Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE)

Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Broomfield began offering unleaded aviation fuel last month to address community concerns about lead pollution.

In January, the Trump administration pulled the U.S. out of the World Health Organization. That move created uncertainty over how states like Colorado can track and respond to diseases emerging around the globe. So state health officials want Colorado to join a global alert network that may help prepare for the next health crisis.

Site stabilization that concluded Friday will allow safe access to parts of the demolished building where asbestos could be lurking. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Tracy Ross and then read the entire article at the link below.

President Trump directed the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to review vaccine recommendations from peer nations and recommend any changes to vaccination schedules based on those findings. That review resulted in changed recommendations, announced Monday, for hepatitis A, hepatitis B, rotavirus, meningococcal disease, the flu and COVID-19 vaccines.

Consumer companies will run program sending grants to local communities for major expansion. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Michael Booth and read the entire article at the link below.

Health officials trying to prevent outbreaks of measles in Colorado have an unusual tool at their disposal: treated sewage. Monitoring wastewater for the measles virus can help health providers get a handle on cases before they spread.

Colorado is seeing a late summer surge of COVID-19 as a new variant of the virus has emerged. It's an offshoot of Omicron.

The study by researchers at the Colorado School of Public Health looked more closely at how children said they could obtain a loaded firearm without their parents’ permission. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter John Ingold and then read the Colorado Sun story at the link below.

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change. And in Colorado, a lot of methane is produced by decomposing food scraps at landfills. We explore why that matters – and how state regulators are hoping to rein in those emissions – on today’s In The NoCo.

There are more than 800 cases of measles in the U.S., and three of them are in Colorado. So how are health officials working to stop measles from spreading in our state? And what are they doing to increase lower vaccination rates in some communities? We’ll hear from a doctor working to prevent outbreaks in Colorado.