Public Health

Arizona is part of one of the nation's largest measles outbreaks as the number of cases surpasses the record high set in 2025, with five months of 2026 still to come.

The illness features symptoms like fever, joint aches and fluid in the lungs. Sickened river rafters and boaters are using social media to discover they’re not alone in it.

Health officials say a measles outbreak is over after 42 days without a new case. It was the largest outbreak in Arizona in more than 30 years, with more than 200 cases in Mohave County alone.

Health officials in Mohave County say a resident has died from the sin nombre strain of hantavirus.

Coconino County Health and Human Services officials confirmed two new measles cases Friday with possible exposures in Fredonia and Kanab, Utah.

The ongoing measles outbreak along the Arizona-Utah border has surpassed 500 cases.

Coconino County health officials are trying to determine who may have been exposed after another resident has tested positive for measles in Page.

The Indian Health Service is moving forward with a lengthy list of construction projects in the Southwest that were first promised to Native American patients more than 30 years ago.

Coconino County health officials have confirmed 2026's first measles case. Members of the public were possibly exposed at three locations in Page.

Arizona’s three public universities have developed a new tool to help environmental officials find and cleanup abandoned mines in the state.