Arizona reports 472 new COVID-19 cases, 3 additional deaths Thursday – KTAR.com
(Photo by Jens Schlueter/Getty Images) PHOENIX – Arizona public health officials on Thursday reported 472 new COVID-19 cases and three additional deaths from the virus. The latest documented totals were 895,347 infections and 17,939 fatalities, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services’ COVID-19 dashboard. The dashboard also showed that 6,464,507 vaccine doses have been […]
Banner Health launches helicopter air ambulance service in Phoenix – KTAR.com
(Screenshot photo) PHOENIX — Banner Health on Thursday will launch a helicopter air ambulance service to improve access to critical care for rural communities. The new service represents a partnership between BannerAir and Global Medical Response and will provide four helicopters that will serve metro Phoenix, Richard Swedbergh, chief operating officer for BannerAir, told KTAR […]
New Undergraduate Degree Will Focus on Wellness and Health Promotion
In response to the growing demand for health and wellness workers, the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health is now offering a Bachelor of Arts in Wellness and Health Promotion Practice. The new degree will be offered in-person and online starting this fall. “This is a great degree for students […]
Study Finds Breast Cancer’s Response to Tumor Stiffness May Predict Bone Metastasis
In cases of breast cancer, bone metastasis – when cancer cells spread to new sites in the bone – causes the most breast cancer-related harm and is often incurable in advanced disease. A new study by University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers found that cancer cells become more aggressive when exposed to tissue stiffening and […]
Phoenix Children’s breaks ground on campus in Avondale – KTAR.com
(Phoenix Children’s Rendering) PHOENIX — Phoenix Children’s broke ground Wednesday on its freestanding emergency department and multi-specialty clinic in Avondale. The hospital is constructing a 71,250-square-foot, three-story medical office building and will retrofit the existing 35,000-square-foot building to provide emergency services. Robert Meyer, president and CEO, told KTAR News 92.3 FM that the two buildings will […]
Arizona reports 769 new COVID-19 cases, 6 additional deaths Wednesday – KTAR.com
A local resident receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine shot at a center Wednesday, June 30, 2021, in the Sumida ward of Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) PHOENIX – Arizona public health officials on Wednesday reported 769 new COVID-19 cases, the most in about a month, and six additional deaths from the virus. On June 2, 915 […]
Scottsdale hospital one of the first to use X-ray vision for hip replacement – KTAR.com
PHOENIX – The Abrazo Scottsdale Campus became one of the first hospitals in the country to use new augmented reality guidance technology for a total hip replacement. Surgeons in Scottsdale used holographic ‘x-ray vision’ technology to perform the procedure on a 65-year-old in the Valley last week. The new technology projects 3D holograms onto special […]
Arizona is fourth-least safe state during COVID-19, per WalletHub – KTAR.com
(File photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) PHOENIX — Arizona was recently ranked one of the least safe states in the nation during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to one personal finance website. WalletHub compared all 50 states and the District of Columbia on vaccination rate, positive testing rate, hospitalization rate, death rate and transmission rate, giving […]
UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson’s Accelerated Pathway to Medical Education Welcomes First Class
Six high school graduates will make up the first class of students in the new Accelerated Pathway to Medical Education (APME) program at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson. Acceptance to the APME program guarantees students entry to the UArizona Honors College as undergraduates and, after three years, early admission to the […]
Health Insider: Valley doctor weighs in on concerns over Delta variant, new mask guidance
PHOENIX — Officials with the World Health Organization on Friday encouraged those fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to continue to wear masks in certain situations, citing the dangers the Delta variant poses to those who are still unvaccinated. During a press conference on Friday, officials with the WHO noted that to help reduce the community spread […]