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Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

HEALTH

Drought worsens asthma conditions for Arizonans

Barbara Flores, Reporter November 13, 2025

Southern Arizona’s long drought is creating more than dry landscapes. It’s worsening health for people with asthma. The dry soil, dusty air and extreme heat are triggering flare-ups and increasing...

Acetaminophen, a leading American painkiller, is facing criticism from the Trump administration for its alleged link to causing autism when taken during pregnancy. There is no scientific proof to back the claim.

Autism advocates call out ‘harmful rhetoric’ in Tylenol controversy

Sierra Blaser October 29, 2025

Acetaminophen has been America’s go-to painkiller for decades. Tossed into purses, diaper bags, backpacks and medicine cabinets, it’s long been trusted to ease fevers, headaches and muscle pain. Now,...

Bianca Miguel De Souza Chavez, WEST researcher, preparing the water ultrafiltration machine at WEST on September 23, 2025. Photo by Zoey Oberstein, Arizona Sonoran News

UA part of $38M research project to find solutions to AZ water future

Zoey Oberstein, Reporter October 6, 2025

University of Arizona researchers are looking for ways to protect the state’s water future, including plans to treat and desalinate wastewater for new use through a reverse osmosis system spearheaded...

El Rio Health Center at 839 W. Congress St. (Courtesy of Nathan Holaway, El Rio PIO)

Federal funding cuts test resilience of AZ HIV care services

Zoey Oberstein, Reporter October 6, 2025

HIV and AIDS healthcare workers are uncertain about what the future holds in light of continuous federal funding cuts to programs in Southern Arizona.  HIV and AIDS care centers have had to readjust...

Anne Fritz completes a kettlebell swing with her fellow members Gloria Lopez-Sugden and the two new members who were trialing the class in Resilient Fitness in Tucson, Ariz. on April 15, 2025. The kettlebell swing is a fundamental movement that is in all of RF’s programming, and something that long-time members have worked to master.

Balance & Power: Strengthening bodies, creating bonds

Emma LaPointe May 13, 2025

8:55 a.m. - Early birds Class members trickled into class at Resilient Fitness, 2900 E. Broadway Blvd., catching up on life, cracking jokes and starting to warm up in between the small talk. On one...

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