigned male at birth. After family counseling last year, Elsa’s parents let her choose her own name and live as a girl. Click here to read more about Elsa from The Denver Post. …
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What happens when you call in a report of child abuse or neglect?
At the El Paso County Department of Human Services (DHS), we receive more than 12,000 reports of child abuse or neglect each year — more than any other county in the state. The number is not a necessarily a bad thing. We want anyone who suspects abuse or neglect to call our hotline to help…
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Concern grows over antibiotic-resistant salmonella
The frequency of outbreaks linked to antibiotic-resistant salmonella is rising, causing concern among consumer groups and food scientists. They fear it will take a deadly poisoning on the scale of the 1993 E. coli outbreak from Jack in the Box​ hamburgers to force change in federal regulation. Contaminated ground beef sold in Maine this…
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U.S. Attorney’s Office investigating dialysis giant in Colorado
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Colorado has opened a grand jury investigation into the practices of Denver-based kidney-dialysis firm DaVita Inc., the company’s chief executive, Kent Thiry, revealed in an earnings call Wednesday. “It is clear that this is very preliminary at this stage,” Thiry said during the earnings call. He added that the company…
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Eight CU dental patients given potentially lethal dosages of drug
University of Colorado dentists unknowingly injected as many as eight patients with a powerful sedative that was five times its usual potency after the drug was mistakenly added to the dental school’s stock in 2008 — a mix-up that wasn’t discovered for 13 days, a Denver Post investigation found. After the error came to light,…
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Colorado delays Medicaid payments, clinics suffer
Temporarily short on money, Colorado has declared a fiscal emergency and delayed payments to doctors and clinics taking care of the state’s neediest patients. Under state law, the Medicaid department can delay reimbursements to doctors, hospitals and clinics during a fiscal emergency. Physicians treating patients with the health-insurance plan for the poor will not receive…
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Colorado delays Medicaid payments
Temporarily short on money, Colorado has declared a fiscal emergency and delayed payments to doctors and clinics taking care of the state’s neediest patients. Under state law, the Medicaid department can delay reimbursements to doctors, hospitals and clinics during a fiscal emergency. Physicians treating patients with the health-insurance plan for the poor will not receive…
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Surgical tech Parker sentenced to 30 years
Kristen Parker, a surgical tech accused of infecting dozens of patients by replacing clean syringes with used ones, was sentenced to 30 years in prison this afternoon in federal court. U.S. District Judge Robert Blackburn, who had previously rejected an agreement between Parker and prosecutors that called for her to serve 20 years, slightly exceeded…
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Michelle Obama’s anti-obesity plan has Colo. feel
Colorado, with its reputation for thinner people and outdoor exercise, is well-positioned to take on the fight against childhood obesity announced Tuesday by Michelle Obama, state health experts said. The state already has a network of people setting up the kinds of programs the first lady is pushing in her “Let’s Move” campaign, aimed at…