Public Health Journalism this Week
Arizona Legislature OKs major reforms for assisted living facilities (azcentral.com) Republic series are IRE investigative journalism award winner, finalist (azcentral.com) Arizona assisted living: The places…
Month: April 2024
Doctors Take on Dental Duties to Reach Low-income and Uninsured Patients
From CBS News Pediatrician Patricia Braun and her team saw roughly 100 children at a community health clinic on a recent Monday. They gave flu shots a…
Houston’s Latino Children Struggle with Diabetes, Health Challenges
Nearly one of every two people are Latino in Harris County, Texas, which is home to Houston, the nation’s fourth-largest city. As the Latino communi…
EPA Issues Contaminant Limit for ‘Forever Chemicals’ (PFAS): Finally Clearing the Way for their Regulation in Drinking Water
EPA just established a maximum limit (Maximum Contaminant Level) for PFAS (aka perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances) often referred to as “forever chemicals” because they the…
NASA Invites Media to Mars Sample Return Update
NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT (10 a.m. PDT), Monday, April 15, to discuss the agency’s response to a Mars Sample…
Pima County Health Department Internships
Pima County Health Department has 10 paid summer internship positions open! These internships are located within various divisions throughout the department including Epidemiology, Consumer Health…
The Critical State of Alzheimer’s and Dementia in Latinos
Alzheimer’s disease is a condition that impairs brain function and, over time, can cause memory, cognitive, and behavioral issues and eventually lea…
Media Get Close-Up of NASA’s Jupiter-Bound Europa Clipper
Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California are running final tests and preparing the agency’s Europa Clipper spacecraft for the next leg of…
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Announces 3 Personnel Appointments
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is pleased to announce three key staff appointments, naming Keyur Patel the associate director for Flight Projects and Mission Success, Howard…
Despite cooler temperatures right now, our heat season is right around the corner
Throughout the summer, the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) will highlight info and share resources related to extreme heat safety and hea…
