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Valleywise Health has opened a new First Episode Center in Mesa.The treatment and support facility will help people experiencing psychosis or other serious mental health issues.Psychosis can occur at any age and makes itself felt through symptoms such as unusual thoughts, behaviors, fears and suspicions; hearing voices or seeing things others don’t; or withdrawing from family
There’s some good news and bad news in the world of vaccines. Most nursing home residents in Arizona still haven’t gotten their COVID-19 booster. And for the first time, vaccines are available to protect against four respiratory illnesses. Only 16% of nursing home residents have been vaccinated with the new COVID booster and slightly more than 3% of staff have gotten the jab.
The Arizona Public Health Association crunched numbers from the CDC, showing that heat-related deaths in Arizona surpassed COVID-19 deaths in the timeframe of January to September 2023.
At the end of last year, a look at the numbers of Arizonans who died showed that COVID-19 was still claiming many lives. This year, it’s way down on the list, which is topped, once again, by heart disease, cancer, chronic lower respiratory illness and stroke. But, the area where we saw the biggest jump in deaths was due to heat. The Show spoke with Will Humble, executive