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Sexually transmitted diseases have reached record levels for the fourth consecutive year in Colorado, and La Plata County is not immune to the trend. La Plata County ranked high among Colorado...
DATE: Jan. 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
Adaira Nachtrieb, 9, passed out the day she was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, she told an attentive group of her peers late last year. “I had to drink a lot of water and was really thirsty and...
DATE: Jan. 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health
Animas High School is warning students and parents of a case of hand, foot and mouth disease among the student body. Hand, foot and mouth disease is a contagious illness caused by different...
DATE: Dec. 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
NEW YORK – Federal health officials on Thursday reported the first death in an ongoing salmonella outbreak linked to raw turkey. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the death was in...
DATE: Nov. 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food
Animas High School is warning students and parents of a case of mononucleosis at the school. The school found out about the case among the student body Tuesday and plans to take preventive steps,...
DATE: Oct. 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
After a record-setting flu season last year, public health officials say it is difficult to know if a similar season is approaching. While there are some indicators public health officials are...
DATE: Oct. 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
The painting was not an image of anything in particular, just an abstract confluence of psychedelic colors and wormlike patterns inside a perfectly round circle. Ben Taylor didn’t like it much, and...
DATE: Aug. 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts
NEW YORK – The first death has been reported in a national food poisoning outbreak linked to romaine lettuce. The death was reported in California, but state and federal health officials did not...
DATE: May 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food
ATLANTA – Disease hunters are using genetic sequencing in their investigation of the ongoing food poisoning outbreak linked to romaine lettuce, a technique that is revolutionizing the detection of...
DATE: April 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food
Montezuma and La Plata counties rank in the top 20 among Colorado counties for chlamydia and gonorrhea. Montezuma County had the second highest rate of chlamydia and the third highest rate for...
DATE: March 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
Riverview Elementary student Jaden Page will meet his NBA hero this month after battling cancer for a year and a half. The Make-A-Wish Foundation plans to send Jaden, 10, and his family to meet...
DATE: March 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Sports
Durangoan Nichole Baker is helping to bring better and earlier disease diagnosis, particularly for cancer patients, to Uganda, a country with only 18 pathologists. While training pathology...
DATE: Nov. 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
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