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New technology at Banner MD Anderson improves lung …

9/8/2021
A new innovation that holds promise to fight lung cancer – the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide – is now in use at Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Chairman Sellers: Here’s how Maricopa County is …

9/1/2021
As chairman of the Board of Supervisors, I’ve made it clear that to secure a brighter future for our county, we don’t just need to beat the pandemic, we also need to put into place …

Valley hospitals not seeing massive supply shortages …

9/1/2021
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, hospitals across the U.S. and in Arizona reported a shortage of protective equipment, such as masks, gloves and basic necessities such as bleach and sanitizer that hospitals need even when they aren’t embroiled in a global health crisis.

Banner Health, MCC create new certification program …

8/30/2021
Banner Health and Mesa Community College have collaborated on a new certification program to fill a much-needed hidden gap in the health care industry.

Apache Junction sets holiday schedule for Labor Day

8/27/2021
The city of Apache Junction will close all administrative offices on Monday, Sept. 6, in observation of Labor Day. Emergency services through the police department will not be impacted by the …

Tempe redoubles its vaccination effort as Delta …

8/27/2021
The city of Tempe is taking a data-driven approach to vaccinate its hardest hit and hardest to reach ZIP code in order to achieve the elusive goal of herd immunity.

Vaccine vex: Mandates could hamper staffing shortages …

8/25/2021
Phoenix hospitals are being hammered by a third surge of COVID-19 as they continue to work amid severe staffing shortages. But medical professionals and experts worry those long-running shortages may only be further hampered by hospitals’ vaccine mandates, which require employees to get vaccinated against the virus as a condition of employment.

COVID hospitalizations, quarantines rising among …

8/18/2021
As schools return for in-person learning and the delta variant of the coronavirus continues to spread its reach, Valley health experts are increasingly concerned about the effect COVID-19 will have on children, many of whom are not yet eligible for the vaccine.

ASU, Mayo funding Valley-based medical research

8/2/2021
Arizona State University and the Mayo Clinic are doing their part in pushing Valley-based medical research forward in the hopes of impacting the community.

Phoenix hospitals mandate COVID-19 vaccines for …

7/27/2021
One by one, Valley health care systems are requiring the COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of employment at hospitals as the Delta variant and low vaccination numbers propels the U.S. into a third surge of the virus.

Phoenix hospitals prep for new COVID-19 surge

7/26/2021
Health care workers in and around Phoenix are once again springing into action as an uptick in severe COVID-19 cases — largely caused by the highly transmissible Delta variant — rattles hospitals.

ASU partnership provides free hearing services to …

7/23/2021
When Michele Michaels became program manager at the Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing four years ago, she started keeping track of those who called seeking services but couldn’t afford the care. Today, her list includes more than 500 names — and is being put to good use.