A decreasing number of children being vaccinated concerns Arizona health officials. The growing rates of childhood immunization exemptions are not due to religious beliefs or medical backgrounds, but the parents’ personal beliefs, according to the state Department of Health Services. The exemption rates were more than twice as high in the 2012-2013 school year (3.9%) compared…
Another rainy season, another round of buffelgrass, and the battle to control it continues. Officials and environmentalists pledge to renew their battle against the invasive plant species, a predator that continues to thrive despite a large effort made by numerous groups. Although there have been thousands of man-hours dedicated to removing the plant over the…
It was a bad morning for Samantha Noyes. The stakes were high and her nerves were shot – the start of fifth grade was serious business. As she ran around her house collecting pencils and notebooks, the veil she clenched in her…
Los estados con un aumento de las tasas de abuso de niño (2009-2012) | Create Infographics Cuando Kathy Picard era joven, su familia la llevó al dermatólogo para averiguar por qué estaba perdiendo sus pestañas y sus cejas. El dermatólogo le diagnosticó encefalitis aguda, y le dio un ungüento para que se lo aplicara….
TUCSON, Ariz.– More than 2.2 million people with cardiac problems are diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, a rapid irregular heartbeat that occurs post-cardiac surgery. Cam Empens had his first heart attack 10 years ago. As time passed his condition worsened and he underwent surgery for an automatic internal cardiac defibrillator. “I passed out and my defibrillator…
