Arizona ranks third worst in the nation when it comes to comprehensive sex education curriculum, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016 School Health Profile. The state does not have a law that requires schools to teach sex education or sexually transmitted disease education, but it does mandate that any sex ed…
Access to health care in rural and underserved communities could be improved as telemedicine progresses and advances. At the same time, officials say, using video technology to reach patients could help rural hospitals in Arizona and around the world stay afloat as they combat financial woes and doctor shortages. “There has been 58 rural hospitals that closed in this country…
In a quiet area in Hereford, Arizona, stands a ranch that is different from all others. The 10-acre Echoing Hope Ranch, built in 2009, has four houses, a chicken coop, a couple of alpacas, a garden with two greenhouses, two ponds with koi fish and catfish, a grassy space for goats to run, a bench and a tire swing….
The Zika virus is taking one country at a time, and although the mosquito that carries the virus is present in Arizona, the mosquitoes here do not carry the virus. The mosquito-borne virus is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which is also the main vector for dengue and chikungunya, and has also been detected…
Jami Day was a prideful 19-year-old girl moving in with her new fiancé. Two weeks into the new living arrangement, they got into an argument. It was the first time that Day had ever seen him that angry, and they had been dating for five or six months. “It kind of scared me so I…
