The color of blood: Arizona hospitals call for more diverse blood donors
Arizona's blood supply is in crisis. For minority patients, the shortage is even more severe.
Oct
2025
31
HEALTHCARE
Oct
2025
23
‘Stop playing games with our lives’: Arizonans urge lawmakers to protect ACA subsidies
As Republicans refuse to extend federal premium tax credits for the Affordable Care Act, Arizonans fear rising costs.
Oct
2025
22
A new car vs. health insurance? Average family job-based coverage hits $27K
With the federal shutdown entering its fourth week, spurred by a stalemate over the cost of health insurance for 22 million Americans on Affordable Care Act plans, a new report shows that over 154 million people with coverage through an employer also face steep price hikes — and that the situation is likely to get worse.
Oct
2025
7
Cost, care, control: Families in rural Arizona choose midwives over hospitals
Women in rural Arizona, where obstetric care is sparse or nonexistent, have turned to home birth as a viable alternative for prenatal, labor and delivery, and postpartum care.
Sep
2025
24
Arizonans now able to get updated COVID-19 shots at pharmacies without a prescription
With a standing prescription from the Arizona Department of Health Services, pharmacists in the state now have the green light to give updated COVID-19 vaccines without requiring a prescription.
Sep
2025
23
Fighting a health insurance denial? Here are 7 tips to help
To control costs, nearly all health insurers use a system called prior authorization, which requires patients or their providers to seek approval before they can get certain procedures, tests, and prescriptions.
Sep
2025
12
Prop 409 aims to expand care for Maricopa County’s only safety net health care system
A bond initiative on the November ballot would expand emergency and behavioral health care for Maricopa County’s only public teaching hospital and safety net health care system.
Sep
2025
11
Arizona farmers’ co-op works with hospitals, clinics to ‘prescribe’ fresh produce
An Arizona farmers' co-op will work with a local hospital to provide 20 people who have diet-related ailments with locally grown produce.
Sep
2025
9
Here’s what to know about kissing bugs and Chagas disease in Arizona
There are seven species of kissing bugs in Arizona. Here's why you shouldn't squish them.
Sep
2025
3
‘Burns everywhere’: Arizona teen collapses from heatstroke on walk home from school
June Shaver was walking home from Dysart High School in El Mirage when she fainted from heatstroke, suffering serious burns as a result of the scorching asphalt.
