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Brinkley sits with her foster owner, Michele Ochoa. Photograph by Jules Zappone  Arizona Sonora News ©2017.

UA valley fever research could save sick dogs

Jules Zappone October 11, 2017

Brinkley is only 1 1/2 years old. She takes six medications a day. One combats the infection in her bones. Three suppress her pain. One supplements her joints, and the last is an antibiotic that fights...

Aedes aegypti mosquito is a non-native mosquito species in Arizona. It is no larger than 7 meters and has small white specks on its legs. (Photos courtesy of Michael Riehle from the University of Arizona Department of Entomology.)

Should Tucsonans worry about Zika?

Sara Cline April 19, 2016

It’s a hot summer day. The morning doves are cooing and the sun beats down on a slight breeze. Water sits still at the bottom of trays under ceramic pots filled with flowers and plants. Pinch, swat,...

Bighorn sheep are at high risk to diseases carried by domesticated sheep and pack goats. Managing bighorn sheep can prevent contact and limit disease transmissions amongst herds. (Photo: provided by Arizona Game & Fish Department)

Bighorn sheep vulnerable to diseases

CCHERY May 13, 2015

Some sheep just aren’t meant to be together.Wild bighorn sheep populations across Arizona are picking up diseases from domesticated sheep and pack goats. As a result, the Arizona Game and Fish Department...

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Silent killers stalk Arizonans

Madeline Ruth November 20, 2014

Cancer, heart disease, respiratory disease, stroke and Alzheimer’s. These are the primary killers of Arizonans. Arizona is ranked No. 28 overall in the nation for health, while Hawaii, Vermont, Minnesota,...

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