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Basalt health clinic opens AspenTimes.com

WEBBASALT – A new primary care clinic has quietly opened in Basalt to help uninsured and underinsured residents of the Roaring Fork Valley, including the Aspen area. Glenwood …

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Virus cases continue to rise in Pitkin County, though hospital

WEBAs of Tuesday, Pitkin County had 45 new cases of COVID-19 in the past seven days, including 36 county residents and nine from outside the county, according to the …

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Basalt’s Smiling Goat Ranch participates in mental health healing

WEBHay has always been for horses, but now the month of May — which is Mental Health Awareness Month — is for them, as well. Recently, Smiling Goat Ranch out of …

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Part 1: Mental health pros work to stay in touch and combat stigma

WEBPart 1: Mental health pros work to stay in touch and combat stigma. On July 1, the Hope Center took over the mobile-crisis contract for Pitkin County. When an in …

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It’s not just Parks and Rec keeping our lands healthy and clean, …

WEBThe Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers have been around for 29 years, a regional nonprofit that organizes stewardship projects of public lands, trails and natural …

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How the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped the Aspen Brain Institute

WEBIt is now wrapping up its Expert Series 2.0, the second run of brain experts the nonprofit has virtually hosted. This week, neuroscientist Preston Estep discussed his …

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Loneliness strikes at heart of America, surgeon general asserts

WEBU.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy took on loneliness as a root factor in mental health issues at Aspen Ideas Festival: Health on Saturday. His office recently released an 85 …

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To prevent suicides in Aspen, some say it will take a ‘culture shift’

WEBSome local electeds felt there was an urgent need for such programming around the start of the ski season after multiple suicides and mental health-related incidents this fall.. About …

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Aspen Ideas Festival begins with health AspenTimes.com

WEBFor the 10 th year, Aspen Ideas Health this week will bring together worldwide leaders for lectures, conversations, presentations, panels and outdoor activity to the Aspen Institute …

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State hid findings of ‘life-threatening’ errors at Mind Springs Health

WEBMind Springs Health in Grand Junction, Colo., on Friday, March 18, 2022. State officials withheld the findings of a pattern of “severe, life-threatening” prescription …

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Despite Aspen Hope Center pleas, county’s new mental health …

WEBThe $488,000 contract is good for 2018 only. Future contracts could include the Hope Center, officials said. Most of the funding for the contract is coming from a county …

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New Snowmass Clinic now open in Base Village AspenTimes.com

WEBThe Snowmass Clinic is an outpatient department of Aspen Valley Hospital, open to walk-in patients seven days a week, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. No appointment …

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3 reasons to consider attending a health fair AspenTimes.com

WEBHere are three reasons why you should consider attending a health fair. Free or reduced-cost services. The Midvalley Health Fair is offering its Health Fair …

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Long-planned Aspen Ideas: Health hits its marks, makes way for …

WEBHer baby, the 10th annual festival focused on health, ended Saturday at noon, making way for the Aspen Ideas Festival to begin later in the afternoon and …

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Colorado “fails” in tobacco prevention efforts; Pitkin County adult

WEBThe American Lung Association in Colorado issued a statement earlier this month that said the state’s effort to reduce tobacco use and save lives is “failing.”Residents of Pitkin …

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Faces of the Pandemic: Dr. Greg Balko sees “light at the end of the

WEBAs much as anyone else, Dr. Greg Balko is tired of the pandemic. The emergency medicine physician and director of board at Aspen Valley Hospital said that he and other health …

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More booster clinics scheduled in Pitkin County as glitchy process …

WEBIt appeared Wednesday that the state public health department-sponsored buses will be the only way Pitkin County residents can obtain booster shots in this area. No …

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Wisdo aims to help people struggling with loneliness, social isolation

WEBThis led Goan to launch Wisdo, a social application that goes the extra mile to help people get connected. The app helps users facing specific struggles by connecting them with …

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The nitty-gritty on Ibby AspenTimes.com

WEBThe nitty-gritty on the Dirt BandNothing brings the contradictions out of Ibbotson like the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, the country-rock group he first joined in 1969 – and has quit twice …

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COVID testing labs popping up in downtown Aspen

WEBThe pandemic, now nearly a year old, has spawned another type of specialty retailer downtown — private testing sites for COVID-19. Aspen COVID Testing, which is part of …

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Aspen Hope Center assumes mobile crisis contract for Pitkin …

WEBOn July 1, the Hope Center took over the mobile-crisis contract from Mind Springs Health to provide crisis response for Pitkin County. The Hope Center has been providing 24/7 …

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