HEALTHCARE

Women in rural Arizona, where obstetric care is sparse or nonexistent, have turned to home birth as a viable alternative for prenatal, labor and delivery, and postpartum care.

With a standing prescription from the Arizona Department of Health Services, pharmacists in the state now have the green light to give updated COVID-19 vaccines without requiring a prescription.

To control costs, nearly all health insurers use a system called prior authorization, which requires patients or their providers to seek approval before they can get certain procedures, tests, and prescriptions.

A bond initiative on the November ballot would expand emergency and behavioral health care for Maricopa County’s only public teaching hospital and safety net health care system.

An Arizona farmers’ co-op will work with a local hospital to provide 20 people who have diet-related ailments with locally grown produce.

There are seven species of kissing bugs in Arizona. Here’s why you shouldn’t squish them.

June Shaver was walking home from Dysart High School in El Mirage when she fainted from heatstroke, suffering serious burns as a result of the scorching asphalt.

As over 300,000 Arizonans are set to lose health coverage over the next decade, the entire state will see a more strained health care system.

Brush up on the signs of heat exhaustion and heat stroke with tips from the city of Phoenix.

Amid political chatter about vaccines and the government entities that oversee them, it’s understandable to wonder where all this leaves the 2025-26 flu vaccine. In short: Yes, the flu shot is still a thing. And four doctors we spoke to said they recommend you get your flu shot this year.