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Michael Worobey, head of the University of Arizona's Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.

UA scientist talks coronavirus precautions

Mar 9, 2020 AZPM spoke with Dr. Michael Worobey about the new coronavirus and what early precautions Arizonans can take.
An illustration from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses.

Pima County works to assuage fears over COVID-19

Mar 6, 2020 The Health Department released a statement following a possible community transmission of the new coronavirus in another county.
Image released by the DEA in September 2018 of blue pills the agency says are fentanyl disguised as oxycodone.

Overdose prevention specialist speaks to UA students

Mar 6, 2020 "Understand that you are a person who is using drugs and I'm trying to keep you safe."
Vials of naloxone, which can be used to counter the effects of an opioid overdose.

Some pushing for wider distribution of opioid-overdose antidote

Mar 5, 2020 With hundreds of overdoses so far this year, law enforcement and health workers are using naloxone to save lives.
An illustration from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses.

Arizona officials say state well prepared for coronavirus risk

Mar 2, 2020 The state's residents are currently at low risk for the coronavirus that causes COVID 19, according to state officials.
An illustration from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses.

Why getting a flu shot is advised amid coronavirus concerns

Feb 28, 2020 A discussion with UA epidemiologist Michael Worobey.
Mexican scientists and doctors are getting special training to attend a possible coronavirus outbreak.

Mexico prepares for the expected arrival of coronavirus

Feb 28, 2020 The president says the country is prepared for an outbreak and accused opponents of stoking fears to discredit him.
The dome of the Arizona Capitol Museum in Phoenix.

State lawmakers debate bill on treatment of Lyme disease

Feb 26, 2020 The bill failed in the Arizona House, but a parliamentary move could mean another vote dealing with long-term treatment of the disease.
Workers in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Emergency Operations Center, which was activated to work with the World Health Organization, federal, state and local public health agencies and others responding to the novel coronavirus outbreak.

Coronavirus victim out of quarantine, officials see ‘no risk’ of spread

Feb 25, 2020 Arizona was one of a handful of states to record a confirmed case of the disease since it was first reported earlier this year.
A keyboard on a desk.

Study finds ransomware cost AZ health care more than $2.7 million since 2016

Feb 24, 2020 Three attacks affected nearly 12,000 people and totaled $2.7 million to $4.2 million in downtime in Arizona.

Novel or familiar: A conversation about drug addiction and the brain

Feb 19, 2020 Researchers are seeking a better understanding of compulsive behavior on a cellular level.
Mohab Ibrahim wondered if the green of parks could be why they seem to be effective at soothing headaches.

How green light might help pain sufferers wary of opioid addiction

Feb 19, 2020 A UA scientist is researching how the color green can be used to help manage chronic pain.
Arizona got middling scores in a recent report for its care of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities, but the state was criticized – like every state in the report – for low pay for those workers that has created a “workforce in crisis.”

Report: Low pay makes disability caregivers a ‘workforce in crisis’

Feb 18, 2020 The report says providers' "hands are tied" in terms of raising pay in Arizona due to state Medicaid funding rules.
Firefighting gear hangs in the dock at Tucson Fire Station 3.

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.
Many people rely on opioids to manage chronic pain.

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.
The New Beginnings Clinic on the Pascua Yaqui Tribe's reservation is the only medication-assisted treatment facility on tribal lands in Arizona as of February 2020.

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.

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