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When the catastrophic Los Angeles fires broke out, John Volckens suspected firefighters and residents were breathing toxic air from the burning homes, buildings, and cars, but it was unclear how much risk the public faced.

Colorado was long considered a haven for gender-affirming care. But under this Trump administration, hospitals in the state have limited the treatments available for people under 19. Some services have been restored, but trans youth and their families say the state isn’t the rock they thought it was.

Many rural counties are short on dentists, and if they lose water fluoridation, tooth decay could surge to levels that have not been seen in decades, experts warn.

Dozens of programs around the country that aim to uncover the social and economic factors that contributed to someone ending up in the ER with a bullet wound are nervously watching recent moves by the White House. Some organizers believe their programs will be just fine, but others are looking to shore up alternative funding sources.

A fund created in 2019 has helped save people from opioid overdoses. However, funding for the program is running out.

Social media has helped spread the word about a treatment that involves getting Botox in the neck. It’s for a condition that’s gaining awareness but still often dismissed: the inability to burp.

Colorado defended its high disenrollment rates following the covid crisis by saying that what goes up must come down. Advocates and researchers disagree.

Deloitte, a global consultancy that reported revenue last year of $65 billion, pulls in billions of dollars from states – including contracts with governments in Montana and Colorado – and the federal government for supplying technology it says will modernize Medicaid. However, a KFF Health News investigation of eligibility systems found widespread problems.

Across the West, utilities are increasingly cutting off power during wind storms to keep downed and damaged power lines from starting wildfires. When this happened in April near Boulder, Colorado, one nursing home had just 75 minutes to prepare for an outage that lasted 28 hours.

A report has found that half of rural hospitals lost money over the last 12 months. But small-town hospitals in states that expanded Medicaid eligibility have fared better financially than those in states that didn’t.