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Biomedical Roadmap

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:51:18-07:00February 21st, 2012|General|

A decade ago, AZ launched a plan to create an internationally competitive bioscience sector. This roadmap is the long-term plan to combine leaders in business, basic sciences & research, and political entities in order to create an infrastructure and climate that would be ideal to propel AZ forward in the biosciences. The Flinn Foundation invested in [...]

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Opening Day for AZ Gardening

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:51:18-07:00February 17th, 2012|General|

The President’s Day 3-day weekend is a great time to start your vegetable garden in the Sonoran Desert, so get out your shovels, mulch, and other garden materials this weekend. But if you want to grow healthy vegetables in the desert- you’ll need to prep your soil before the quickly upcoming planting season. Here are [...]

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100 Years (actually more) of the AZ State Hospital

By Will Humble|2012-02-16T19:00:44-07:00February 16th, 2012|Behavioral Health, General|

Check our excellent new web page about the history of the AZ State hospital. The stuff on the new hospital history page is fascinating. One of the things that struck me is that the issues of concern to the Superintendent of the Hospital 100 years ago were remarkable similar to today. The 100 year old [...]

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Enjoy AZ’s 100th B-day

By azdhs-admin|2012-02-13T10:26:00-07:00February 13th, 2012|General|

Please take some time to enjoy Arizona’s 100th birthday celebration this week. The Arizona Centennial Commission held Arizona Best Fest this past Saturday and Sunday. There’ll also be a host of events going on tomorro (AZ’s actual 100th Birthday) in the Capitol mall area- especially the area between the House and Senate buildings just across [...]

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Arizona Mexico Commission Progress

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:18-07:00February 10th, 2012|General|

I’m writing this from my hotel room in Rocky Point- after a long day (and night) of the inter Plenary Session. The 2 day conference started Thursday and goes through tonight. We meet twice a year- it’s basically an opportunity for us to form partnerships across the border and to develop regional approaches to things like [...]

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Neglected Global Tropical Disease Initiative

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:19-07:00February 8th, 2012|General|

Last week marked an important milestone toward better controlling 10 neglected tropical diseases by 2020. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank, 13 pharmaceutical companies, the U.S., U.K. and U.A.E. governments and other global health organizations announced a new, coordinated push to defeat diseases like Dengue, rabies, blinding trachoma, Buruli ulcer, endemic treponematoses (yaws), leprosy (Hansen disease), Chagas [...]

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EMS Overdrive

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:19-07:00February 3rd, 2012|General, Preparedness|

This month has been a doozy for our Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma System team. This week we finished the 2nd of 2 high-profile and important decisions. A couple of weeks ago I made a decision to let Yuma City take over part of the ambulance response in that town. I thought the city [...]

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Doing the Right Thing

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:19-07:00February 1st, 2012|General|

Our Assisted Living Licensing shop received a complaint about physical and verbal abuse of vulnerable adults in an assisted living facility in Casa Grande a couple of weeks ago. Surveyors Matthew Deise and Doris Laidlaw responded to the facility and interviewed several residents and caregivers at the home, who confirmed that some employees treat the residents [...]

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New School Lunch Standards on the Way

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:20-07:00January 31st, 2012|General, Prevention|

The USDA released a new final rule that will set new nutrition standards for the federal child nutrition programs that serve millions of children across the country every day. The new rule fleshes out the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. It’ll increase how many fruits, vegetables, and whole grains that are in school lunches [...]

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SNAP Up Healthier Food

By azdhs-admin|2012-01-30T10:31:41-07:00January 30th, 2012|General|

Maybe you’ve heard the words “The Farm Bill” in the news over the years. The Farm Bill is a very large bill that guides the mission of the USDA- including the “food stamps” program- now known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP. The USDA law undergoes review and reauthorization about every 5 years- and [...]

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