State Health
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As measles spreads, vaccination rates continue to decline
Health professionals say mixed messaging from top officials along with widespread misinformation is contributing to declining vaccination rates, particularly in rural counties where health care access is already limited.
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Arizona lawmakers pass last-minute lifeline for family disability services
The bipartisan bill, signed by the governor, provides emergency funding to save a program that supports nearly 60,000 Arizonans with disabilities and their families.
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Is Arizona’s lack of measles cases a fluke, given its low vaccination rate?
Nearly everyone who has contracted measles this year was unvaccinated—and roughly 12% of Arizona children haven’t had the vaccine by the time they start school.
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RFK Jr. wants to target chronic disease in US tribes. A key program to do that was gutted
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent time in tribal communities in Arizona and New Mexico this week highlighting ways they are trying to prevent chronic disease among Native Americans and Alaska Natives, something he has said is one of his top priorities. But Kennedy didn’t appear to publicly address a Native health program using traditional medicine and…
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Smoking—or rather, a lack thereof—could kill this early child development program
Republicans in the Arizona Legislature killed a bill that would extend a tax on cigarettes to vaping, a move that would restore millions in funding for child development.
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‘We know we have work to do’: New Phoenix mural raises HIV/AIDS awareness
A new Phoenix mural is meant to raise awareness and provide public health information about HIV and AIDS, supporting the city’s initiative to eliminate new HIV diagnoses by 2030.
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For older adults taking medications, summer heat can be especially dangerous
Simply walking from your front door to your mailbox in the summer heat can be dangerous, especially for older adults taking certain medications.
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Arizona Republicans are not keeping their affordability promise to voters
Republicans are ignoring these five affordability proposals that would have brought down housing and prescription drugs prices across Arizona.
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Arizona bill aims to ban ultra-processed ingredients in public schools
A bill that aims to cut out ultra-processed foods in Arizona’s public schools is now moving through the Senate after passing the House—but critics say it doesn’t provide additional funding to source healthier ingredients.
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Rural and low-income children face steep barriers to critical vision care in Arizona
Research revealed gaps in pediatric vision care services in Arizona, especially for children insured by Arizona’s Medicaid program and those living in rural parts of the state.
