Arizona Science Desk
In recent years, midazolam has been used as part of a cocktail of drugs used in carrying out executions for death row inmates around the country. We spoke with the man who helped invent this drug and it turns out, he’s retired in Tucson. Armin Walser is a Swiss chemist who worked for the pharmaceutical company Hoffmann-La Roche throughout his long career.
July 27, 2017
Despite being well represented in the workforce, Latinos have lagged behind the rest of the country when it comes to health insurance. Before the Affordable Care Act, one out of three adult Latinos lacked coverage. Those numbers are finally improving in states like Arizona, but some worry a repeal of the health care law could undo that progress.
July 27, 2017
Earlier this week, the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association announced it was awarded a four-year, $1 million grant to provide training and awareness when it comes to end of life care. And it's a subject many people don’t want to talk about, but probably should.
July 27, 2017
Defense Department-funded “brain hacking” studies underway in Arizona seek to help soldiers learn more efficiently. But does the technique pose risks – and raise ethical questions?
July 27, 2017
Humiliation can make us feel small and insignificant, so why do humans humiliate one another?
July 26, 2017
Text paging can be dangerous in hospitals, as KJZZ's medical commentator, Dr. Joseph Sirven explains.
July 26, 2017
Arizona’s two senators have cast their votes in favor of starting debate on a repeal and replacement for the Affordable Care Act.
July 25, 2017
Homeland Security is rolling out a series of digital towers along the U.S.-Mexico border. It’s part of a plan to secure the border that started in Arizona. Now the effectiveness of the towers is being questioned.
July 25, 2017
Arizona health care providers are concerned that Congress is considering health care reform that would have devastating impacts on the state’s most vulnerable populations.
July 25, 2017
The American Red Cross came up about 61,000 blood donations short for the months of May and June and it is putting the word out that it needs make up for the shortage.
July 25, 2017
State health officials continue to gather real-time data on Arizona’s opioid epidemic, and the numbers keep getting worse.
July 25, 2017
The U.S. Senate is likely to vote as soon as today on whether to debate a bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act — or to just repeal it outright.
July 25, 2017
Eight students from Northern Arizona University and the National Autonomous University of Mexico are studying volcanoes in central Mexico to better understand the "plumbing" of monogenetic volcanoes.
July 25, 2017
And next we bring you a story about the challenges of baking bread — in space, which turns out to be harder than you might initially think. A German company called Bake in Space has spent the last year tackling the rather complex problem of how to bake and eat bread in space.
July 24, 2017
The most extreme monsoon storms are growing more intense in central and southwestern Arizona, according to a study by the University of Arizona and the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
July 24, 2017
Protests, presidential visits and a major HIV conference are among the top stories on the international stage coming up this week. With me for our weekly look-ahead is the BBC’s Rich Preston.
July 24, 2017
The state health department reports there were more than 850 possible opioid overdoses between mid-June and mid-July, with 10 percent of them fatal. The state, and the country as a whole, are trying to deal with the opioid epidemic, and there seems to be a growing consensus that there’s not a one-size-fits all approach to treating those who are addicted.
July 24, 2017
Older adults who volunteer experience a better quality of life — that’s what a new study by the Corporation for National and Community Service, which oversees programs like AmeriCorps and Senior Corps, found when it examined the health impacts on volunteers 55 and older.
July 24, 2017
Arizona State University has earned six new awards from the U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Awards, totaling $4.3 million, and now ranks first among the recipients in its category.
July 22, 2017
Maricopa County has reported its first West Nile death of the season. The county has already seen 19 cases of the mosquito-borne virus this year.
July 21, 2017
