Health

The number of state disability caseworkers going on medical leave has almost tripled in recent years, according to data obtained by FOIA.

In the last 25 years, conditions have never as bad as they are now for disabled individuals who rely on the state’s care, the resident said.

Former foster parents shed light on why some foster parents are choosing to close their licenses.

What’s most important is what the agency does next, a bedbug expert says.

Seniors are a growing but overlooked group within a burgeoning homeless population.

An anonymous employee said the bugs are all over the building, and management is failing to sufficiently address the problem.

The change in contractors took place this summer, but ADC’s failure to provide decent health care to prisoners has gone on for years.

“Nothing has changed, and everything is just as lousy,” said one woman whose incarcerated son suffers from a host of medical problems.

“In terms of public health, the bad thing is that the word may not get out, or the word will get out and people won’t believe it,” Will Humble said.

The opioid epidemic has taken a particularly heavy toll on tribal communities.

Now, he faces several life-threatening medical problems.

Commissioner Boyd Dunn asked staff to assess rules regarding termination of service and to “recommend appropriate changes.”

James Leonard has 50 pounds in a year. His other medical symptoms are alarming and potentially life-threatening.

Greene acts as a stem-cell guru at his Scottsdale-based R3 Stem Cell, but he killed so many patients the AZ medical board revoked his license in 2009.

The county is begging doctors and midwives to screen pregnant women more frequently for the disease.

Under Arizona law, it is a felony for a licensed behavioral health professional to have sex with someone they are treating.

“Arizona’s need for health care professionals in the coming years is only going to increase,” Governor Doug Ducey said.

In the process, Arizona Governor Ducey “essentially became a public supporter of Theranos,” says author John Carreyrou.

Insys Founder John Kapoor “has done tremendous good for patients,” AZBio’s CEO says.

She came down with symptoms six days later.