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• Free flu shot clinics in Colorado Springs

  December 3, 2012 1:22 PM

  COLORADO SPRINGS - Penrose-St. Francis Health Services, Walgreens and other community partners are working together to offer five free flu shot clinics this month for people with health insurance or those who do not have vaccine coverage. Cases of the flu are already being reported in El Paso County and... more »

• Bubonic plague traced to CO campground

  August 29, 2012 9:20 PM

  PAGOSA SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A camper near Pagosa Springs has contracted bubonic plague, Colorado's first case since 2006. The Durango Herald reports that the person contracted the plague during a family outing in the Cimarrona Campground. The San Juan Basin Health Department did not give the victim's age or... more »

• NYC fair nixes pig races and goes to the dogs

  August 26, 2012 10:43 AM

  NEW YORK (AP) - Organizers of the county fair on New York's Staten Island are making a dogged effort to prevent the spread of swine flu. The Staten Island Advance says this year's Richmond County Fair is forgoing pig races in response to a new swine flu strain. Instead, the... more »

• 12 states now have high obesity; Colorado the lowest

  August 13, 2012 12:25 PM

  ATLANTA (AP) - A new government survey shows 12 states now have very high obesity rates. Overall, more than a third of adults are obese but rates vary by state. The latest figures are based on a 2011 telephone survey that asked adults their height and weight. For the first... more »

• Tainted sprouts again linked to Jimmy John's

  February 15, 2012 8:43 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Raw sprouts from the sandwich chain Jimmy John's have been linked to an outbreak of foodborne illness - again. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday that 12 cases of E. coli poisoning in five states are linked to raw clover sprouts eaten at... more »

• MADD Director: I fear for anyone driving and living in Colorado Springs Play Video

  November 10, 2011 3:43 PM

  The state executive director of Mothers Against Drunk Driving Colorado says she fears for "anyone driving and living in Colorado Springs," after learning that the city plans to stop conducting sobriety checkpoints. Emily Tompkins says the decision needlessly jeopardizes drivers by eliminating what she calls a "high-visibility deterrence." "It's... more »

• NH allows pharmacists to give more vaccinations

  September 4, 2011 5:44 PM

  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire is joining a growing national trend in allowing pharmacists to give more vaccinations than annual flu shots - but doctors oppose the changes in what some call a turf war over a profitable aspect of medical care. A new state law authorizes pharmacists... more »

• European E. coli confirmed in Arizona death

  July 8, 2011 3:20 PM

  ATLANTA (AP) - Health officials have confirmed the first American death tied to the food poisoning outbreak in Europe. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday said lab tests show an Arizona man was infected with the same E. coli bacteria blamed for the outbreak centered in... more »

• 4 in US now linked to German E. coli outbreak

  June 4, 2011 12:32 AM

  ATLANTA (AP) - Four people in the U.S. were apparently sickened by the food poisoning outbreak in Europe, health officials said Friday. Three are hospitalized with a serious complication. All four were in northern Germany in May. Though they didn't stay at the same hotel or eat at the... more »

• Crushing obesity rates reported in 9 states

  August 4, 2010 11:21 AM

  Americans are more overweight than ever and may die sooner because of it according to the new report from the Centers for Disease Control. From 2007 to 2009 the number of states with more than a third of their population considered obese tripled from three states to nine. ... more »

• Colon cancer screenings up

  July 6, 2010 12:33 PM

  Health officials say more older Americans are getting tested for colon cancer, with nearly two out of three getting recommended screenings. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released Tuesday comes from a 2008 national telephone survey. It's the most recent government data on how many people get... more »

• CDC: Swine flu vaccine outlook improving

  October 27, 2009 2:35 PM

  U.S. health officials say more than 22 million doses of swine flu vaccine are now available, and they predict most Americans should soon find it easier to get their dose. The first supplies of swine flu vaccine began as a frustrating trickle that caused long lines in parts of... more »

• 1 in 5 kids had flu this month

  October 22, 2009 4:51 PM

  About 1 in 5 U.S. children had a flu-like illness earlier this month - and most of those cases likely were swine flu, according to a new government health survey. About 7 percent of surveyed adults said they'd had a flu-like illness, the survey found. The information comes... more »

• Half those hospitalized for H1N1 are under 24

  October 20, 2009 2:43 PM

  The latest government information shows swine flu continues to be most dangerous to kids and younger adults and is largely bypassing the elderly. Health officials on Tuesday released data on lab-confirmed swine hospitalizations and deaths from 27 states. It showed that more than half of all hospitalizations were people... more »

• Nearly half of swine flu patients otherwise healthy

  October 13, 2009 1:31 PM

  The largest U.S. analysis of adult hospitalized swine flu patients has found that 46 percent did not have asthma or any other underlying condition. Health officials looked at 1,400 adult swine flu hospitalizations in 10 states. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official released some of the details at... more »

• Obese women have more babies with heart defects

  October 2, 2009 9:26 AM

  Women who are overweight or obese before they get pregnant appear to be at an increased risk of having babies with heart defects. A new study from the CDC finds that babies born to severely obese women had a 30% increased risk of having a congenital heart problem, compared... more »

• Intense hunt begins for new shot's side effects

  September 28, 2009 11:08 AM

  More than 3,000 people a day have a heart attack. If you're one of them the day after your swine flu shot, will you worry the vaccine was to blame and not the more likely culprit, all those burgers and fries? The government is starting an unprecedented system to... more »

• Death toll at 10 as Southeast floods start to ebb

  September 23, 2009 11:00 AM

  As floodwaters around Atlanta began to recede, residents were packing moving vans with furniture and commiserating about water-logged apartments. "I'm toast," Penny Freeman, who moved into a first-floor apartment five days ago, said Tuesday. "I don't have a place to stay. I'm losing my mind right now." At... more »