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Westword reported on CHI's new publication about drug overdoses in Colorado, highlighting the Colorado counties that had the greatest number of drug fatalities and those that had the highest rates of deaths due to overdose.

In a front-page story, The Denver Post cites CHI's report on drug overdose deaths and quotes Jaclyn Zubrzycki, who wrote the report. Read the Post's coverage here.

The Durango Herald quotes Vice President Amy Downs in an article exploring why many La Plata County residents do not sign up for social services programs, even though they qualify. Read the story here.

Steamboat Today cites Colorado Health Institute's 2017 report "Colorado's Climate and Colorado's Health" in a piece about the connection between climate and health. Read the story here. 

An Associated Press story on methadone clinics cites a CHI study on the lack of adequate treatment for people dependent on opioids. Read the story in the Fort Collins Coloradoan.

The Denver Post reports on a blog by CHI's Karam Ahmad about the small number of calls to poison control centers from intentional eating of laundry pods. Read the story here.

The Denver Post quotes CHI's Joe Hanel in a front-page story about the end of Connect for Health Colorado's open enrollment period for 2018 coverage. Read the story here.

The health policy news is coming fast today.

Seema Verna, the Trump administration's head of Medicaid, released new guidance to allow states to require certain Medicaid recipients to prove they are working before they can get benefits.

And Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper delivered his eighth and final State of the State Address to the legislature.

CHI covers both developments in new blogs.

Click here for Teresa's Manocchio's look at the Medicaid change in Colorado.