Arizona Health News

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Brandon Gray

OHM Fitness expands, announces new Gilbert location

OHM Fitness announced it is opening its third Arizona studio at a new mixed-used development, Verde at Cooley Station in Gilbert.
7 months ago
The Tempe City Council will vote later this month on an ordinance to increase the age to buy tobacc...
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Tempe to consider increasing age to buy tobacco from 18 to 21

The Tempe City Council will vote later this month on an ordinance to increase the age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21.
7 months ago
Mesa College Promise program gets $25K to help STEM students...
Brandon Gray

Mesa Community College Dental Hygiene Program earns full accreditation status

Mesa Community College Dental Hygiene Program earned full accreditation status through 2029 from the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA). 
7 months ago
Phoenix children's reaches agreement with Aetna...
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Phoenix Children’s and Aetna reach new multiyear contract agreement

Phoenix Children's and insurer Aetna announced Friday that a new multiyear contract agreement has been reached.
7 months ago
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs filed an amicus brief in opposition of a pre-statehood abortion law that, ...
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Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs files amicus brief arguing against restoration of pre-statehood abortion law

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs filed an amicus brief in opposition to a pre-statehood abortion law that, if restored, would allow doctors to be prosecuted for performing the operation.
7 months ago
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Brandon Gray

Mountain Vista Medical Center, Jersey College partner to open nursing school in Mesa

Mountain Vista Medical Center and Jersey College partnered to establish a School of Nursing on the hospital's campus in Mesa, serving the East Valley. 
7 months ago
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HonorHealth rebrands its Valley cancer care services

HonorHealth announced Monday the rebranding of its cancer care services.
7 months ago
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Brandon Gray

HUD awards ASU $3M grant for Arizona Research Center for Housing Equity and Sustainability

Arizona State University was chosen as one of four Hispanic Servicing institutions to receive a grant from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development for research centers.
7 months ago
Kathleen Allen lifts light weights during an exercise activity at the FSL ReCreación Center on Sep...
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A national caregiver shortage strains organizations and families across the Valley

The Foundation for Senior Living (FSL) ReCreación Center provides full-time care for Kathleen five days a week.
7 months ago
Medical school students...
Brandon Gray

Gov. Katie Hobbs announces $11M investment in to state’s health care workforce

Gov. Katie Hobbs announced Friday the state will invest $11 million into the Arizona Board of Regents' AZ Healthy Tomorrow Initiative. 
7 months ago
The donor's wife, Marie Johnson, was able to meet the recipient of her husband's lungs in Phoenix...
SuElen Rivera

Valley woman hears late husband’s lungs breathing life into recipient at Phoenix hospital

During an exchange that tugs at your heart-strings, a Valley woman had the chance to listen to her late husband's lungs breathing life into a donor recipient at St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix last week. 
7 months ago
A sign indicates Phoenix Children's Hospital when it was on the Good Samaritan Medical Center campu...
Kevin Stone

Phoenix Children’s celebrates 40th birthday and isn’t done growing

Born 40 years ago as a hospital within a hospital, Phoenix Children's celebrated its birthday Monday as one of the nation’s fastest-growing pediatric health care systems.
7 months ago
Ceribell on senior patient...
Brandon Gray

A leap forward: Abrazo Health 1st in Phoenix area to use AI system to detect seizures

Abrazo West Campus announced Friday it is the first hospital in the greater Phoenix area with an EEG system that uses artificial intelligence.
7 months ago
Carol Giuliani, who is a member of the Dementia-Friendly Airports Working group and works as a trav...
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Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport working to be more inclusive for travelers with dementia

Phoenix Sky Harbor is one of several airports across the nation making strides to be more inclusive for passengers that have dementia.
7 months ago
Associated Press

Here is what you need to know about the new COVID-19 shots

Most Americans should get an updated COVID-19 vaccine, health officials said. Here's what you need to know.
7 months ago
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix has started employing the POLARx cryoablation system, a ca...
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Phoenix hospital 1st in nation to use new atrial fibrillation treatment

A Phoenix hospital is the first in the United States to use an innovative technology to treat patients that suffer from an irregular, abnormally fast heart rate.
7 months ago
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Weekend wrap-up: Here are the biggest Arizona stories from Sept. 2-3

In case you missed it. Here are some of the biggest stories that headlined the Arizona news cycle over the weekend.
8 months ago
Maricopa County opioid treatment programs...
Serena O'Sullivan

Maricopa county invests $2M to bolster local opioid treatment programs

Maricopa County will invest $12 million in local organizations that provide opioid treatment programs, officials said.
8 months ago
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Brandon Gray

Mental health providers to be placed in metro Phoenix Banner Health primary care clinics

Banner Health and Phoenix-based evolvedMD are partnering to place mental health providers at Banner's primary care clinics in metro Phoenix.
8 months ago
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Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company partners with Phoenix company for lower priced medications

A virtual wellness company based in Phoenix just got the green light from a company founded by a famous "Shark Tank" judge.
8 months ago
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Brandon Gray

Glendale hospital enhances spinal fusion procedures with GPS-guided robotic arm

Abrazo Arrowhead Campus has expanded its surgical robots with the addition of a GPS-guided robotic arm for spinal procedures. 
8 months ago
Brandon Gray

Court date set for hearing on Arizona’s pre-statehood near abortion ban law

A date has been set for the Arizona Supreme Court to review a lower court's conclusion that doctors can't be prosecuted under a pre-statehood abortion law. 
8 months ago
NARCAN kit...
Brandon Gray

Phoenix libraries run out opioid reversal kits 2 weeks after program launch

Two weeks after Phoenix launched its program to provide free opioid overdose reversal medication Naloxone (Narcan) at its city library branches, supplies ran out of stock due to high demand.
8 months ago
Associated Press

Biden targets diabetes drug, 9 others for Medicare price talks

The popular diabetes treatment Jardiance and the blood thinner Eliquis are on the list of 10 drugs announced Tuesday.
8 months ago