AZ Week: Child Welfare Crisis Eases a Bit
Funding from Legislature, procedural changes by state agency bringing improvement, but much more needed.
Effort to Defeat Medicaid Expansion Fails
Committee falls 5,000 signatures short of minimum needed for issue to go on next year's ballot.
New AZ Regulations Better Define Midwives' Scope Of Practice
State's department of health released changes this summer; Tucson midwife discusses how these affect her work.
Court Strikes Down AZ Law Denying Abortion Funding
Law disqualified women's health providers such as Planned Parenthood from receiving public money.
Law Changes May Ensure Hotshot Families Survivor Benefits
AZ house speaker drafting a retroactive legislation; mother of one of 19 firefighters having a news conference in Prescott Wed.
Health Care Marketplaces Begin Enrollment in Fall
White House says insurance choices will increase for most consumers.
Pima County Library Nurses Program Recognized as Innovative
The service pairs public health nurses with patrons to educate the public on health issues.
Veterans Make Up 16% of Homeless Adults, US officials say
Tucson nonprofit focuses on helping, hoping to decrease that number; Gus Hasdorff's story.
Local Efforts Offer Help, Give Hope to Homeless
Three organizations working to fill the poverty gap.
AZ Health Centers Awarded $2.3 Million
El Rio received $290K; the money will go toward funding programs to help patients find insurance under Affordable Care Act.
New Website Compares AZ Health Costs, Quality of Care
State Health Department launches database showing rates, quality scores for hospitals, side-by-side stats.
Vets Navigate Reentry to Civilian Life
Diverse challenges bring diverse approaches to transition
Patients May Have Been Exposed to Disease
Pima County health officials call it precautionary, say 174 sought
Brewer to Release Medicaid Plan
Draft legislation coming Tuesday; political fight seen
