State health officials are offering free online training and free naloxone to emergency medical agencies to prevent the death of an opioid user they just saved from overdosing.
The program lets emergency crews leave pre-packaged naloxone with the patient or their loved one for future use.
State health officials say more than five people die in Arizona every day from opioid overdoses.
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The Bridge Access Program, which provided free COVID-19 vaccines to uninsured adults, has now ended. That could leave them paying well over $100 just as new boosters have become available. -
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Fewer people appear to have died from heat in Maricopa County this year compared to last. If the numbers are confirmed, it would be the first year-over-year drop in heat-related deaths in a decade. -
Last month, a judge determined that AHCCCS — Arizona’s version of Medicaid — had improperly issued contracts to health care companies that provide long-term care services to 26,000 older adults and people with physical disabilities. AHCCCS has until early next week to decide what it will do, leaving some families worried and uncertain. -
Organ donation rates are typically low among Hispanic patients. That’s why a Phoenix hospital is urging Hispanic residents to become donors.
