By 2025, Arizona will see a 43 percent increase in residents with Alzheimer’s disease, officials say, but they fear the state is unprepared to handle the upsurge. “We do not have the resources needed for this rapid growth of seniors,” said Morgen Hartford, the Alzheimer’s Association’s regional director for Southern Arizona. About 140,000 Arizona residents are…
The flu struck four times the number of people in Arizona this season as it did the previous season, and the mortality rate has more than doubled. That is an astounding 27,444 people this season with the flu compared to last seasons 5,534 in Arizona, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS). A total…
Arizona air pollution has decreased by 62 percent in all emissions over the past 40 years, according to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ). This report comes after a record low last summer when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Southern Arizona had the worst air quality report since 2012. “We do have our…
