Kids often experience adversity growing up. For some, it’s watching their parents go through a divorce. For others, that trauma can be experienced as child abuse or living with a parent battling addiction. Researchers know these Adverse Childhood Experiences can have lasting impacts. But a recent study shows there’s also a financial toll, impacting the entire community.

Nearly 3 million people have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine here. More than 40% of Arizonans have been vaccinated. But when you look more closely at those numbers, disparities become clear.

In his first address to Congress on April 28, President Joe Biden detailed a few of his priorities. One of them fits in the general category of water. The administration also aims to help areas of the country suffering from drought — and Arizona certainly fits that description.

The light rain that fell in the Valley earlier this week was a refreshing change and a brief respite from the drought that has gripped the area for years. And any precipitation can help lessen the chances for destructive wildfires. But the fact remains that the wildfire season is expanding as we get drier and the impact of climate change grows.

Members of racial and ethnic minority groups face a higher risk of severe illness and death from COVID-19, due in part to underlying conditions. New research from the National Center for Health Statistics looks at the prevalence of pre-existing conditions in the U.S. before the pandemic.

Last week Mesa Public Schools announced that it will phase out mask wearing in its schools and on buses. The district said it will address the concerns of parents and staff in this process, and if it sees an increase in cases, take action. But this has some parents and teachers in the district concerned.

The Governor’s Arts Awards recently recognized a program that aims to bring creativity to medical students. The Art in Medicine program at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix has been going on since 2014.

Arizona’s daily COVID-19 case counts are still low compared to the state's winter peak. But a more transmissible strain continues to spread in Arizona and younger people may now be more at risk.
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Let’s step back in time — about 80 million years. That’s the approximate age of the Ornatops incantatus, a duck-billed, plant-eating dinosaur that lived in northwestern New Mexico. Citizen scientists unearthed the school bus-sized creature during a recent expedition.