public health

The Trump administration has canceled nine public health grants for Coconino County, totaling $1.8 million, creating ripple effects among rural communities and health care providers.

A bipartisan group of senators, including Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, introduced legislation to address a syphilis epidemic that’s hit tribes especially hard.

Students were forced to move out of NAU's Mountain View Hall over the weekend after multiple bats found their way inside, including one that tested positive for rabies.

Updated COVID-19 shots are now available from pharmacies and healthcare providers. Northern Arizona University epidemiologist Dr. Paul Keim explains why the vaccine needed a revision and how it helps protect people from severe cases of the virus.

Native American communities are experiencing an epidemic in syphilis cases. Healthcare providers on the Navajo Nation and elsewhere are working to reduce stigma about the sexually transmitted disease.

Scientists at the company TGen say COVID levels in Flagstaff's wastewater have risen for three weeks in a row.

Researchers at Columbia University found heart failure rates may be two to three times higher among Native American populations than studies have found for Black, Hispanic or white adults.

Coconino County health officials say two people have died from hantavirus in the last 15 months. It's the first time the rodent-spread respiratory illness has been confirmed in the county since 2016.

More than a dozen people are confirmed to have contracted an unnamed gastrointestinal illness on the Havasupai reservation. It follows several recent social media posts saying numerous people were sickened while camping at the tribe’s iconic waterfalls.

An Associated Press analysis of federal data shows that about 2,300 people in the United States died in the summer of 2023 with their death certificates mentioning the effects of excessive heat.