Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Arizona had More "Gun Deaths" Than Vehicle Deaths in 2009, Says Anti-Gun Group; Omits Fact That 71 % Were Suicides

Slate, an online magazine, and the Tucson Weekly recently published articles that claim Arizona's "gun death" rate now exceeds the rate of vehicle deaths. The articles, spurred by the Newtown shooting, were based on a May report by the anti-gun Violence Policy Center in Washington D.C., which lists ... More >>

Arizona's Fry Bread Brings Native American Cooking Into the Future

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, June 14, 2012

Arizona High Schoolers Beat the National Average (in Cocaine, Meth, and Steroid Use)

According to the federal government, Arizona's high school kids are above average -- in drug and alcohol use.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its annual report yesterday on "risk behavior" in high school students, and there's not a single category related to drugs or alcohol t ... More >>

Marijuana Is Real Medicine for a Long List of Ills

Richard Hess Says God Told Him to Kill "Terrorist" Neighbors. Believe it or Not, the Cops Didn't Buy That One

Sometimes God allegedly tells people to run for public office, and sometimes He'll allegedly tell a Mesa man that his neighbors are "terrorists" trying to murder him with chemical weapons, so it's probably best to kill them first.For some reason, the cops weren't buying the terrorist-neighbor story ... More >>

Knocked Out: For Kids, Concussions Can Be Worse Than for Adults

PETA Not Pleased With State Capitol's Response to Rat Invasion

www.wildcarebayarea.com This is what's going on at the State Capitol -- and PETA's pissed. ​The Arizona Legislature's not in session, but the State Capitol is still swarming with rats. Not the usual elected rats, but actual rodents that are apparently "invading" the building.According to th ... More >>

Plague Found in High Country Fleas -- No Need to Freak Out, Health Officials Say

www.firefox.org Just in case the Coconino County tourism bureau was looking for a new slogan.​If you're like us, you probably thought plague was the last thing you'd have to worry about while living in a relatively clean, industrialized country -- and it still is, despite the discovery of t ... More >>

Billboard Truck Marks Firearm Murders Since Giffords' Tragedy; Michael Bloomberg Among Mayors Behind Gun-Control Ad

  Image: www.fixgunchecks.org A billboard truck sponsored by Mayors Against Illegal Guns began rolling its gun-control message across the country today.​A billboard truck that began rolling across the country today advertises the estimated number of gun-related homicide ... More >>

Westboro Baptist Church Unified Democrats and Republicans Over One Thing: Limiting Freedom of Speech

Arizona's Lax Gun Laws Helped Make Tucson's Jared Lee Loughner Possible

Ibogaine Helps Junkies Kick Heroin and Meth. Is It the Trip That Does the Trick?

Egg Recall Hits Arizona, Threatens Runny Egg Lovers

​Like your eggs runny? You might not, after reading this post. Dr. Joli Weiss, foodborne disease epidemiologist for the Arizona Department of Health Services, confirms that some of the 228 million tainted eggs involved in the national recall making news all over the place were, in fact, distr ... More >>

Phoenix Man Blames PetCo for Case of Rat-Bite Fever (Whatever That is)

​We've heard of all sorts of fevers -- cat-scratch, valley, fevers where the only prescription is "more cow-bell" -- but we weren't familiar with the variety that a Phoenix man claims made him "violently ill," prompting a lawsuit against PetCo.George Heitzman claims he contracted somethin ... More >>

Joe Arpaio on Nightline: Mexicans Bring Disease Into the U.S. (Ahem, Not), and Probably Built His House

Tonight on ABC's Nightline: Joe spouts more bigoted blather Nightline's piece on our corrupt top constable runs tonight -- you know, the one ABC was working on when they sent Nightline talking head Martin Bashir to Phoenix to cover one of Arpaio's anti-immigrant sweeps last ... More >>

Lost in Translation: Autism Is Tough to Diagnose and Treat – and for Immigrant Families, It Can Be Impossible

Curtains: Copperstate Dinner Theater's Trust Me, I'm a Doctor

courtesy of Copperstate Dinner TheaterFrom left to right, a whole bunch of actors named Shari Watts, Jessica Godber, Christi Sweeney, Ryan Jordan, Bo Allen, Roger Prenger, and Charlie LeSueur. Man, if I had to choose between: a. making a living in the arts by presenting plotless musical revues ... More >>

Nearly Half of Doctors in Poll Fear a "Catastrophic" Global Swine Flu Pandemic is Coming. Preparing For Sick Days a Must

Nearly half (48 percent) of 675 physicians polled by a research group believe the H1N1 virus poses some risk for a "catastrophic" global Swine Flu pandemic. The study, done by HCD Research, tracked physicians' opinions weekly since April and found doctors' concerns at an all-time high. "Our ... More >>

Swine Flu Arizona: No Travel History on Four Confirmed Cases; School Closure Policy Could End Soon

Dr. Bob England Health officials are starting to suspect the swine flu virus first reported in Mexico won't hurt people more than a regular flu. If officials can confirm that, the news might end the rash of recent school closures. Bob England, director of the Maricopa County Dep ... More >>

Inhumanity Has a Price

Corpses, a flesh-eating virus, the most-sued sheriff in America. Lawsuits against Joe Arpaio have cost us $41 million, so far

A Series of Unfortunately Cool Events

Our 2006 guide to the crème of the creepy crop

Panic Attack

County Attorney Andrew Thomas may have pulled the trigger too quickly on Ajo Al's

Axing Jacquelynn

Here we go again at the Maricopa County health department. Why can't the Board of Supervisors get its act together?

Head Games

Parents are being told to sleep babies on their backs to avoid SIDS. The medical establishment has ignored the unintended consequences -- and that's making one Tempe company very, very successful

President Tofu

The serial scold who believes the remedy for life's slips and falls is a lawsuit wants ballot status in Arizona

Chimp on His Shoulder

An exotic-animal broker says Arizona's 'monkey rules' are forcing him out

News From Left Field

In which we bunt a few out of the park

Murky Waters

The drowning death of a child is always a tragedy. But when does it become a crime? County prosecutors are wading into a dangerous debate.

Slime Bandit

Inbreeding will tell in Evolution, Ivan Reitman's pathetic Ghostbusters clone

Cut to the Chaste

State-funded sex abstinence classes for adults face financial turn-off

Second Thoughts

Alan Korwin is a smart guy. So why does he love guns more than people?

Critical Connection

Language isn't the only thing getting lost in the translation as Hispanic patients struggle to communicate with English-speaking ER doctors

TB or Not TB?

That's a question Phoenix Fire Department officials are asking as firefighters continue to test positive for tuberculosis

Rattling Cages

Some people golf. Some people fish. Some people collect stamps. Dale Burton spends his free time studying and caring for rattlesnakes.

In a World of Hurst

Unclean Getaway

Maricopa County dumped hazardous waste at its property for years. But don't expect the county to pay for it -- ADEQ has already let it off the hook.

Letters

Felix, the Stabilized Cat

Letters

Tale of the Crypto

Other Valley cities wonder whether Phoenix's water treatment practices increase the odds for an outbreak of a waterborne disease. It's called Crypto and it can kill.

A STUDY IN INDIFFERENCEAFTER EIGHT YEARS, THE STATE STILL HASN'T FINISHED A PROMISED INVESTIGATION INTO THE MARYVALE "CANCER CLUSTER"

THE STATE ROUTINELY DUMPS THE AIDS VIRUS DOWN THE SINK

"THE AIDS GIRL"

THAT'S HOW RONDA CRACE WAS KNOWN IN PRESCOTT AFTER DRUG COPS INVADED HER HOME. AGAINST ALL ODDS, SHE'S REBUILDING HER REPUTATION

MR. SMITH GOES TO EXTREMESA STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISSEMINATES SOME CURIOUS AIDS "FACTS"