Public Health

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…

By Howard Fischer - Capitol Media ServicesPHOENIX -- Gov. Doug Ducey said Monday he's not worried that a stock market in disarray and fewer visitors will…

A non-profit in Yuma County is working with governmental agencies on both sides of the border to inform the community about the Zika virus. For the…