Rae Ellen Bichell, Kaiser Health News

Originally published on September 20, 2019 10:41 am Researchers are looking into what may be a peaceful solution to the timeless struggle against a Mountain West rodent.

Originally published on September 11, 2019 10:09 am Instructor Graham Dunne is holding up some printouts with faces on them. He tells his students they’re smaller than real heads.

Originally published on August 5, 2019 5:15 pm Many parts of the Mountain West are news deserts — and it’s getting worse.

Originally published on July 25, 2019 9:17 pm The Mountain West featured heavily in a House Natural Resources Committee hearing Thursday looking into issues of scientific integrity in the Interior […]

Originally published on August 5, 2019 10:05 am The Mountain West has disproportionately high rates of depressive disorders and suicide. Researchers are trying to find out why.

Originally published on June 28, 2019 5:54 pm Update posted June 26, 2019 at 5:48 p.m.: A spokesperson with Clayton Homes says the company has reopened conversations with the Black […]

Originally published on June 24, 2019 3:26 pm About a century ago, African-American settlements sprang up across the West.

Originally published on June 18, 2019 4:56 pm A national report on the state of children came out this week from the Annie E.

Originally published on June 19, 2019 3:17 pm People are searching the Mountain West for a hidden chest containing something dubbed the “Fenn treasure.” Some are getting injured trying.

Originally published on May 30, 2019 4:34 pm This post was updated May 28, 2019 at 9:15 p.m. to include the leastest outbreak numbers and an additional infographic.

Originally published on May 6, 2019 3:55 pm Colorado lawmakers passed a bipartisan bill giving patients more protection from a practice called “surprise medical billing,” or “balance billing.”

Originally published on May 5, 2019 2:16 pm This story was updated May 3, 2019 at 3:40 p.m.

Originally published on April 22, 2019 10:39 am Chronic wasting disease is crippling deer populations in the Mountain West, around the country and in bordering Canadian provinces.

Originally published on March 1, 2019 9:06 am The closest that Travis Rupp came to getting fired, he says, was the time he tried to make chicha.

Originally published on March 5, 2019 12:01 pm A report out Monday from environmental groups looked at groundwater contamination from coal-fired power plants.

Originally published on February 25, 2019 11:17 am Researchers studying wild black bears have found that eating human food could have a deep impact on the animals’ bodies.