HEALTHCARE

Kim Jones lives in Globe, and her local hospital is one of five rural hospitals at risk of closure because of Trump and congressional Republicans.

Ending the spread of HIV in Arizona may become more difficult if federal funding is cut or eliminated.

Hospitals in Page, Winslow, Bisbee, Nogales, and Globe are all at risk of closing their doors after Trump signed the bill into law on July 4.

A recent US Supreme Court decision gives Arizona the green light to enforce a long-blocked law that would strip Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood and other providers.

Large cuts to Medicaid in the massive tax and spending plan that Republicans are finalizing could deal a major blow to Arizona’s rural hospitals, threatening services for tens of thousands of residents.

A divided Supreme Court allowed states to cut off Medicaid money to Planned Parenthood in a ruling handed down Thursday amid a wider Republican-backed push to defund the country’s biggest abortion provider.

Health officials in Arizona say there are four linked measles cases in Navajo County, marking the state’s first outbreak this year.

Twenty people were charged in an indictment involving billing that focused on sober living homes.

An Arizona nurse sounds the alarm about a new Republican budget proposal that will strip hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicaid while providing tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.

Health professionals say mixed messaging from top officials along with widespread misinformation is contributing to declining vaccination rates, particularly in rural counties where health care access is already limited.