Health + Medicine

Arizona applied for around $200 million from the Rural Health Transformation Program, part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The state will be getting $30 million less than expected.

Nearly 30 people have died from heat stroke in the Mexican state south of Arizona this year.

Microplastic concentrations in Nevada's Truckee River increased nearly tenfold during spring runoff, according to new research that offers a glimpse into how plastic pollution moves through some western waterways.

How do we go about turning casual friends into closer ones? It can be difficult to do, especially as an adult.

The loss of the Y chromosome is a common genetic change in aging men that also occurs in cancer cells. This was previously thought to be an all-or-nothing event, but a new study from the University of Arizona found that Y chromosome loss is more of a spectrum.

What exactly is a doctor? Artificial intelligence can already diagnose illness, recommend treatments and even generate prescriptions. So, if a machine can practice medicine, should it be allowed to hold a medical license? Dr. Joseph Sirven answers the question.

Yuma physician Irfan Fazil has been convicted on four felony counts related to a massive fraud scheme against AHCCCS — the state’s Medicaid system. The Arizona Attorney General’s Office says Fazil billed patients for services they never received.

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is suing a pair of pharmacy benefit managers. The lawsuit alleges Optum and Express Scripts helped fuel Arizona’s opioid epidemic.

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a bid by Arizona to block the start of a court-ordered takeover of healthcare operations in its prisons after the state was found to have provided inadequate care to incarcerated people and dragged its feet in making improvements.

Silas John Edwards was a towering figure among the Apache people in Arizona about a century ago — until he was accused of murdering his wife and put behind bars