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Data can save lives if you use it right.  One of the ways we use data to save lives is through our annual Child Fatality Review Report.  We published our 21st Annual Report this week.  The report examined all 811 deaths of children under 18 in 2013.  Teams discussed the circumstances of each child’s death, [...]

HIV/AIDS affects or infects over 15,000 people in the state of Arizona.  HIV has become a chronic disease, one that can be managed, which means most people are not dying of AIDS.  However, there are still a lot of difficulties associated with being HIV positive.  The prescriptions alone can be expensive and the side effects [...]

Every time a different disease surfaces in the news like MERS, Ebola or Enterovirus D 68, one of the first questions people ask is, “Is there a vaccine for it?”  A new documentary created for NOVA on PBS – Vaccines – Calling the Shots recently outlined the history of vaccines and the possibility of vaccine-preventable diseases [...]