Free Webinar: Saving Lives Through Heat Relief: Arizona’s Novel Approach
Saving Lives Through Heat Relief: Arizona’s Novel Approach Friday July 10, 12:00pm – 1:00pm AZ-MST (PST) Extreme heat is the deadliest weather threat in the Southwest — but Arizona is proving those deaths are preventable. Join the Arizona Public Health Association and the Health Insights Hub by Hess III Consulting for this free virtual Power Hour on July 10, 2026, featuring Maricopa County and Pima County Departments of Public Health,
FDA Panel Backs New mRNA Flu Vaccine Despite Kennedy’s War on Vaccine Science
Given Kennedy’s unfounded hostility toward mRNA technology and his work to undermine objective vaccine review at CDC, ACIP and FDA… this week’s FDA advisory committee meeting was a surprise. FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted unanimously that the benefits of Moderna’s new mRNA flu vaccine, called mFlusiva, outweigh its risks for adults 50 and older. Most influenza vaccines are still made using eggs. The egg process works
The State Budget Was the First Step Now Comes the Hard Part for AHCCCS & ADES
Last week I wrote a review of this year’s legislative session. One of the biggest public health wins in the final budget was that AHCCCS and DES received real resources to prepare for the huge new eligibility workload that is coming because of H.R. 1. Divided State Government Produces a Decent Public Health Budget That includes $10.2M for AHCCCS eligibility staffing, $10.8M for DES eligibility staffing, and $12.9M for AHCCCS Medicaid
Kennedy’s Title X Edict Takes Aim at Arizona’s Family Planning (& Poverty Prevention) Efforts
For more than 50 years, one of our most successful anti-poverty & public health programs has been the federal Title X Family Planning Program. Title X was signed into law in 1970 with support from both political parties. President Nixon said at the time that family planning services should be available to all people who want them but cannot afford them. The objective of Title X and has remained until
List of Ballot Propositions Taking Shape: Our Positions
Now that session is over, we turn our advocacy attention toward taking positions on the various ballot measures in order to educate voters about the public health policy implications of each. There will likely be 5 ballot measures we’ll be taking public positions on by writing arguments in the voter publicity pamphlet. It looks like there will be 11 or so propositions on the ballot. More detail on this in
Gritty Summary of the 2026 Legislative Session: Public Health Wins, Vetoes and Bills Still on the Governor’s Desk
View Our PowerPoint Summarizing the 2026 Legislative Session There were some meaningful public health wins this year. Several bills we supported made it through the Legislature and have already been signed by Gov. Katie Hobbs. A few other good bills are still sitting on her desk. The governor also vetoed several bad bills, and we’re urging her to veto five more that passed during the final weeks of the session.