Thank you for this article. I'm astounded that it's just now front page in the AZ Republic nearly a month later! Nearly 750,000 AZ seniors on traditional Medicare (like me) should be outraged that we will now be subjected to an ai algorithm dictating the pre-authorization process for our healthcare.

www.azcentral.com/story/news/l... Rob Reiner’s death is not an anomaly. Parents of kids with serious mental illnesses often live in danger of being a victim of violence.

www.azcentral.com/story/news/p... #Arizona is one of the test states in a controversial new federal pilot program that uses #AI to approve & deny some #Medicare claims

Tiny amounts of alumninum have been used in vaccines (to stimulate a better immune response) since the 1930s. If aluminum causes autism, why didn't diagnoses begin rising 90 years ago? vaccinateyourfamily.org/the-vaccine-...

Do you know a passionate fundraiser looking for meaningful work? The Grand Canyon Trust is hiring a development director. Will you please help us spread the word? www.grandcanyontrust.org/development-...

#Arizona - #Utah #measles outbreak is now up to 201 cases - a majority of them in Arizona. It's the largest measles outbreak in the U.S. right now.

US stillbirth rate is higher than reported reut.rs/48POwtc

Catherine Corless is a hero. Without her unrelenting commitment to uncovering the truth, the fate of these children would be forgotten. It all started with questions about her own family. Family history and social justice go hand in hand. #genealogy www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...

www.azcentral.com/story/news/l... Sometimes it's a medical crisis, other times a cascade of problems. Often it's bad luck. Meet 12 #unhoused individuals in metro #Phoenix

Husband in billion-dollar #Medicare fraud duo sobs as he gets 14 years in prison. Judge tells him he was "in it for greed." #Arizona www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

For more information about the Friday night massacre at CDC, I wrote up an analysis of who got terminated and what that means for public health. Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble. rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...

Arizona resident Alexandra Gehrke, 39, gave needless wound treatments to dying patients and bilked Medicare and other insurers as part of a $1.2 billion scheme due to what a judge said was "unmitigated greed." She's going to prison. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

The false idea that Democrats, in pushing to reverse Medicaid and ACA cuts, are advocating for an expansion of health care for undocumented immigrants is maybe the biggest health policy distortion since the supposed "death panels" in Obamacare.

If you live in #Arizona and have health coverage through the Affordable Care Act (also known as #ACA and #Obamacare plans), I'd like to hear from you. Dms open, email is [email protected]

3 burning questions about the MMR vaccine, answered. Experts see no advantage to breaking the shot into three doses, and developing those individual vaccines would take time. www.statnews.com/2025/09/26/t... via @statnews.com

🎓 Americans with a college degree are more likely to get news at least sometimes from news websites or apps, podcasts, or email newsletters. 🏫 Those without a college degree are more likely to say they get news from social media.

A two-state #measles outbreak between #Utah and #Arizona has grown to 78 cases www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

#hail in #Phoenix today!

#Kayaking Lake Powell in #Arizona

Kennedy is definitely coming for your vaccines, part 2: VAERS, the FDA, and ACIP - anti-vaccine activists have long misused VAERS. Now Kennedy is bringing this to ACIP to mislead people about vaccines. sciencebasedmedicine.org/robert-f-ken... @sciencebasedmedicine.org @gorskon.bsky.social

The question was: "was wondering if Charlie Kirk getting shot affects your position on campus carry? If gun control had been in play could the tragedy have been avoided?” www.huffpost.com/entry/randy-...

This comes right after the largest measles outbreak in decades. wapo.st/4p68Vzy

#Arizona's #measles outbreak has grown to 28 cases, including one hospitalization. The outbreak is centered in the rural town of Colorado City, near the #Utah border

New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!

The statue is modeled after a real donkey who helped some of the Grand Canyon North Rim's first settlers establish camp.

Women's rights face 'full-on assault' due to UN and aid funding cuts reut.rs/46ymdy1

Measles Cases Hit Record High, 25 Years After U.S. Eliminated the Disease www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/w...

Congressional Republicans' One Big Beautiful Bill could spike the number of Arizonans without health insurance, putting added pressure on providers. www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...

Was walking through a hallway at the Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix and encountered this lovely therapist who has her own business cards!

Only some parents of dependent kids are exempt from #Medicaid work requirements. Parents of children above age 14 are no longer exempt. While states are now sort of required to automatically exclude exempt people like parents of younger kids, they can still require onerous verification (8/x)

There is a new harsh provision (section 71110) not in the House-passed bill that appears to completely take away current #Medicaid eligibility from many lawfully present immigrants including refugees, asylees and others (7/x)

www.azcentral.com/story/news/p... One in four Arizonans is covered by Medicaid. Where in the state do most of them live? #Arizona #Medicaid

When we reviewed the 1,450+ NIH grants terminated by the Trump administration, we found that: • More than 550 were focused on health disparities or inequities • More than 300 were focused on LGBTQ+ health care Full story 👇

It’s almost as if vaccines work

Measles activity rises in Kansas, Iowa; US nears 2019 case count Cases this year have almost topped the total in 2019. www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...

Hi Bluesky friends. Are you currently without #health insurance? If so, I'd like to speak with you for a story I'm working on. On or off the record is fine, residents of #Arizona preferred. DMs are open. My email is [email protected] #healthinsurance

It's been a bad season for #influenza. Eight #Arizona infants and children have died of the #flu - the highest number in recent history. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

The new rules follow a yearlong series of stories by The Arizona Republic exposing widespread violence in assisted living facilities.

First #measles incidences in #Arizona for 2025 ... | #virus | #pathogen | #infections | #publichealth | By @stephanieinnes.bsky.social‬ via @azcentral.com‬

BREAKING: In a serious blow to US pandemic flu preparedness, HHS has cancelled a contract with Moderna to test and license prototype vaccines for #H5N1 #birdflu and other potential pandemic viruses. In a pandemic, mRNA is the fastest way to vaccine doses. www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m...

Video of Secretary Kennedy's hearing before the Senate. www.help.senate.gov

@stephanieinnes.bsky.social and I talk about Arizona’a weirdest laws in the latest episode of Valley 101 on @azcentral.com . Give us a listen! www.azcentral.com/story/entert...

Everyone will have diarrhea but no one will know why.

www.azcentral.com/story/news/p... Divisive #health leader is coming to #Phoenix next week.

Johns Hopkins tells faculty not to ‘intervene’ in potential ICE detainments on campus

NEW: The move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines. By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social

Remedy Supported by Kennedy Leaves Some Children with Liver Damage from Excess Vitamin A. Yes, you can get too much vitamin A. Also, it doesn't prevent measles. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/h...

"Doctors treating people hospitalized as part of a measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico have also found themselves facing another problem: vitamin A toxicity." Unvaccinated children are being harmed in other ways, too. www.cnn.com/2025/03/26/h...

Reporters @statnews.com are following the HHS restructuring closely — on the health tech team, we especially want to hear from those impacted by the IT consolidation and those impacted at OCR. Reach out here: www.statnews.com/2025/03/27/h...

Working on how this will affect #Arizona. Send tips: [email protected]