Health and Medicine

For the first time, new home tests — available at pharmacies without a prescription — can test for both the flu and COVID simultaneously.

Is it the flu or is it COVID? One at-home test can tell you

Nov 18, 2024 The FDA recently authorized the iHealth at-home test for the SARS-CoV2 virus and two strains of the flu virus.

Alzheimer’s affects the Hispanic community at higher rates, but research is lagging

Nov 17, 2024 Specialists are calling for more research to understand the higher prevalence of the disease among Hispanic Americans.

A key in a door lock.

How to find lost objects: 6 techniques that really work

Nov 12, 2024 Finding missing items is an art and a science. The next time you misplace your house key, try these strategies to hunt it down.

The Buzz: How the world covers U.S. elections

Nov 8, 2024 We talk to journalists from around the globe about the U.S. headlines in their countries.

Scientists used a gumball machine filled with toys to test how toddlers learned when they thought something was impossible or just improbable.

Impossible, you say? Try asking a toddler

Nov 7, 2024 Even toddlers can tell an event that is improbable from one that appears impossible.

Protestors gathered at the Centennial Pavilion stage in Veteran's Memorial Park in Sierra Vista to protest the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. July 2, 2022

Arizona enshrines abortion rights, but Trump’s return sparks uncertainty for providers

Nov 6, 2024 Arizona's Proposition 139 secures abortion rights, but with Trump’s return, providers brace for renewed challenges and uncertainty.

Many people rely on opioids to manage chronic pain.

Settlement with Kroger adds $68.5 million to AZ opioid fund

Nov 5, 2024 Agreement also adds reporting requirements to Fry's & Smith's pharmacies.

A warning label for opioid addiction on an oxycodone bottle.

Pima County sees decrease in overdose deaths

Oct 29, 2024 Pima County is seeing a 17% decrease in overdose fatalities, which the county attributes to ongoing harm reduction strategies.

Fact Check AZ: Claims in the campaigns for and against Prop 139

Oct 29, 2024 Both sides are pushing messages that sometimes leave out some key information.

The old border wall made of military landing platform that stood for years dividing Naco, Arizona, and Naco, Sonora.

Neighboring governors Hobbs, Durazo sign off on environmental plan to address cross-border air, water, waste and wildlife issues

Oct 25, 2024 New strategic plan prioritizes sustainable solutions for shared environmental challenges along the Arizona-Sonora border.

Salas and her daughter Rebeca went to a pro-choice rally together.

Want to understand the dramatic shift in Latino views on abortion? Go to Arizona

Oct 24, 2024 Pew Research Center polling shows that 62% of Hispanics in the U.S. believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases.

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes speaks about legal exceptions to the state's 15-week abortion law at her office in Phoenix on June 27, 2024.

Mayes joins 24 states to challenge Idaho's abortion ban

Oct 23, 2024 Idaho's abortion ban faces legal challenge as Mayes joins 24 states to uphold protections for emergency care.

Your stress response can be your body’s way of preparing to rise to a challenge.

Stress isn't all bad. Here's when it can help

Oct 21, 2024 Though chronic stress can take its toll on our health, there are situations when stress can be beneficial.

The COVID-19 pandemic interrupted some peoples ability to get vaccinations for other infectious diseases, including pertussis.

Worst U.S. whooping cough outbreak in a decade has infected thousands

Oct 11, 2024 Experts are concerned that the outbreak could worsen in the fall and winter months.

Closeup of a beam scale in New York, April 3, 2018.

Obesity rates hold steady, but severe obesity is on the rise

Sep 25, 2024 According to new government research, about 4 in 10 Americans have obesity overall and about 1 in 10 have severe obesity.

Head Brewmaster Tobias Zollo poses behind non alcoholic beer at the Weihenstephan brewery in Freising, Germany, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024.

Alcohol-free beer is gaining popularity, even at Oktoberfest

Sep 23, 2024 This year marked the first time an alcohol-free beer garden opened in Munich.

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