From Dr. Carmona: Now’s a great time to receive your COVID-19 vaccine
If you haven’t received a COVID-19 vaccine yet, now’s the time to join many other of your fellow Arizonans who are doing so right now. No one will criticize you; there is no shame. In fact, you’ll be welcomed with smiles and open arms! You are not alone. The Arizona Department of Health Services reports 63,317 doses of the COVID-19 [...]
Doulas: Please consider joining our new community advisory committee
Expectant mothers certainly need the help of skilled health care professionals before, during and after the birth of their child. But sometimes mothers and their families can benefit from more than medical expertise. That’s where doulas help. A doula is a trained companion – not a health care professional – who supports another person through a significant health-related experience, such [...]
Survey information on in-patient, ICU bed use added to COVID-19 Data Dashboard
I shared last week how the end of the state’s COVID-19 Declaration of Emergency changes what our COVID-19 Data Dashboard carries for hospital-reported data. A surveillance order through which some of this information was reported to ADHS is no longer in effect. As a result, the dashboard entries for Hospital COVID-19 Specific Metrics, and Ventilator Usage and Availability are no [...]
Talk. Test. Treat: Slowing the spread of sexually transmitted infections
In just the past 22 years, the rate of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Arizona has more than tripled, with more than half of all cases affecting those 25 and younger. During STI Awareness Week, I’m calling attention to three critical steps: Talk. Test. Treat. All three can help protect your health and your partner’s health. While STIs are more [...]
AZ Hires Vets: ADHS is part of Governor Ducey’s effort to employ more veterans
After nearly 27 years in the U.S. Air Force, Teresa Ehnert was looking for a new career that would allow her to use the skills and values she developed in the military. She found it in the Arizona Department of Health Services. “I love working for the state of Arizona because they exemplify things I had in my previous career [...]
End of COVID-19 Declaration of Emergency means changes for three dashboard entries
The end of the state’s COVID-19 Declaration of Emergency means changes to three entries on our weekly COVID-19 Data Dashboard that have relied on information reported by hospitals. Starting with this week’s update, the graphs under Hospital Bed Usage and Availability, Hospital COVID-19 Specific Metrics, and Ventilator Usage and Availability will no longer be updated. With the end of the [...]