Stories tagged: "health"

Healthcare Joan Steede, a home health care worker from Phoenix, pushing for action on the Build Back Better plan. (Photo by Diannie Chavez/Cronkite News)
Healthcare An Arizona Home Care Worker Speaks on the Dark Side of the Profession 

Low wages among healthcare workers are proving to not just be demoralizing—they’re destroying the industry’s workforce.

Jessica Swarner Jessica Swarner June 27, 2022 1:14 pm MST
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Local Una pastora a favor del aborto explica por qué luchar por el derecho al aborto es fundamental para su fe

Hablamos con la reverenda Katy Zeh para averiguar cómo llegó a apoyar el derecho al aborto, por qué luchar por el derecho al aborto es fundamental para su fe y cómo se siente ser un pastor a favor del derecho a decidir.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil June 24, 2022 7:33 am MST
Commentary woman looking at phone while having chemo IV in arm
Commentary Opinion: Arizona’s Senators Must Preserve Healthcare Subsidies 

Healthcare advocate and cancer survivor Ana Valenzuela says Arizona's senators need to ensure health insurance subsidies are protected for good.

Ana Valenzuela Ana Valenzuela June 3, 2022 1:36 pm MST
Health elderly woman kissing the nose of a micro-mini cow
Health Care and Comfort: From Horses to Micro-Mini Cows, Animals Can Help with Human Ailments

Animal-assisted therapy is a growing form of therapy that can help people of all ages both mentally and physically by relying on the unique bond between animals and humans.

Monserrat Apud de la Fuente Monserrat Apud de la Fuente Samantha Chow Samantha Chow May 13, 2022 9:40 am MST
Housing The northeast corner of Van Buren and 24th streets, where the AHCCCS transitional housing and behavioral health facilities will be located, as pictured on May 11, 2022. (Photo by Camaron Stevenson)
Housing Arizona’s Medicaid Agency to Build 70-Bed Housing Facility

Arizona’s Medicaid agency is building a 70-bed transitional housing facility for people who are experiencing homelessnesss and are diagnosed with serious mental illness. 

Jessica Swarner Jessica Swarner May 11, 2022 10:59 am MST

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Supreme Court Healthcare The Supreme Court Has Overturned Roe v. Wade. Here’s What It Means For Arizona.
Photo by Gage Skidmore. Elections Life After Ducey: Here’s Who Is on the Ballot for Arizona Governor in 2022
FILE - In this May 28, 2013, file photo, a hiker walks on a rock formation known as The Wave in the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument in Arizona. The richly colored geological upheaval along the Arizona-Utah border is one of the most sought-after hikes in the West. But the Wave isn’t without dangers that led officials with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to implement a series of safety measures following a trio of deaths in 2013. A new proposal to change the way permits are doled out and increase fees also could free up more people to do safety checks. (AP Photo/Brian Witte, File) Culture 10 Bucket List Summer Destinations in Arizona
Lake Powell at the Glen Canyon Dam wall Arizona Report Estimates Lake Powell Has 88% Chance of Falling Below Critical Level by August 2022
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Economy A Republican Plan to Raise Taxes on Arizonans and Potentially End Social Security and Medicare is Massively Unpopular, Poll Shows

Arizona Republicans recently gave the state’s wealthiest a major tax cut. Now, their national counterparts want to raise taxes for everyone else.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil May 5, 2022 2:43 pm MST
Local Brittney Griner, left, who plays for Russia’s UMMC Ekaterinburg, is in “good condition,” a State Department official said. Griner is awaiting trial after Russian officials accused her of allegedly trying to enter the country with vape cartridges containing hashish oil. (File photo by Ryan Wright/Cronkite News)
Local US State Department: Mercury’s Brittney Griner in ‘Good Condition’ in Russian Prison

Griner has been detained in Russia for five weeks, and her detention has been extended until May 19.

Hayden Cilley Hayden Cilley March 25, 2022 2:56 pm MST