Local Health Archives

Flu numbers, in comparison to Coronavirus numbers

March 20, 2020 6:56 PM Jenny Day

How the flu…

Travelers can now bring more hand sanitizer on flights

March 15, 2020 9:59 PM Billy Khang

Fairfax, VIRGINIA. (KYMA, KECY)- The Transportation Security Administration is allowing passengers to bring up to 12 ounces of sanitizer in their…

ACLU calls on ICE detention centers to develop plan, for coronavirus

March 11, 2020 9:51 PM Jenny Day

What the ACLU is asking…

Healthcare bill close to saving local seniors money on prescriptions

March 11, 2020 5:59 PM Aziza Shuler

The Lower Drug Costs Now Act, also known as H.R.3, passed in the House of Representatives with support from Republicans and…

ACLU urges ICE to develop a plan for potential coronavirus at detention centers

March 11, 2020 2:26 PM Sumiko Keil, Christian Galeno

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) urges U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center officials to develop a plan to…

Virus death at California senior home sparks quarantine

March 11, 2020 12:51 PM The Associated Press

Seniors at a Northern California assisted living facility have been placed in a two-week quarantine after a resident — a woman in her 90s — died…

CDC to award Arizona with funds in support of COVID-19

March 11, 2020 11:38 AM Sumiko Keil

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will provide the State of Arizona $11,201,871 in support of their efforts to the coronavirus disease…

Older women with breast cancer may benefit from genetic testing

March 11, 2020 9:25 AM Dominique Newland

(KYMA, KECY) – Postmenopausal women with breast cancer are as likely as Ashkenazi Jewish women to carry inherited breast-cancer mutations that can…

2nd person in history, to possibly be cured of HIV

March 10, 2020 7:48 PM Jenny Day

How health experts say it…

Babies with severe sleep problems may have more childhood anxiety

March 10, 2020 6:13 PM Arianna Shell

Babies with severe sleep problems may have more childhood…

Infected cruise ship unloads passengers in California

March 10, 2020 8:04 AM The Associated Press

The cruise ship forced to idle for days off the California coast because of a cluster of coronavirus cases aboard arrived in port Monday, and dozen…

Arizona now seeing ‘community spread’ of new virus

March 10, 2020 6:10 AM The Associated Press

Arizona’s health director warned Monday that community spread of the new coronavirus is now happening and case numbers could reach what is seen in…

Support your Food Bank, Yuma in need of donations

March 9, 2020 6:09 AM Crystal Jimenez

The Yuma Community Food Bank is requesting donated food items, as they begin to see a shortage in supplies as summer approaches.…

Grab a pillow and a blanket, it’s National Nap Day

March 9, 2020 7:01 AM Crystal Jimenez

There’s no shame in taking a nap, and after Daylight Saving Time Sunday most people are going to need…

What a new study is saying about eating eggs every day

March 6, 2020 12:16 PM Jenny Day

There are so many conflicting studies; here’s the latest.…

Keeping your cell phone clean

March 6, 2020 12:09 PM Jenny Day

Tips on how to avoid cell phone…

Nisili’s Fight: Local conversation addressing deadly opioid crisis

March 5, 2020 4:42 PM Aziza Shuler

On January 14, 2020, sadly 18-year old Nisili Tuiasosopo became another young victim to the fatal opioid…

Update on Alex Trebek, one year after cancer diagnosis

March 5, 2020 5:35 PM Jenny Day

Jeopardy host is beating the odds, proving there is always…

Coronavirus sparks Asian-American discrimination

March 5, 2020 2:01 PM Gabriel Salazar

Students and community members in Sacramento, CA are working to stop anti-Asian discrimination over the…

Employee at San Diego AT&T store tests positive for Coronavirus

March 5, 2020 11:42 AM Gabriel Salazar

A San Diego AT&T closed six retail stores after a retail worker tested positive for the Coronavirus.…