Stay Current on Vaccines: Free Online Learning for Healthcare Teams
Give vaccines or help patients stay up to date on their immunizations? The Vaccine Science & Practice ECHO offers a chance to learn from experts, discuss real patient cases, and connect with other healthcare professionals. This online learning series is offered in collaboration with the Arizona Department of Health Services and the ASU Health Observatory. Monthly sessions begin October 20. The program is open to physicians, pharmacists, nurses, medical assistants,
Public Health AI 101: A Free Professional Development Opportunity
AI is moving quickly into just about every part of our lives – including public health. For people working in public health, the challenge is figuring out what AI can actually do, where it can be useful, and how to use these new tools responsibly. The UA College of Public Health is helping with that. Through its AI for Public Health Initiative, the College is offering a completely free online
Arizona’s First H.R. 1 Medicaid Cuts Are Here
October 1 is the first salvo Congress and the president fired at Medicaid members. There is much more to come, sadly. The first bolus of people who will be losing healthcare services lost their health coverage this week. As Stephanie Innes reported this week Thousands of legal immigrants in Arizona lost AHCCCS last week. She documented that 20,658 legally present refugees, asylees and other legally present immigrants lost their full Medicaid
Arizona’s Energy Choices: More Solar, Responsible Siting & Fair Electric Bills
Arizona needs more electricity. Population growth, advanced manufacturing, data centers and electrification are adding demand. How we meet that demand—and who pays for it—will have big consequences for public health. Reliable electricity keeps air conditioners running during extreme heat. But reliability only helps if families can afford enough electricity to keep their homes safely cooled. As utility bills take a bigger bite out of household budgets, families have less money
Solar Farms & Data Centers: Two Different Siting Decisions
Solar projects and data centers both draw opposition from communities at city and county planning and zoning meetings. Both sometimes have opposition from nearby residents (and sometimes non nearby ‘carpetbagger’ residents – especially solar). Both raise questions about land use, water and electricity. But they’re not the same at all. One supplies electricity. The other uses a lot of it. Utility-Scale Solar & Storage: Separating Public Health Fact from Fiction
Higher Utility Bills & Harder Choices for Arizona Families?
Most Arizona families are getting blasted from several directions at once on electricity costs. APS is demanding another huge rate increase – this time a whopping 14% electric rate increase in your rate per kilowatt. That comes after the Arizona Corporation Commission already approved an 8% APS rate increase that took effect in 2024. Yet Another Giant APS Electricity Rate Hike & Return on Equity Boost? Really? – AZ Public