With the new omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 spreading like wildfire across the U.S., experts reveal what's concerning health professionals about the immuno-evasive, contagious COVID strain.

Experts from Banner Poison and Drug Information Center and Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center are urging caution for children’s generic acetaminophen and ibuprofen due to shortages of these drugs throughout the nation.

The Arizona Department of Corrections is inducing the labor of pregnant prisoners against their will, according to three women currently incarcerated at the Perryville prison in Buckeye, Arizona.

As we enter into a new year, scientists are keeping an eye on a new strain of the Omicron variant called XBB.1.5. According to the CDC, XBB.1.5 makes up more than 40% of new cases across the country.

The Arizona Department of Corrections is inducing the labor of pregnant prisoners against their will, according to three women currently incarcerated at the Perryville prison in Buckeye, Arizona.

Clinica Amistad is one of Tucson’s only free primary care clinics, in addition to a clinic run by College of Medicine – Tucson medical students.

Vaccination rates among schoolchildren in Arizona have steadily declined since 2012, but the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the drop across the state.

It’s not always easy to identify a COVID-19 death. If someone dies at home, if they have symptoms not typically associated with the disease or if they die when local health systems are overwhelmed, their death certificate might say “heart disease” or “natural causes” when COVID-19 is, in fact, at fault.

People who study infectious diseases and who work in public health have long known a bad pandemic would one day come. They knew such an event would overwhelm hospitals, strain supply chains, and place stresses on society that we would be ill-equipped to meet.