AZ Trauma System Development Progress
One of our Department priorities over the last couple of years has been to better develop Arizona’s TRAUMA SYSTEM. Here’s a thumbnail sketch of why having a system of trauma care is so important: More than 24,000 people are severely injured (called trauma) every year in Arizona. More than 60% of these severe injuries occur in the rural and frontier [...]
Adult Vaccination Rates
The Trust for America’s Health released a report about adult immunization rates across the country last week at: healthyamericans.org. The Complete Report (PDF 0.2Mb) provides all of the details… but for a snapshot, the report says that about 69% of Arizona’s seniors have been vaccinated for pneumococcal disease. Vaccinations are an important part of public health strategy. When people are [...]
Special Session & Sales Tax Referral
The Governor called a special session of the Legislature this week (special session) to address various budget issues including education rollover payment issues, additional sale and leaseback issues, a sales tax referral, and a proration of income tax for out-of-state filers. All of these matters have a link to our budget and the future of our Agency and mission- but [...]
Special Session & Sales Tax Referral
The Governor called a special session of the Legislature this week (special session) to address various budget issues including education rollover payment issues, additional sale and leaseback issues, a sales tax referral, and a proration of income tax for out-of-state filers. All of these matters have a link to our budget and the future of our Agency and mission- but [...]
A Year of Progress at ADHS
We started on this journey together a year ago. Thanks for being such good traveling companions. We’ve been through a lot. We’ve had challenges, fears, anxiety, good times, laughs, & fun. We’ve sacrificed some of our programs, but we’ve made a great deal of progress too. Overall- the year was a net plus. I say that because we maximized our [...]
Lancet Withdraws 12 Year Old Flawed Autism Article
An article published in the journal Lancet nearly 12 years ago set the public health world on fire. The article published by Wakefield and 12 other authors suggested that they had found a link between the MMR (measles mumps rubella) vaccine and autism and bowel disease. Since that time, a great deal of research has been conducted and numerous articles [...]