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Free COVID testing availaible

SonoraQuest labs is offering the service at 50 sites in Arizona.

New report shows opioid deaths increased despite state initiatives

Opioid overdose deaths increased by 120% between 2017 to 2021, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services.

US to award $35M in grants to tribes for 988 crisis line

Arizona has more than 20 federally recognized tribes.

Arizona sees its first Tribal Area Health Education Center

The center will work to bolster health care education and training to American Indian communities.

Roll up your sleeves, Pima County receives new COVID boosters

Vaccines are available in local clinics as of Sep. 7.

Court says local health centers can challenge AHCCCS on reimbursements

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the case against AHCCCS.

New COVID Booster shots rolling out

Boosters were put on hold when FDA approved new vaccines.

Viola and the Brain

Molly Gebrian is a UA viola professor with a neuroscience background who uses her unique insight to help her students learn both in the practice room and in life.

Navajo Nation sees success in COVID-19 vaccination for children

More than half of the children are vaccinated.

Arizona life expectancy fell an ‘extraordinary’ 2.5 years in 2020

It was one of the steepest drops in the nation.

COVID transmission rates continue dropping in Arizona

More than half of Arizona counties are now in the CDC's low category.

COVID transmission falls slightly in Arizona

Two counties transmission rates improve while one gets worse.

"The Quest for Sleep": How UA science is leading the way to more healthful slumber.

On Arizona Spotlight: Adiba Nelson returns with an essay about the hardest step she has taken in her journey of motherhood.

The future of Arizona's abortion ban is back in a Tucson court

Hearing held Friday as AG calls for putting old ban back into force.

DNA profiles lead to IDs of 2 men who died in Tucson in 2019

The DNA Doe Project worked with the Pima County Medical Examiner's office.

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