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With the warmth now behind us, we'll shift our attention to a cool down late this week before a major Pacific storm pushes heavy snow and strong wind into parts of Southern Colorado this weekend.

Your Healthy Family: Recovered COVID patient meets his convalescent plasma donors Thanks to a lot of cooperative behind-the-scenes work from Vitalant and UCHealth, Paul was introduced to his donors. and last updated 2021-03-12 13:36:51-05 In the fight against COVID-19, vaccines remain top of the headlines, but it’s also important to remember that they are not the only tools being used in health care to fight the virus. In a series of stories last week, we focused on monoclonal antibody dru...

High fire danger will continue through Wednesday evening, with one more push of dry downslope winds before a potentially high-impact storms hits this weekend.

Your Healthy Family: Ease into exercise after having COVID, no matter your fitness level “It doesn’t matter how fit you were before you had COVID-19. It affects everyone differently and it doesn’t matter about your fitness level,” said Dr. Marie Schaefer,MD, a sports medicine specialist. Posted at 9:02 AM, Mar 09, 2021 and last updated 2021-03-09 11:02:18-05 CLEVELAND, OHIO — After battling COVID-19, some people are eager to start exercising again, but doctors say that...

After a nice weekend, unseasonably warm weather will continue into the middle of the week, along with gusty winds and high fire danger.

Meteorologist Alex O'Brien highlights the unusually warm weather sticking around in southern Colorado.

Your Healthy Family: As COVID-19 evolves, so are monoclonal antibody drugs. Along with vaccines that continue to be rolled out, monoclonal antibody drugs are also helping to save lives and beat the evolving virus. and last updated 2021-03-05 18:59:41-05 COLORADO SPRINGS — Dr. John Fleming is a Colorado Springs psychiatrist and an M.D. who came down with COVID-19 in December, he was able to get an infusion of Bamlanivimab, a monoclonal antibody drug that helped him avoid the hospital and be...

Your Healthy Family: Monoclonal antibody infusions have been highly effective, keeping high-risk COVID positive people out of the hospital Dr. John Fleming is an M.D., but he couldnt just write himself a prescription for an antibody therapy, but when he got it he feels it kept him out of the hospital. and last updated 2021-04-07 10:17:09-04 COLORADO SPRINGS — When Dr. John Fleming, a Colorado Springs psychiatrist, came down with COVID-19 in December, a friend recommended he ask about getti...

First Alert 5 tracks cooler weather arriving Thursday with snow for some and rain for others.

Your Healthy Family: Losing weight after menopause “Menopause hit, and then you chub up. Im like a lot of people, I gained a little more than I had before and then you think, ‘I dont know what to do anymore.’” - Angela Gainer and last updated 2021-03-03 16:44:01-05 COLORADO SPRINGS — March 1st is the first official day of spring, so 3 months into 2021, If your new years resolution was to lose weight and live a healthier lifestyle, how that going? If it’s fallen by...