AZ: Community Issues and Volunteering
Friday, April 26, 2024
AZ Alzheimer’s Consortium shares advances in diagnosis, treatment
The 2024 Arizona Alzheimer's Consortium Public Conference kicks off Saturday, where industry experts and researchers will share the latest scientific …
AZ group highlights importance of pollinators on Earth Day
Today is Earth Day, and one initiative in southern Arizona is helping build public gardens providing beneficial habitat for pollinators, from Monarch …
Food forests in southern Arizona help combat heat and hunger
By Max Graham for Grist.Broadcast version by Alex Gonzalez for Arizona News Connection reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Public News Serv…
Health experts call for Arizonans to learn hands-only CPR
Today is the first day of American Heart Month - and one Arizona cardiology nurse practitioner wants to shed light on the importance of good heart hea…
Suicide Prevention Month Aims to Remove Stigma of Asking for Help
September is National Suicide Prevention Month, highlighting a pressing issue in Arizona and across the country. Arizona has one of the highest …
AZ Volunteers Needed for Study to Determine Causes of 'Long COVID'
The National Institutes of Health has begun a nationwide research project to better understand how to prevent and treat what's become known as "long" …
Puppets Aim to Teach Navajo Children Tribe's Language, Culture
It was a little bit "Muppet Show," a little bit "Sesame Street" and a lot of community pride that brought about the idea for a TV series to teach Nava…
Low Census Count Denies AZ New Seat in Congress, Millions in Federal Aid
PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Political observers and community organizers are both surprised and disappointed Arizona's 2020 population count fell far short of …
Community Activists Help Drive Record Arizona Voter Turnout
PHOENIX -- A years-long grassroots effort by Arizona community activists to register and turn out hundreds of thousands of new voters helped drive a r…
HOLD FOR UPDATE Grassroots Groups Help Flip Arizona from Red to Blue
PHOENIX -- While Democratic hopes for a sea-change faded in most battleground states in Tuesday's election, grassroots groups turned out in force in …
First-time DACA Applications Still Closed to AZ Youth
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Almost 24,000 undocumented young Arizonans rely on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program or DACA to live and work in the …
Surge in COVID-19 Cases Taxes Arizona Health-Care Workers
Phoenix, AZ - As the number of COVID-19 cases set daily records, Arizona's health-care workers are being pushed to the limit to handle the influx of …