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Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment The State of Colorado is elevating the importance of staying up to date on routine cancer screenings, such as mammograms and PAP tests. In an effort to encourage Coloradans to engage in valuable preventive care, the Department of Public Health and Environment is launching a campaign starting today to raise awareness of the Women’s Wellness Connection, a program that offers these lifesaving tests for free to women who qualify.

Office of Governor Jared Polis DENVER — The Polis administration announced additional steps to combat monkeypox, including additional vaccine clinics, while applauding the federal expansion and acceleration of the manufacture and distribution of monkeypox vaccine, as well as the expansion of treatment and testing. According to reports, President Biden and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Beccera have declared an emergency around monkeypox.

Coloradans will get a say in changing the landscape of retail alcohol sales in the state come November after a trio of alcohol-related measures qualified for the ballot. Backers of each of the three measures – Initiative #96, Initiative #121 and Initiative #122 – collected enough valid signatures for each to appear on the ballot, the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office said Friday, Aug.

State needs 2,883 to 6,050 new units every month over next five years to close statewide housing deficit, meet new demand for housing from current population growth Permits to build new housing units in Colorado dropped by 20% last month, which indicates the state’s housing supply “may not continue to recover as needed,” according to a new analysis. The analysis by the Common Sense Institute, a free-enterprise think tank, found that a 0.28% decrease in home prices and a 5.3% average mortgage rate led to a 0.33% decline in the Colorado Homebuyer Misery Index, which CSI calculates to measure new home affordability.