Arizona Senate OKs bill boosting firefighter cancer coverage
Feb 13, 2020 The proposal tightens rules enacted in 2017 that said certain cancers were presumed to be caused by workplace exposures.
Arizona Spotlight Special: Arizona Addicted
Feb 11, 2020 Tearing down the stigma that surrounds opioid addiction with stories from Arizonans who have lived the experience, and found the road to recovery.
Pascua Yaqui clinic working to treat opioid addiction, overcome stigma
Feb 6, 2020 The clinic is the state's only medication-assisted treatment facility on tribal land.
Miles from Recovery: How distance and stigma keep rural Arizonans from opioid treatment
Feb 4, 2020 As treatment options expand, solutions remain elusive for some.
What Arizona’s opioid prescription guidelines mean for physicians
Jan 31, 2020 An expert says old prescribing habits are hard to change, but that there has been a noticeable shift.
Thousands of calls placed to Arizona’s opioid help hotline
Jan 31, 2020 Officials say the line has helped thousands since its launch and has also saved lives.
Court upholds ruling against state prisons for poor inmate health care
Jan 31, 2020 The court characterized the Department of Corrections as "deliberately indifferent" to inmate health care.
University of Arizona cancels Chinese New Year event
Jan 28, 2020 The festival was canceled over fears of the new coronavirus outbreak in China.
Arizona, California cases push US tally of new virus to 5
Jan 27, 2020 The Arizona patient, like the other U.S. cases, had traveled to Wuhan, the Chinese city that is the center of the outbreak.
Treating chronic pain without an opioid prescription
Jan 24, 2020 A look at emerging options for patients.
Native American veterans still struggling to get the health care they were promised
Jan 21, 2020 Some Native American vets seeking treatment face geographical barriers, confusing bureaucracy and lack of cultural understanding.
UA researcher studies how exercise and stress impact the immune system
Jan 21, 2020 Richard Simpson says exercise habits and stress can release the same hormones, with different effects.
Hispanic children less often diagnosed with autism, CDC says
Jan 17, 2020 Behavioral health experts say that's due in part to cultural barriers and lack of awareness.
Heat deaths continue to rise, as federal disaster relief continues to lag
Jan 15, 2020 While weather events like floods lead can lead to relief money, no extreme heat events have been declared a federal disaster.
US, Arizona life expectancy fell, driven by deaths of younger people
Jan 13, 2020 The decrease in Arizona and around the country is attributed to an increase "cause-specific" deaths in younger age groups.
ADHS director on steps taken to curb opioid overdoses
Jan 10, 2020 Impacts made by the 2018 Arizona Opioid Epidemic Act.Selected Archive Filters
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