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Banner Children’s offers free appointments to …

8/21/2024
Banner Children’s community clinics and its HealthMobile are offering free medical appointments for uninsured youth in metropolitan Phoenix. According to a press release, anyone under 18, …

Valley cardiologists offer insight into top killer of …

6/20/2024
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the average death rate from heart disease in men 35 and older in Arizona between 2019 and 2021 was 353 deaths per 100,000 …

Arizona to use COVID relief funds to pay off medical …

3/4/2024
PHOENIX — Arizona will use up to $30 million in federal COVID relief funds to pay off up to $2 billion in medical bills owed by state residents.

Phoenix affordable housing project gets $500K in …

1/24/2024
The Home Matters Arizona Fund, a funding resource formed by healthcare leaders across the state and Home Matters to Arizona to increase attainable housing, has announced new funding.

Hobbs proposes $16.2B spending plan with cuts to …

1/12/2024
PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs proposed a $16.2 billion spending plan built on cuts to vouchers that are unlikely to survive the Republican-controlled Legislature.

Arizona prison system to boost spending for health …

11/12/2023
PHOENIX — Arizona’s prison system will boost spending and medical staffing for prison healthcare by more than a third as it works to meet a federal judge’s orders that it vastly improve treatment of the nearly 25,000 prisoners in state-run prisons, but the move puts added pressure on a state budget that is already deep in the red.

Experts: Slight 2022 Arizona health insurance gains …

10/2/2023
The number of Arizonans with health insurance rose in 2022, a post-pandemic bump that experts say has likely turned sharply south in the year since, as COVID-19 benefits have been phased out.

Preparing for a new strain

8/22/2023
Three years on from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus still looms as hospital cases around the country are still reporting infections. Experts are now finding that many current COVID-19 cases are from a new variant named EG.5 or “Eris”

Group mentor program in Tucson teaches male youth …

8/13/2023
A mentoring program is using talking circles, adventure outings and overnight camping trips to help young men develop positive and healthy relationships.

Health care providers offer free help for homeless

7/13/2023
Earlier this year, the Maricopa County Office of the Medical Examiner released a grim statistic: 732 people died while homeless in 2022, a 42% increase from 2021.

County attorneys may challenge Hobbs order over …

7/11/2023
County attorneys are considering next steps, including the possibility of a lawsuit against Gov. Katie Hobbs, after she rejected their request to rescind an executive order that puts the decision to prosecute abortion cases in the hands of the attorney general’s office.

Hobbs issues executive orders involved in 'culture …

6/27/2023
PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs is again wading into culture wars, issuing executive orders Tuesday to halt the use of public funds for “conversion therapy” while mandating them for “gender affirming health care,” at least for state and university employees and retirees.