The Coconino County Health Department will receive 2,500 doses of naloxone, a medicine that reverses opioid overdoses. It's part of 7,000 units dispersed to organizations across the state.
This will be Arizona’s third purchase order of the medication this year from Teva Pharmaceuticals. They’re one of the companies that settled last year with Arizona and agreed to supply up to 27,500 units to the state per year over the next decade.
In Coconino County, those units are meant to get into the hands of community members, but Candice Koenker with the county’s health department says others are also being targeted.
“Our goal is to get it into the hands of people who use drugs, because we know that most of the reversals that happen as a result of administering Narcan are administered by other people who use drugs," Koenker said.
In 2022, Koenker said that Coconino County had 39 drug overdose deaths, 26 of which were due to opioids.
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K-12 students in Maricopa County may have easier access to mental healthcare next school year. The county has contracted with a company called Cartwheel to provide telehealth services for schools. -
Officials from the Arizona Department of Health Services confirmed one passenger on board an cruise ship where three passengers died from hantavirus has returned home to Arizona. That person is being monitored by local health officials. -
Among the many provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act are new rules around Medicaid. In states that expanded the program, like Arizona, enrollees will have new work requirements. -
The list includes a Latter Day Saints church, a Fry’s, a Target and several restaurants. Anyone who may have been exposed to measles should watch for symptoms for three weeks. -
Smoke from the fire near Buckeye has blown into the rest of the Valley since it started burning Saturday.
