Stars align: Jake Plummer, Shane Doan join celebrities at Biofreeze USA Pickleball National Championships
MESA – The 2024 Biofreeze USA Pickleball National Championships in Mesa attracted over 2,600 competitors, including a Dinks for Difference Celebrity Match. The event celebrated pickleball's progress, while also supporting USA Pickleball Serves and community participation.
Cancer can affect anyone. But Hispanics face disproportionately severe outcomes
PHOENIX – While white Arizonans register the highest cancer rates, Hispanic residents are more likely to die from cancer. Limited access to preventative care, health insurance, distrust of providers and cultural stigma is impacting cancer outcomes in Arizona’s Hispanic population.
Arizona receives mixed ratings on American Lung Association’s annual ‘State of Lung Cancer’ report
PHOENIX – The American Lung Association released its annual “State of Lung Cancer” report that ranks lung cancer response by state. Arizona ranked above average for rate of new cases; average for early diagnosis; and below average for survival rate, surgical treatment, and lack of treatment and screening.
Breaking Barriers: Ability360 opens Phoenix Summit Challenge to all abilities
TEMPE – Ability360 partnered with the City of Phoenix as part of the Phoenix Summit Challenge, which included various hikes in Phoenix throughout a one-day challenge. This challenge provided an opportunity to many, including those with disabilities.
California SB 1016 will make Latino, Indigenous health data more specific. Advocates say it will make care more accessible
LOS ANGELES – California's Senate Bill 1016 aims to address health disparities by breaking down Latino and Indigenous data to include detailed ethnicity, ancestral origins and language categories.
Alzheimer’s affects the Hispanic community at higher rates, but research is lagging
PHOENIX – The Hispanic population has one of the highest rates of Alzheimer’s disease. While the population is growing, research is lagging, partially because two distinct categories of “Latino” and “Hispanic” are often used interchangeably and confuse data sets.
Disconnect on abortion rights cost Kamala Harris, as voters backed ballot measures but not the candidate who supported them
WASHINGTON - Arizona was one of 10 states where voters considered ballot measures to expand abortion rights. Seven of those passed, including Arizona’s Prop. 139, but that wave of support didn’t deliver victories Democrats assumed would come their way.
Arizona enshrines abortion rights, ends 15-week ban as Proposition 139 sails to approval
Arizona voters have enshrined abortion rights in the state constitution, approving Proposition 139 by a decisive margin of nearly 2-1. Passage means Arizona will protect a woman’s right to terminate pregnancy through fetal viability – roughly nine weeks beyond the state’s current 15-week ban.
Halloween can be fun for some but challenging for others, especially those with dementia
PHOENIX – Halloween is a fun, spooky holiday for many, but for those living with dementia, it can be frightening. Dementia affects thinking, memory and reasoning, and loud sounds, flashing lights and scary costumes can cause sensory overload, anxiety and fear.
On-call maternity care in rural Arizona boosted by AHCCCS funding
PHOENIX – The Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) distributed $2.5 million to four community health centers through the Whole Person Care Initiative for on-call maternity care services in rural communities.
Ventanilla de Salud initiative in Phoenix provides preventative health screenings for people with Mexican roots
PHOENIX — Offered by the Consulate General of Mexico, the initiative provides screenings and services for blood pressure, diabetes, HIV and vaccinations.
Phoenix says visits to heat relief centers skyrocketed during record-breaking summer, and 92% were from people experiencing homelessness
PHOENIX – City officials said Phoenix’s heat-relief network saved many lives this summer, particularly among the unhoused population.
