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Valleywise Health says it's reopening beds at its Maryvale hospital for patients needing mental health treatment.
Feb. 28, 2024
Arizona’s Medicaid agency is struggling to claw back hundreds of millions of dollars doled out to fraudulent sober living homes. But one lawmaker says he’s concerned the agency’s attempts to root out bad actors has caught up legitimate businesses.
Feb. 27, 2024
Three Peoria high schools have a medical assisting program. The district partners with several healthcare providers to give students who sign up real-world experience. Last week, it added a new one: HonorHealth.
Feb. 27, 2024
Women who experience homelessness often struggle to access menstrual products. These women may be forced to use unhygienic items which can put them at risk of infection.
Feb. 27, 2024
According to a 2020 survey by AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving, there were more than 3 million children providing care to an adult, like a parent or grandparent. That figure is now estimated to have hit more than 5 million children.
Feb. 27, 2024
A recent report from the state health department shows a notable uptick in maternal mortality in Arizona. Perinatal mental health conditions were the most common underlying cause of death.
Feb. 22, 2024
Through KJZZ’s Q&AZ reporting project, a listener asked on social media if it's illegal to keep Gila monsters as pets and breed them in Arizona.
Feb. 22, 2024
This week, high school students in Mesa took part in a two-day event aimed at finding solutions to some of the city’s biggest problems.
Feb. 22, 2024
The Show spoke with Matt Sandoval, the new executive director of Free Arts for Abused Children, about the role the arts is taking in helping kids who've gone through trauma.
Feb. 22, 2024
The Show spoke with Eddie Celaya, a reporter with KGUN in Tucson and former host of the podcast Here Weed Go! for the Arizona Daily Star, all about the marijuana industry here.
Feb. 21, 2024
Gov. Katie Hobbs’ administration announced two changes to the state’s Medicaid program that she says will give more Arizona kids access to health care and support families of children with disabilities.
Feb. 20, 2024
The Show spoke with Sharita Gruberg with the National Partnership for Women and Families about a new bill by Arizona Democrats to create a paid family and medical leave system.
Feb. 20, 2024
Central Arizona Shelter Services, known as CASS, may soon have to cut services to people experiencing homelessness.
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Feb. 20, 2024
The Arizona Board of Nursing says Arizona ranks among the top five states with the most severe health-care staffing shortages.
Feb. 19, 2024
Thousands of people attended the International Franchise Association’s annual convention in downtown Phoenix.
Feb. 19, 2024
On a party-line vote, state senators have advanced a bill that would reduce the amount of fentanyl needed for criminal prosecution from 9 grams to one pill.
Feb. 19, 2024
February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. Yet, female high school students in Arizona experience more sexual violence compared to their male peers. That’s according to the latest Youth Risk Behavior Survey.
Feb. 17, 2024
A bill to establish a new governing board to oversee the Arizona State Hospital received bipartisan support at the state Legislature, but similar bills have stalled out at the Capitol over the past few years.
Feb. 16, 2024
Long-term care advocates and families are hoping that some bills moving through the Arizona legislature will eventually become law.
Feb. 16, 2024
Dr. Frank LoVecchio, an emergency medicine physician with Valleywise Health, says there could be drawbacks from some people to proposed revisions in the COVID-19 guidelines from the CDC.
Feb. 16, 2024
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