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Arizona offers funding help to understaffed …

9/16/2021
The state of Arizona is stepping in to help hospitals suffering with severe staffing shortages amid a third wave of COVID-19.

Ivermectin cases up at Banner Health, not at …

9/15/2021
With hospitals already spending many resources in the fight against COVID, Banner Health locations are seeing a new trend among patients — ivermectin.

Banner Health official: Doctors not prescribing …

9/15/2021
PHOENIX — Arizonans are poisoning themselves with medication meant for horses and cattle in their belief it will prevent or fight COVID-19. Dr. Marjorie Bessel, chief clinical officer at …

New technology at Banner MD Anderson improves lung …

9/8/2021
A new innovation that holds promise to fight lung cancer – the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide – is now in use at Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Valley hospitals not seeing massive supply shortages …

9/1/2021
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, hospitals across the U.S. and in Arizona reported a shortage of protective equipment, such as masks, gloves and basic necessities such as bleach and sanitizer that hospitals need even when they aren’t embroiled in a global health crisis.

Banner Health, MCC create new certification program …

8/30/2021
Banner Health and Mesa Community College have collaborated on a new certification program to fill a much-needed hidden gap in the health care industry.

Banner Health: Patients being treated in hallways, …

8/25/2021
PHOENIX - Facing a surge of patients, COVID and otherwise, the state's largest hospital chain is providing care in hallways, waiting rooms and even ambulances during surges and is making …

Vaccine vex: Mandates could hamper staffing shortages …

8/25/2021
Phoenix hospitals are being hammered by a third surge of COVID-19 as they continue to work amid severe staffing shortages. But medical professionals and experts worry those long-running shortages may only be further hampered by hospitals’ vaccine mandates, which require employees to get vaccinated against the virus as a condition of employment.

COVID hospitalizations, quarantines rising among …

8/18/2021
As schools return for in-person learning and the delta variant of the coronavirus continues to spread its reach, Valley health experts are increasingly concerned about the effect COVID-19 will have on children, many of whom are not yet eligible for the vaccine.

Approaching flu season could overwhelm health care …

8/5/2021
In 2020, talk of flu season was overshadowed by the rapid rise of COVID-19 and cases were low. In 2021, the story surrounding flu season will be different altogether.

Glendale businesses ‘in a tough spot’ with COVID …

8/3/2021
The numbers clearly show a rise in COVID cases, hospitalizations and even deaths. As a result, talk is turning to a potential return to mask mandates indoors.

Phoenix hospitals mandate COVID-19 vaccines for …

7/27/2021
One by one, Valley health care systems are requiring the COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of employment at hospitals as the Delta variant and low vaccination numbers propels the U.S. into a third surge of the virus.