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Blood platelet donation
Hospitals across the country are encountering platelet shortages. Platelets are cell pieces involved in the blood clotting process.
Jun. 25, 2023
Ari Kravitz
Finding a doctor who can offer gender affirming care isn’t always easy or accessible. For the trans community, it can be a matter of life and death. Primary care is critical for trans people of all ages. Ari Kravitz is a nurse practitioner at Spectrum Medical Care, which provides gender affirming health care.
Jun. 23, 2023
Gov. Katie Hobbs
Gov. Katie Hobbs is joining Democrats in Phoenix and Tucson on Thursday to announce a measure they plan to introduce in the Arizona Legislature next year. It’s called the Arizona Right to Contraception Act.
Jun. 22, 2023
Navajo Nation president's office
The president of the Navajo Nation has declared a public health state of emergency. It’s for tribal members affected by the fraudulent behavioral health schemes targeting them in the Phoenix area.
Jun. 21, 2023
Valley fever coccidioides fungus
Valley fever is well-known in Arizona. Late summer and fall is its peak season. Through KJZZ's Q&AZ reporting project, a listener asked, Isn’t it true if you’ve had Valley fever previously you won’t get it again?
Jun. 21, 2023
hospital bed
The Show talked more about the AHCCCS process of determination in Arizona with Carmen Heredia, director of AHCCCS, Arizona’s Medicaid program.
Jun. 21, 2023
U.S. Supreme Court building
Advocates celebrated earlier this month when the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision that kept intact one of the few ways people with disabilities, older adults and their families can protect their rights when a federally-funded program like Medicaid isn't safely administered.
Jun. 21, 2023
Intravenous drip of medicine at the hospital
The Show spoke with Moana Meadow, the head of a psychedelic facilitation center in California, on the future of psychedelics like magic mushrooms and ketamine in mental health care.
Jun. 21, 2023
Kris Mayes
Last week, Attorney General Kris Mayes joined 23 states and Washington, D.C., in a letter supporting stronger protections for patients’ reproductive health information.
Jun. 20, 2023
ASU sign
An online program within the ASU College of Health Solutions received a three million dollar grant to train people to become community health workers. Funding comes from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration.
Jun. 18, 2023
students stand in line
Every year, the Annie E. Casey Foundation releases its Kids Count Data Book showing state trends in child well-being. Arizona has improved overall in some areas, but is still doing poorly across the board.
Jun. 15, 2023
Elaine Schattner, author of "From Whispers to Shouts: The Ways We Talk About Cancer."
We often talk about cancer using the language of war: “She’s battling breast cancer” or “he won his fight against lung cancer.” Elaine Schattner doesn't see it as a battle.
Jun. 15, 2023
shelter blankets
If Arizona's largest emergency homeless shelter wants to keep getting money from Phoenix, it will need to be more transparent. The City Council discussed a $4.4 million contract to support Central Arizona Shelter Services, Councilwoman Ann O’Brien said she hasn’t seen enough progress over the past two years.
More Arizona housing stories
Jun. 14, 2023
 West Nile virus
Michael Riehle, a professor in the Department of Entomology at the University of Arizona, joined The Show to talk about what to expect later this summer with West Nile virus.
Jun. 14, 2023
Cellphone
AI assistants like ChatGPT promise to change the future of medicine and improve public access to information. But the authors of a new paper in JAMA Network Open wondered: How do AIs respond to people who are suicidal or dealing with sexual assault or addiction?
Jun. 8, 2023
xray
The Affordable Care Act requires private insurers to cover certain preventive health screenings with no out-of-pocket costs for the patient. But a recent federal court decision out of Texas would block enforcement of that rule.
Jun. 8, 2023
Syringe
The Show spoke with Dr. Colin Haile is a research associate professor at the University of Houston about a new approach to bringing the number of deaths from drug overdoses down.
Jun. 8, 2023
Arizona COVID deaths
COVID-19 risk remains very low nationwide. And by some measures, Arizona is now seeing some of the lowest levels of virus spread since the pandemic began more than three years ago.
Jun. 7, 2023
ASU sign
To address the question of whether or not an ASU medical school will fix the lack of medical professionals, The Show spoke with Will Humble, director of the Arizona Public Health Association.
Jun. 7, 2023
opioid pill bottles
The CDC says overdose deaths are still a leading cause of injury-related death in the United States, and that the majority of those involve opioids. Researchers like John Streicher are trying to figure out ways to bring those numbers down.
Jun. 6, 2023

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