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Learning more about ‘forever chemical’ PFAS

11/21/2023
With media inquiries and questions from the public as well as the continued evolution of the science around the “forever chemical” known as PFAS, officials at Arizona Department of Environmental Quality are working to raise awareness about contamination and its potential health risks.

Phoenix-based nonprofit provided 27K contraceptive …

11/15/2023
More than 27,000 unduplicated females received contraceptive services at Affirm-supported Title X (Ten) clinics across Arizona in 2022.

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.

Banner–University in Phoenix marks 100 heart …

11/8/2023
Banner–University Medical Center Phoenix’s Advanced Heart Failure Program recently completed its 100th successful heart transplant since the program started three years ago.

$110K raised in Phoenix for Ability360 programs, …

11/8/2023
Nearly 400 community leaders and supporters helped raise more than $110,000 for Ability360, the Phoenix-based nonprofit that for 40 years has hosted empowering programs for people with all disabilities.

Physicians on site at Walgreens in Sun City West

11/6/2023
Walgreens Seniors Day and a special pilot bonus initiative is available for Sun City West residents.

More Mayo: Phoenix approves zoning for 240-acre …

11/2/2023
Phoenix City Council unanimously approved zoning changes allowing a large expansion of Mayo Clinic’s Phoenix campus. The planned biotechnology campus will aim to research, create and use the …

Phoenix nonprofit hosting holiday gift drive for …

11/2/2023
Phoenix nonprofit Duet: Partners in Health & Aging is hosting a gift drive for the holidays with all gifts given to grandfamilies raising grandchildren.

Avondale to host forum on fentanyl crisis

10/30/2023
Join the Maricopa County Attorney's Office and the city of Avondale for an in-depth discussion about fentanyl in Maricopa County.

Arizona Appeals Court allows doctors to challenge …

10/30/2023
PHOENIX — A federal appeals court gave the go-ahead Monday for Arizona doctors to challenge a state law banning abortions sought because of fetal genetic defects.

Phoenix-based cancer research nonprofit awarded $4.5 …

10/29/2023
City of Hope, one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the U.S., and Phoenix-based TGen were awarded a five-year, $4.5 million grant to advance liquid biopsy for pancreatic cancer.

LULAC honors Caserta with posthumous membership

10/27/2023
League of United Latin American Citizens has announced the first-ever posthumous membership in its 95-year history to Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandon Caserta, a once Peoria resident and the namesake of the Brandon Act.