Scottsdale parents will have to check in their own over-the-counter medicines to the school nurse's office if they want their children to have access to things like Tylenol and Tums this year.

Long before John Roberts’ nomination to the Supreme Court raised the debate about religion in work life, a large number of Valley doctors had incorporated faith into their daily practice.

WASHINGTON - Parents may be left with only love and lots of liquid to give their sniffling babies and toddlers now that the government is declaring over-the-counter cough and cold medicines too risky for tots.

NEW ORLEANS - To cries of "Thank you, Jesus!" and catcalls of "What took you so long?," a National Guard convoy packed with food, water and medicine rolled through axle-deep floodwaters Friday into what remained of New Orleans and descended into a maelstrom of fires and floating corpses.

October 11, 2004

BATON ROUGE, La. - Dr. Jessica Lee fought the urge to panic. All week long, women stranded by Hurricane Katrina had been giving birth in primitive conditions at New Orleans' University Hospital, their only after-effect a colorful story to tell their children someday.

Guest commentary by Linda Turley-Hansen

A Mesa doctor accused of touching female patients in a sexual manner and now arrested twice for it, is able to keep practicing, but with restrictions on his medical license, according to the executive director of the Arizona Medical Board.

March 31, 2005

In seven to 10 months, consumers can expect to see a Bashas' chain of grocery stores with fewer numbers and more concentrated in the Valley and Tucson metro areas as it emerges from Chapter 11, analysts say.

Arizona’s emergency medical system is on life support, suffering from a shortage of physicians, nurses and hospital beds, crippled by overcrowding, and ill-prepared to handle a large-scale crisis, according to a national study released

Arizona’s emergency medical system is on life support, suffering from a shortage of physicians, nurses and hospital beds, crippled by overcrowding, and ill-prepared to handle a large-scale crisis, according to a national study released

March 10, 2005

October 21, 2004

FastMed Urgent Care, operator of more than 20 urgent care locations throughout Arizona — including nine in the East Valley — announced earlier this month the acquisition of Sports Medicine Express.

When 4-year-old Cameron Ward comes to Banner Desert Medical Center for one of many uncomfortable leukemia treatments, he doesn’t cry or struggle. He’ll even tell the nurses if they forgot a medical step.

Ahwatukee Foothills doctor Lynn Sweet, whose medical license was suspended for a second time this summer in an "emergency action" by state regulators, said Tuesday that he has sold his practice to another doctor in a bid to keep it open.

Ahwatukee Foothills doctor Lynn Sweet, whose medical license was suspended for a second time this summer in an "emergency action" by state regulators, said Tuesday that he has sold his practice to another doctor in a bid to keep it open.

Valley residents may not have to worry about hurricanes or earthquakes, but being prepared for an emergency — either individually or as a community — should be at the top of every resident’s to-do lists, public safety leaders said.

Hospital emergency rooms in the East Valley “exploded” with patients in the last two weeks, health officials reported.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - It's a pet owner's nightmare.

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's isolationist regime blocked United Nations efforts Thursday to airlift food aid to cyclone survivors, U.N. officials said, as the hungry fought for what little food was available and drank coconut milk for lack of clean water.

It is estimated that 1,000 people die every week from traumatic brain injuries in the United States. But if you suffer a severe brain injury in Arizona, the National Institutes of Health say you will likely receive the best emergency services treatment available in the country.