State Health
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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.
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‘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.
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‘Crisis pregnancy centers’ in Arizona are deceiving pregnant women
There are over 40 crisis pregnancy centers in Arizona, and their goal is to distract women from accessing legal abortion care.
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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.
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Planned Parenthood suspends Medicaid services, citing ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ restrictions
Every Republican in Arizona’s congressional delegation voted for the bill, while all Democrats voted against.
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OPINION: Little-known Maricopa County measure could have lasting health care effects
Maricopa County is growing fast, and its health care system must grow with it. That’s why I’m voting yes on Prop. 409.
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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.
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The best senior discounts in Tucson, from fitness to food
From fitness classes to entertainment and restaurants, these senior discounts in Tucson offer a little something for everyone to enjoy.
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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.
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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.
