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"As soon as we start really hitting those warmer temperatures during the day is when we start to see more activity with scorpions, spiders, rattlesnakes, centipedes, all of these little biting and stinging critters," said Banner Poison Control Center Director Maureen Roland.
Apr. 19, 2024
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A new, national report that looks at health outcomes of Americans found considerable disparities between white and nonwhite individuals — even in high-performing states like Massachusetts. In Arizona, those disparities are even more dramatic.
Apr. 19, 2024
Women over the age of 60 can still experience menopausal symptoms like hot flashes. Yet it’s around that age when they may be told to stop hormone therapy. Now a new, large-scale study found that continuing hormone therapy is a reasonable option for some.
Apr. 18, 2024
The Tempe Union High School District has a program called TAPP, which provides support to pregnant and parenting teens enrolled in high school. As part of that, one high school is now offering trauma informed care training.
Apr. 18, 2024
A new study examined the effect of various factors on the health of Arizona adolescents that researchers divided into five main categories that include physical and mental health, education and workforce development, environment and climate, economic well-being, and family and community.
Apr. 17, 2024
Gabrielle Blair is a mother of six and a writer whose most recent book is called “Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way To Think About Abortion.”
Apr. 17, 2024
Haley Coles is executive director of Sonoran Prevention Works, which works in harm reduction for drug users in Arizona. She told The Show she doesn’t think tougher sentences will work to prevent fentanyl overdoses — but there’s a lot that would.
Apr. 17, 2024
For the roughly 159,000 Arizonans living with an intellectual or developmental disability, having someone to help with things from teeth brushing to job hunting is vital. But direct support professionals — DSPs, as they’re known in the industry — are struggling.
Apr. 15, 2024
Two children in Pima County have died of the flu, according to the Pima County Health Department. Both children had Influenza B infections and neither of them had received a flu vaccine.
Apr. 13, 2024
Veterinarians are in demand nationwide. They’re in especially high demand in shelter settings.
Apr. 12, 2024
The Chandler Unified School District is increasing its funding for an organization that offers help to students who are having suicidal thoughts. The governing board voted Wednesday to add $175,000 to the budget for its partnership with The Hope Institute.
Apr. 11, 2024
The state is getting more than $1 billion from a settlement related to opioid manufacturing and distribution. Zac Ziegler, a producer and reporter at Arizona Public Media, has been looking into how much of that is being spent and what it’s being spent on.
Apr. 11, 2024
The Arizona Game and Fish Department is reminding the public to keep a safe distance from wildlife after a gray fox bit three people in two separate attacks in the Tucson area.
Apr. 10, 2024
Nearly a third of Americans don’t have a primary care physician due to an ongoing and worsening provider shortage. For those living in rural parts of the country, it can be even more difficult to access care.
Apr. 10, 2024
Legal expert Barbara Atwood spoke with The Show to break down some of the legal reasoning and questions after the Arizona Supreme Court ruled a near-total abortion ban from 1864 can go into effect.
Apr. 10, 2024
Republican Kari Lake on Tuesday denounced an Arizona Supreme Court ruling reviving a near-total ban on abortion in the state — a law she previously praised as a gubernatorial candidate less than two years ago.
→ More Arizona politics news
→ More Arizona politics news
Apr. 9, 2024
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signed legislation Monday meant to hold long-term care facilities accountable for failing to keep residents safe.
Apr. 9, 2024
Demand continues to outstrip the supply of home health workers as America ages. An industry official says it can't continue without recruiting more migrants.
Apr. 9, 2024
Abortions will soon be outlawed in Arizona except in cases where a pregnant person’s life is at risk. The state Supreme Court has ruled Arizona should follow a restrictive abortion law dating back to the 1860s.
→ Dems and some GOP call for repeal of near-total abortion ban
→ Dems and some GOP call for repeal of near-total abortion ban
Apr. 9, 2024
University of Arizona professor Amanda Wilson elaborates on how she'll spend the next five years and $750,000 to help prevent nurses from developing work-related asthma.
Apr. 8, 2024
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