With Thanksgiving and other holiday gatherings approaching, Dr. Kirin Raman with the Arizona Department of Health Services said Arizonans should take precautions as COVID-19 and other seasonal respiratory infections spread.

Latinos are more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. So, how do you educate a community about their risk?

While enrollment recovers in colleges and university, career and technical education (CTE) programs are increasing dramatically.
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Scientist using an infrared instrument on the James Webb Space Telescope have peered deep into a “fluffy” exoplanet called WASP-107b. The distant world holds water, lacks methane, has a warm interior — and packs a few surprises.

On Thursday, the CDC announced the release of more than 77,000 additional doses of a vaccine to protect infants against RSV, which is the leading cause of infant hospitalization.

Increasingly, childbirth experts endorse waiting a minute or two before clamping umbilical cords. But other complications make that timing less clear in premature births. Now, strong evidence published in the Lancet suggests delayed clamping among preemies can greatly reduce deaths.

The Biden administration is allocating $51 million from its bipartisan infrastructure law to water and ecosystem projects in 11 states, including a $1.2 million investment in the Altar Valley watershed southwest of Tucson.

The American Lung Association has released its State of Lung Cancer report for 2023.

Saguaro National Park is the latest to offer dark sky vistas for star gazing despite a sea of artificial light. It joins eight other Urban Night Sky Places around the world.