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Feds award $7.8 million grant to fight opioid abuse epidemic
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Colorado will receive $7.8 million in federal grant money to help battle opioid abuse in the state, as part of a landmark medical research bill signed late last year. The 21st Century Cures Act, signed into law late last year, boosted funding for medical research and accelerated the development and approval process of medical treatments.…
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DeGette: Trumpcare would hurt seniors and others in Colorado: Here’s how
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Trumpcare was defeated and the Affordable Care Act saved from repeal last month thanks in large part to the American public. They spoke out passionately on behalf of the ACA in phone calls and emails to their members of Congress. They raised their voices at events like the community forum in Denver where 1,000 of…
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BARTELS: Tom Brokaw, along with Reps. Diana DeGette, Fred Upton, honored
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Legendary newscaster Tom Brokaw shared the stage tonight in Washington D.C. with two lawmakers, Colorado’s Diana DeGette and Michigan’s Fred Upton, where they received Courage Awards for their efforts involving cancer. Brokaw in 2013 with diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a treatable but incurable blood cancer. He talks about his journey in his memoir “A Lucky Life,…
