Health

Cases of syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia have spiked in Maricopa County. Health officials say less condom use and more testing could be the cause.

As monkeypox cases begin to appear in Phoenix, LGBTQ advocates and health care providers look to support vaccine efforts without adding stigma.

The law, ARS 13-3603, makes abortion at any stage of pregnancy illegal, with no exceptions for cases of rape or incest.

Paula Pedene blew the whistle on how the Phoenix VA was killing veterans by making them wait for care. She’s hosting a book signing at the American Legion post in Scottsdale on Tuesday.

New Times spoke with several young women at the march, who shared what it’s like to come of age in a state that is rapidly losing reproductive rights.

“If you ever choose to have an abortion, I know exactly where I’m going to take you,” Arizona state senator Stephanie Stahl Hamilton recently promised her daughter. Where’s that? Mexico.

Rocky Point is more than a beachy tourist trap. A team of surgeons from Phoenix is working for free there to save the lives of Mexico’s most impoverished – cartel members included.

The first and only FDA-cleared robotic dentist in the United States is hard at work in metro Phoenix.

Monkeypox cases remain rare – but the first case in Arizona has been identified here in Maricopa County, officials said Tuesday.

Severe understaffing has led to basic failures in medical care in the Maricopa County jails, according to internal documents obtained by Phoenix New Times.

After Kristin Urquiza’s father died of COVID-19 in Maryvale, her push for justice has become a national movement.

Hundreds are out of work after Honeywell quietly shuttered the vast majority of its N95 mask manufacturing operations in Arizona after the contract money ran out.

Elizabeth Holmes’ Theranos used Arizona patients as ‘guinea pigs’ attorneys for the class action lawsuit claim.

The Phoenix police union and even some city councilmembers claim that a vaccine mandate would prompt employees to quit in droves.

“The coughing lady is from Scottsdale. Of course she is.”

People around Phoenix are poisoning themselves with horse dewormer in an attempt to treat Covid.

About 7,500 Legionnaires are coming to downtown Phoenix. The average member is 67 years old.

One Phoenix restaurant required proof of vaccination for indoor seating. Now, they’re at the center of a viral harassment campaign.

Arizona is once again reporting some of the highest new COVID-19 infection rates in the nation.

“This is bad policy, with no basis in public health. Even the Biden Administration has been more reasonable,” Ducey said.

A closer look at the state’s “breakthrough” cases.

Some doctors are having to address concerns from staff that they might be prosecuted for assisting with abortions.