Health

Five Scottsdale first responders who transported and evaluated the second person to test positive for the virus are under isolation protocol.

The first case of the illness in Indian Country was confirmed earlier this week.

We went to 10 stores across metro Phoenix to see how coronavirus fears have affected their supply of hand sanitizer. All but two were completely sold out.

The case is a “presumptive positive,” meaning while it has tested positive by the public health lab, it is still pending confirmatory testing at CDC.

The ASU member “has received multiple negative tests from CDC and meets the criteria to be released from isolation,” public health officials said.

“It was clearly, clearly a misunderstanding.”

How hot is too hot to cut people’s electricity? There is no magic number.

“We have sent several samples to CDC for testing and so far we do not have any additional confirmed cases.”

Four perspectives from a Wednesday morning cleanup lay bare tensions over a longstanding issue with no end in sight.

Arizona is spending a third of what it should be on tobacco prevention and cessation, according to CDC recommendations. Meanwhile, it takes in over $400 million annually in tobacco-related revenue.

Several inmates have been seriously injured while working at Hickman’s in recent years.

Some ASU students are panicked about the virus. A petition to cancel classes launched late last night has already acquired over 12,000 signatures

The deadly virus that has prompted China to issue a travel ban to roughly 35 million people has hit Phoenix.

The state attorney general weighed in on the confusion during a press conference Tuesday.

Arizona is one of at least six states to sue JUUL for deceptive marketing tactics targeting teens.

Anti-tobacco advocates are “disheartened,” while Arizona vape industry representatives are “supportive” of the partial ban.

Meanwhile, vaccination rates among kindergartners in Maricopa County are decreasing.

It’s a lose-lose decision: Carry needles and risk a felony conviction, or dispose of them improperly, putting the public at risk.

For HIV and AIDS patients with compromised immune systems, eating bad food could lead to life-threatening infections.

It was a request from staff who were investigating for possible abuse.

“Don’t give up,” a 2018 Juul pamphlet reads. “You’ll find your perfect puff.”

Beware the Thanksgiving germs.