public health

The Arizona Department of Health Services has begun a mobile COVID-19 testing program for underserved communities in the state.

This is the fourth winter since the Kayenta Coal Mine closed and left Hopi residents without a reliable source of heat for their homes. Many tribal members have switched from coal to wood to keep warm, but the transition hasn’t been easy. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports, nonprofits have stepped up to help.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded the University of Arizona Health Sciences $7.3 million to study so-called long COVID.

Navajo, Apache, Gila and Pima counties all fall into the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's high community transmission category.

Thirty-four communities on the Navajo Nation have been identified as having high COVID-19 transmission. They include Ganado, Chinle and Crownpoint, N.M.

A research collaborative at Northern Arizona University has received a $21 million grant to continue its work on health equity and disparity in the Southwest. The Center for Health Equity Research received a five-year grant from the National Health Institute’s Minority Health Disparities division.

Arizona law enforcement is raising the alarm about a new colorful variety of fentanyl pills that have been reported statewide. So far, the pills, referred to as rainbows or Skittles, haven’t been detected in Flagstaff.

The Arizona Department of Health Services reports 3 cases of measles in Maricopa County. The highly contagious disease has become less common in the U.S. due to decades of widespread vaccination.

The Indian Health Service says the Navajo Nation has been exceptional at rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine to children, but still faces many logistical challenges especially with the youngest age group. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports.

The U.S. government has begun scattering millions of packets of oral rabies vaccine from helicopters and planes in 13 states to help keep raccoons from spreading their variant of the deadly virus to states where it's less prevalent.