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The homeless camp on W. Jefferson Street and S. 11th Avenue in Phoenix from Sept. 12, 2023. (Photo by Sam Volante/Cronkite News)

Heat in Phoenix affects health of unhoused or homeless community

PHOENIX – Phoenix’s extreme heat takes its toll on the health of its unhoused or homeless community.

The American Lung Association gave Maricopa County an F rating for its air quality. (File photo courtesy of Arizona Department of Environmental Quality)

Maricopa County air quality raises health concerns with affected minority communities

Experts: Slight 2022 Arizona health insurance gains likely to vanish in 2023

Kathleen Allen lifts light weights during an exercise activity at the FSL ReCreación Center on Sept. 13, 2023. Allen suffered a brain aneurysm at 22 years old. She receives day care five days a week. (Photo by Kevinjonah Paguio/Cronkite News)

Caregiver shortage takes a toll on families

Student volunteers at the end of a "box-a-thon" build day in 2022 outside ASU’s School of Human Evolution and Social Change on the Tempe campus. (Photo by Steve Filmer/ASU News)

Filtration boxes help prevent COVID spread in homeless community

Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne is advising Arizona schools not to create policies that allow transgender students to use bathrooms that correspond to their gender identity. Some schools already have policies in place that support trans students. (Photo by Kiersten Edgett/Cronkite News)

Tom Horne bathroom push ‘others’ trans students, advocates say

Arizonans remember loved ones lost to drug overdose

Featured Stories

A Navajo boarding school survivor shares her story

(Illustration by Emily Mai/Cronkite News)

Not a wink: A comic about overcoming and getting help for sleepless nights

Finding Grandma Joyce: What happens when someone dies alone?

Latisa Ratliff holds her daughter in her living room in Tempe, Arizona, on Nov. 16, 2022. As a birth doula and a mother of three, Ratliff encourages her clients to find a health care provider who listens to their individual needs. “Listen to that mother’s intuition,” Ratliff says. (Photo by Laura Bargfeld/Cronkite News)

Doulas could be an answer to Arizona’s maternal mortality crisis

Wayne Wilson stands in a hogan at the Native American Baha’i Institute in Houck, Arizona, on Sept. 1, 2022. He is holding eagle feathers that he uses in traditional healing ceremonies. (Photo by Laura Bargfeld/Cronkite News)

States, tribes work to increase access to Native American healing

‘Taxing, frustrating’: Teachers face a growing mental health crisis

Chronic gaps in health care system affect migrants in Mexico

‘Wounded healers’: Advocates spotlight hidden struggles of young caregivers

Phoenix program delivers hope to help combat homelessness

Solutions Journalism

These Cronkite News stories appear in the Solutions Story Tracker, a curated, searchable database of solutions journalism stories – rigorous reporting about responses to social problems. The Solutions Journalism Network vets every story in the tracker to ensure they meet solutions journalism criteria.

Jude Wentland plays with his mom, Madison Wentland, outside their home. (Photo by Lauren Kobley/Cronkite News)

Phoenix nonprofit addresses need for children’s respite, hospice care

Door-to-door campaign helps Guadalupe turn COVID tide

Latina moms fight air pollution with electric school bus

Expanded alert system helps those with developmental disabilities

A community’s response: How one Arizona tribe battled COVID-19

States, tribes work to increase access to Native American healing

Pandemic spurs changes to HIV testing and treatment

Community event raises awareness for suicide prevention

Digitized health records, safety apps could change game for athletes

About

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Southwest Health Reporting Initiative produces comprehensive coverage of health issues across the Southwest. Students report from communities of color but also focus on matters important to the LGBTQ+ community, rural America, people with disabilities, and others who struggle to get the health care they need. Our students’ storytelling aims to highlight not just problems, but solutions. Learn more about the program here.

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Cronkite News has partnered with ABC15 Arizona to expand the station’s Health Insider series, which provides expert advice and insights into health topics. Watch our explainer videos here.