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Tag: health disparities

Posted inEditor's Picks, Health, Politics

Uncertainty looms for those who depend on Medicaid in Arizona

by Adnan Alam Mar 18, 2025Mar 19, 2025

SCOTTSDALE – Potential cuts to Medicare and Medicaid are causing uncertainty for Arizonans, some of whom expressed concerns during a town hall hosted by Democratic Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego on Monday. “The impact is now on a micro level. We feel it now,” Phoenix resident Quianna Brown told the senators. (Audio by Brian […]

Posted inEditor's Picks, Health, Politics

Arizona’s public health feels the weight of federal orders

by Adnan Alam Mar 7, 2025Mar 17, 2025
California’s Senate Bill 1016 aims to address health disparities by expanding data collection to include detailed ethnicity and language categories for Latino and Indigenous communities. (Photo by Halfpoint Images/Getty Images)
Posted inEditor's Picks, Health, Politics, Social Justice

California SB 1016 will make Latino, Indigenous health data more specific. Advocates say it will make care more accessible

by Adnan Alam Nov 13, 2024Nov 13, 2024
Martha Martinez is the manager of language services at Valleywise Health. “I want every human being to have information and health care in their language,” she said. (Photo by Kevinjonah Paguio/Cronkite News)
Posted inEditor's Picks, Health

Medical interpreters break the language barrier in Phoenix hospitals, use interpretation and translation services to broaden accessibility

by Julia Thompson May 3, 2024May 3, 2024
Runners and walkers take off from the starting line for the Aunt Rita’s Paint the Town Red AIDS Walk Arizona & 5K Run held April 6 at Tempe Beach Park. (Photo by Kayla Mae Jackson/Cronkite News)
Posted inEditor's Picks, Health

Annual 5K walk & run tackles misinformation and stigma surrounding HIV and AIDS

by Julia Thompson Apr 12, 2024Apr 12, 2024
Posted inEditor's Picks, Health, Social Justice

Maternal mortality soars in U.S., state; Black, Native women hardest hit

by Steve Crane Aug 18, 2023Aug 18, 2023
Posted inEditor's Picks, Health

Valley food banks reimagine pantries to help seniors hit hard by inflation

by Steve Crane Aug 8, 2023Aug 8, 2023
Isaac Elementary School District and United Healthcare gave away 1,000 backpacks full of school supplies during its joint back-to-school event at Isaac Middle School. (Photo by Kylie Werner/Cronkite News)
Posted inEditor's Picks, Health, Next Gen

Some back-to-school events go beyond backpacks and pencils and offer health care, groceries for entire families

by Adnan Alam Jul 20, 2023Jul 26, 2023
Left: Channel Powe advocates for a smoke-free state on No Menthol Sunday, May 21, 2023. Center: “I’ve been teaching smoking cessation for many years. I used to take my son with me to my classes and have him pass out the materials because I thought it would be a good thing for him to see what the hazards are of smoking and for him not to do it,” Cynthia Smitherman said. Right: Rodney Smith pictured at 18 years old. He died 30 years later from head and neck cancer. (Left photo courtesy of Channel Powe, middle photo courtesy of Cynthia Smitherman, right photo courtesy of Cynthia Smitherman)
Posted inEditor's Picks, Health, Social Justice

Black community leaders advocate for bans on flavored tobacco, fight for ordinances to limit sales

by Adnan Alam Jun 27, 2023Jun 29, 2023
A sign welcomes campers to Camp Not-A-Wheeze in Heber, Arizona. The camp educates children ages 7 to 14 about asthma and how they can live normal lives despite their chronic lung disease. (Photo by Joey Plishka/Cronkite News)
Posted inEditor's Picks, Health

Camp Not-A-Wheeze offers youth with asthma a normal camp experience while educating them on how to manage their chronic disease

by Adnan Alam Jun 26, 2023Jun 26, 2023
Gov. Katie Hobbs says she supports a proposed Arizona Right to Contraception Act. (File photo by Emily Mai/Cronkite News)
Posted inEditor's Picks, Health

Proposed Arizona legislation would protect access to birth control

by Adnan Alam Jun 22, 2023Jun 23, 2023
Posted inEditor's Picks, Health, Social Justice

Blacks more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease, less likely to be treated

by Steve Crane Jun 7, 2023Jun 8, 2023

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