Health + Medicine

As the demand for long-term care workers increases as Americans age, it’s becoming clear that more foreign-born workers are needed. Now, a long-term care organization is calling for immigration reform in order to fill vital, caregiving jobs.

The Chandler Unified School District is partnering with the East Valley Dream Center to provide behavioral health services to its students.

Using a grant from the Arizona Department of Health Services, the county installed harm-reduction vending machine at its own health department this week.

On Tuesday, AHCCCS, Arizona’s version of Medicaid, notified five health care plans involved with the state’s long-term care program that it will extend a one year contract to current carriers.

A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report shows that in counties where people have higher incomes, more health insurance coverage and better internet access, there are fewer suicides.

When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this summer in a case that struck down the so-called Chevron Deference, many observers wondered about the impact on environmental regulations. But the environment isn’t the only area which could see some significant changes as a result of this ruling.

AHCCCS has decided to press on with plans to transition the health plans of thousands of elderly and physically disabled members to new ones. The decision means the agency is disregarding a judge’s recommendation that it cancel the new contracts and start the process over again after it was determined their process was flawed.

A 3-year-old girl died after being left in a vehicle in Buckeye on Sunday. She is the third child known to have died in a hot car in Arizona this summer.

Nearly 10% of Americans 60 and older have used marijuana, according to data from the National Survey of Drug Use and Health. Many use marijuana to help with pain or aid sleep. And the fact that marijuana is legal in several states, including Arizona, makes it all the more accessible.

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.