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Controlled burns in Sierra Vista are expected to help reduce this summer's mosquito population by cutting back on unwanted vegetation.

Mosquito-borne illnesses are rising: Here's how to protect yourself

Aug 30, 2024 Mosquitoes kill more people than any other creature in the world. So the key is — try not to get bitten.
Stephanie Daniel, Menlo Park neighborhood resident and community gardener who visits the park daily, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, in Tucson, Ariz.

El Rio Clinic considers parking expansion, Menlo Park residents concerned about community garden

Aug 27, 2024 Menlo Park neighborhood responds to potential changes as El Rio Clinic weighs options for additional employee parking space.
A syringe draws fluid from a vial.

Updated COVID vaccines are coming soon

Aug 22, 2024 The new COVID vaccines are designed to keep the shots up to date with the virus, which keeps evolving to evade our immune systems.
A blue rectangular piece of microplastic sits on the finger of a researcher with the University of Washington-Tacoma environmental science program, after it was found in debris collected from the Thea Foss Waterway, in Tacoma, Wash., on May 19, 2010.

Microplastics are everywhere, but are they harming us?

Aug 22, 2024 A surge in research into plastics in food and water is raising questions about the accumulation of microplastics in the body.
Jim Heinzelmann, principal at Sopori Elementary School

Got cold symptoms? Here's when kids should take a sick day from school

Aug 20, 2024 Schools and health experts are now saying it is OK to send children to class with some symptoms of illness, including a runny nose or cough.
Dividing household labor with a partner after welcoming home a baby takes intention, communication and revision.

Got a new baby? How to fairly split chores and child care (and avoid resentment)

Aug 13, 2024 The division of roles and responsibilities is the biggest difficulty that parents face when bringing home a new baby.

AZ Supreme Court Justice remains on abortion ballot language case, after claims of bias

Aug 6, 2024 Arizona Supreme Court Justice Bill Montgomery's choice comes 24 hours after Arizona for Abortion Access called for his recusal.
Saguaro cactus amid mid-afternoon sun.

Pima County heat program converts old Tucson jail facility into latest cooling center

Aug 6, 2024 Tucsonans now have access to a new cooling center at the Mission Annex facility — a former minimum-security jail — on the city’s west side.
The Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, in Tucson.

VA Secretary announces expansions to Tucson's VA Medical Center

Aug 5, 2024 Expansions to mental health and emergency services are expected to be complete by the end of the year.
Tucson Water's Advanced Oxidation Process Treatment Facility located at 1110 W. Irvington Road Tucson, Ariz. This facility that is operated and maintained by Tucson Water was brought online in 2014, and works in conjunction with the adjacent Tucson Airport Remediation Project (TARP) to treat for trichloroethylene known as TCE, 1,4 dioxane and other volatile organic compounds.

Toxic Waters: EPA and military clash over Tucson’s groundwater cleanup

Jul 31, 2024 Families affected by cancer and premature deaths blame a history of polluted water in southern Tucson. The water utility is trying to clean up the problem.
Players scrimmage during Mama Blair's Basketball Camp at Desert View High School, July 26 2024.

Tucson basketball campers sample vegan nutrition

Jul 29, 2024 UA Wildcat Joseph Blair teaches healthy eating alongside hoops excellence.
This combination of photos provided by Dr. Maya Bunik in July 2024, shows a baby with ankyloglossia where the tongue does not extend beyond the gums, left, and a baby with an indentation at the tip of a the tongue which may be a sign of ankyloglossia. On Monday, July 29, 2024, one of the largest doctor’s groups in the U.S., voiced concerns that the condition, also known as “tongue-tie” which can affect breastfeeding, is being over-diagnosed and often treated with unnecessary surgery to babies’ mouths.

Infants' tongue-tie may be overdiagnosed and needlessly treated, American Academy of Pediatrics says

Jul 29, 2024 The academy's new report, released Monday, encourages pediatricians and other medical professionals to consider nonsurgical options.
This PET image shows the brain of a Colombian man whose memory and thinking remained intact in his late 60s, even though he carried a rare gene variant that nearly always causes Alzheimer's in a person's 40s.

A protein called Reelin keeps popping up in brains that resist aging and Alzheimer’s

Jul 29, 2024 A key protein called Reelin may help stave off Alzheimer's disease, according to a growing body of research.
Transmission electron microscopic image of spherical Sin Nombre virus particles, a species of hantavirus.

Number of Arizona Hantavirus cases more than doubles compared to past years

Jul 28, 2024 Health officials said the uptick is likely due to the increased snow and rain this year in certain parts of the state.

Judge strikes use of "unborn human being" from right to abortion ballot initiative description

Jul 26, 2024 The Legislative Council will now have to find a neutral term that is compliant with state law.
A doctor types on a laptop.

Recall of Boar's Head deli meats announced during investigation of listeria outbreak

Jul 26, 2024 The outbreak was first reported last week. As of Thursday, 34 people were sickened, with all but one hospitalized. Two people died.

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