Public Health

State health officials are going to continue recommending a hepatitis B shot for all newborns within 24 hours of birth despite a new recommendation to contrary Friday by a panel of the CDC.

The new clinic will be located at the Onvida Health Foothills Campus, 11351 S. Frontage Road, and is expected to be completed in summer 2027.

Public health advocates in Arizona said it will not be easy to achieve health equity or making sure everyone has access to the resources they need to be healthy, but it is a challenge they are willing to tackle.

Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar is reintroducing legislation that will let people sue vaccine makers if they believe a vaccine harmed them.

Aviator Cancer Examination Study (ACES) Act clears final hurdle in Congress

State lawmakers gave final approval Tuesday to two measures designed to promote public health -- but not before exempting themselves from one of them.

The Arizona House of Representatives has approved HB2165, a bill that directs the Arizona Department of Economic Security (DES) to seek a federal waiver prohibiting the use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for purchasing soda.

February is American Heart Month, and an Arizona heart attack survivor wants more folks to learn CPR - which he said saved his life.

Currently, more than 800 schools across Arizona are enrolled in the program, which equips each school with one albuterol inhaler and 10 spacers for administering the medication.

By Howard Fischer -Capitol Media ServicesPHOENIX -- Arizona can expect to have thousands, if not tens of thousands, of confirmed cases of COVID-19 this…