Health + Medicine
Breanne Fahs, a professor in the women and gender studies program at Arizona State University and author of the forthcoming book "Fat and Furious: All About Resistance to Fatphobia in Our Diet-obsessed Culture," talks about the trend with The Show.
May. 21, 2024
Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs issued an executive order Friday expanding access to free birth control for state employees. She’s also ordering state agencies to look into expanding access to in vitro fertilization.
May. 20, 2024
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is suing to invalidate secrecy clauses in dealings with certain long-term care facilities.
May. 20, 2024
We know the summer heat is deadly. Last year, 645 people died due to heat-related deaths in Maricopa County. One researcher says that number is likely just the tip.
May. 17, 2024
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says drowning deaths are on the rise across the U.S., following decades of decline.
May. 17, 2024
Arizona youth between the ages of 12 and 17 are struggling with mental health at higher rates than their peers in other states, but many aren't getting the help they need. That’s according to a first-of-its-kind report on adolescent health in the state released Thursday.
May. 16, 2024
Arizona is facing a shortage of nurses; and the state could feel the sting of empty positions as early as next year.
May. 13, 2024
Arizona officials have called Medicaid fraud one of the biggest scandals in state history. Several families are suing the state for allowing fraud to continue.
May. 10, 2024
Getting an Alzheimer’s diagnosis is difficult even if an individual can access healthcare. For rural Arizonans or those living in underserved areas, that diagnosis might never come. But a new public awareness campaign could change that.
May. 10, 2024
Members from the Navajo Nation and Pueblo of Laguna in New Mexico are calling on House Speaker Mike Johnson to bring a floor vote on an already-passed bipartisan Senate bill to renew aid for downwinders through the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, or RECA, which is set to expire next month.
May. 10, 2024
A new report says students graduating from U.S. medical schools this year were less likely to apply for residency positions in states with abortion bans and other significant abortion restrictions.
May. 9, 2024
Phoenix has launched its first public dashboard detailing substance use and overdoses data. Men made up 71% of the 4,554 suspected opioid overdoses reported by Phoenix Fire in 2023. The busiest month for emergency responders was July when the fire department responded to 536 suspected overdoses.
May. 9, 2024
County and city leaders voted unanimously this week to enact a 5-year intergovernmental agreement that will allow them to pool resources from Arizona's opioid settlement fund and work collaboratively on programming.
May. 8, 2024
The task force comes as Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne announced an initiative to increase access to Narcan, the brand name of naloxone that reverses opioid overdoses, available in every school.
May. 8, 2024
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is looking to Arizona for lessons on how to mitigate the health impacts of extreme heat. CDC director, Dr. Mandy Cohen visited Phoenix on Wednesday.
May. 8, 2024
New research finds that while the COVID-19 pandemic caused lots of people to feel anxious, it did not have that effect on patients already getting treatment for anxiety.
May. 8, 2024
Challenges with translation in medical settings can result in misunderstandings, or worse, in misdiagnoses. Two Phoenix medical professionals shared their experiences on how language services change health care accessibility.
May. 7, 2024
Ganado is home to Sage Memorial Hospital, a Native-managed comprehensive health care system serving thousands of people in surrounding Navajo communities. It had been operating out of the same facilities since 1930 — until now.
May. 7, 2024
Period poverty is the lack of access to menstrual products, and it affects millions of girls and women across the U.S. Women for Women Tempe provides bags of pads and tampons to anyone in need, including at places like Gracie's Thrift.
May. 7, 2024
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is asking state health officials to work with their agriculture department counterparts and community partners to protect farmworkers against bird flu. Recent outbreaks in dairy cattle herds meant farms with confirmed cases became the priority.
May. 6, 2024
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