Health

Colorado officials in recent months have investigated three different scandals involving problems with laboratory tests. Two of them involve monitoring for water contamination, and one involved tainted DNA tests in criminal cases. So how concerned should Colorado residents be? We dig into what’s happening, today on In The NoCo.

Do your new year’s resolutions include seeking more happiness in 2025? On today's In the NoCo we’ll get advice from a happiness expert at the University of Colorado. She says one of the best things you can do is cultivate a sense of WONDER in your life.

Strong friendships are an important part of our wellbeing. So if one of your New Year’s resolutions is to foster better relationships, today’s In The NoCo can help you make a plan. We get advice from CSU’s resident expert on friendship and relationships.

Alcohol's normalization obscures a lot of the tolls that drinking takes on an individual’s health, but the consequences occur nonetheless.

A new tax on guns and ammunition in Colorado is set to take effect in the spring. Voters approved the tax, with most of the proceeds going to support services for crime victims and other social programs.

Federal law says Native Americans aren’t liable for medical bills the Indian Health Service promises to pay. Some are billed anyway as a result of backlogs or mistakes from the agency, financial middlemen, or health systems.

A proposed drilling pad near Erie would bore 5 miles underneath the town. In a recent hearing, residents expressed their outrage at a project that could endanger their health and their town’s wellbeing. The state stepped in and postponed the project... but residents still don’t know what will happen. KUNC’s Rae Solomon spoke about this controversy on today’s In the NoCo.

Nearly one in four adults in Colorado (24.9%) are reported to be obese, according to the CDC. In 1990, none of the 45 surveyed states had an obesity prevalence equal to or higher than 15%.

A diverse networks of friends, former co-workers, neighbors, and extended family are often essential sources of support for older adults living alone.

Colorado hospitals are still short on sterile IV fluids after more than a month of rationing. Experts say the shortage could last another three to six months.