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MobileOp4 Joins Forces with AMR Arizona to Deliver Mobile Triage Solutions at Major Stadiums
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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PHOENIX, Aug. 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- AMR Arizona has partnered with MobileOp4, the leader in rapidly deployable medical infrastructure, to enhance emergency preparedness and patient care at some of the state's largest sporting and entertainment...
John Feddema Appointed Central Arizona Fire Chief
KAFF News - Arizona
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The board of directors of the Central Arizona Fire and Medical Authority(CAFMA) has officially appointed John Feddema as Fire Chief. Feddema has been serving as the interim Fire Chief since November 2024. He has worked for CAFMA since 2000, and...
'Super impressive' Julian Savaiinaea bulks up, breaks through on Arizona's defensive line
The Arizona Daily Star
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Julian Savaiinaea's hometown is Tafuna, American Samoa, but the Arizona Wildcats defensive lineman considers Honolulu home. Savaiinaea graduated from Saint Louis School in Honolulu, which is about a 10-minute car ride from where Hawaii football...
Grief isn’t linear: What Arizonans should know about bereavement
Tempe Independent - Arizona
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Jaime Vinck, MC, LPC Submitted photo By Jaime Vinck, LPC | Meadows Behavioral Healthcare For years, I’ve supported clients through some of the darkest seasons of their lives. But when I experienced a profound personal loss myself, even with all my...
PETER PIPER PIZZA, ARIZONA CULINARY INSTITUTE LAUNCH R&D CONTEST TO FIND TOP STUDENT CHEF
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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Competition drives menu innovation; winner receives scholarship, portion of item sales PHOENIX, Aug. 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Peter Piper Pizza has partnered with Arizona Culinary Institute (ACI) to launch the Innovation Oven Contest, inviting...
Arizona colleges with high Hispanic enrollment at risk of losing grant funding
Arizona’s Family
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August 27, 2025
TUCSON, AZ (AZFamily) — The Department of Justice says it will not defend the Hispanic-Serving Institutions grant program that’s currently being challenged in court. The program gives out hundreds of millions of dollars to colleges and...
Mitchell healthcare workers take their skills on the road
Mitchell Daily Republic - South Dakota
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August 27, 2025
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second story in a multiple-part series exploring the lives of traveling healthcare workers, a career trend that impacts Mitchell and South Dakota in many ways. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a growth of 9...
Arizona’s massive dust storm raises renewed concerns about Valley Fever
KOLD News 13 - Arizona
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August 27, 2025
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A massive dust storm swept through the Valley this week, blanketing neighborhoods, highways, and skies in a thick cloud of dust. While the storm caused visibility issues and traffic delays, health experts are warning of a more...
U.S. Health and Human Services agency orders states to strip gender from sex ed
Bethesda Magazine - Maryland
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August 27, 2025
President Donald Trump’s administration demanded Tuesday that dozens of states remove from sex education materials any references to a person’s gender departing from their sex assigned at birth, or lose federal funding. The U.S. Department of...
5 things to know about 'nightmare' CRE infections in Arizona
AZ Central - Arizona
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Arizona cases of a serious antibiotic-resistant infection known as carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales, or CRE, are rising statewide and are at higher-than-normal levels so far in 2025, state data shows. Disease data posted by the Arizona...
Which Arizona companies employ the most workers in 2025?
AZ Central - Arizona
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Take a look through Arizona's top 100 employers in 2025.Mark Henle And Megan Mendoza/The Republic No. 100 (tied): Casino del Sol | Tucson casinos and entertainment venues | 2025 employees: 1,500 | 2024 employees: N/A | Ownership: Tribal |...
Which AZ hospitals did worst in new federal ratings?
AZ Central - Arizona
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Five Arizona hospitals received the highest five-star quality rating in the federal government's recent annual update and none received the lowest one-star score. Top-rated five-star hospitals in Arizona represented 11% of the 53...
Health Department threatens to pull states' sex ed funding for including 'gender ideology' in programs
Spectrum News 13 - Florida
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August 26, 2025
The Trump administration has escalated its efforts to ban sex ed programs from teaching youth about being transgender, threatening to pull a total of more than $81 million in funding from 40 states and six territories unless they remove “all...
Arizona prisons chief defends inmate rating system despite Tucson triple-killing
The Arizona Daily Star
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PHOENIX — There's nothing wrong with the system used to classify the security risk of Arizona prison inmates, even if it did result in one prisoner being able to kill three fellow inmates at the Tucson facility in April, the head of the state's...
Healthy Returns: Eli Lilly’s chief scientific officer breaks down the latest obesity pill data
CNBC
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August 26, 2025
The Eli Lilly headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Aug. 15, 2024. AJ Mast | Bloomberg | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC's Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your...
Top 15 hospitals in Massachusetts. See which 2 tied for first place
MetroWest Daily News - Massachusetts
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Two Boston hospitals tied for the ranking of best hospital in Massachusetts by U.S. News & World Report this year. The media company released its 2025-2026 list of 504 Best Regional Hospitals that have "demonstrated superior outcomes," including...
Dave Reardon: Win or lose at Arizona, the numbers indicate UH in good spot
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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August 27, 2025
Since school is back in session, let’s look at some history and math. Don’t worry, it’s the fun kind of history, if you like sports. And it’s not the hard kind of math with letters, except for a few W’s and L’s. When they started throwing in all...
Plague cases reported in New Mexico, California, and Arizona
Local12 - Ohio
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CINCINNATI (WKRC) – At least three cases of the plague have been reported in the United States, with infections confirmed in New Mexico, California, and Arizona. Infectious disease specialists noted that a handful of plague cases are diagnosed...
Top 5 hospitals in Connecticut, per U.S. News & World Report
Providence Journal - Rhode Island
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U.S. News & World Report released its 2025-2026 list of 504 Best Regional Hospitals that have "demonstrated superior outcomes," including five in Connecticut. Nationally, the company analyzed performance data from 4,400 hospitals using factors...
Health clinic steps up as Presbyterian exits Catron Co.
Silver City Daily Press - New Mexico
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August 26, 2025
Catron County will soon lose the corporate provider for its two medical clinics — but seeking to fill the gap, an independent provider is willing and ready to move into one or both of the facilities. On Aug. 5, Presbyterian Medical Services...