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Recent Articles from Iain Woessner, Cronkite News Service
Nurses rally for national law mandating ratios for patient care in hospitals
Hospital care suffers because overworked nurses are assigned too many patients and are unable to voice their concerns out of fear of reprisals from administrators, members of a nurses union said Dec. 8. About 300 nurses from across the country demonstrated outside the offices of the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association, a group that advocates for hospitals and health care systems, in sup[...]
Before death brought immortality, USS Arizona’s life included movie role, even scandal
John Anderson remembers rowing into the burning water around the USS Arizona, searching in vain for a twin brother later found among the battleship's nearly 1,200 dead in the Pearl Harbor attack. But he also has fond memories of his time on the Arizona, such as attending navigation and meteorology classes with shipmates.
Brewer: Character education key to higher achievement, fewer problems in students
TEMPE - A program helping students develop good character leads to higher grades and better attendance in school and decreases the chance that children will use alcohol or drugs, Gov. Jan Brewer said Nov. 13.
Panel: Fear, misinformation hamper efforts to immunize minority groups against H1N1
Safety fears, misinformation and a distrust of doctors hamper efforts to persuade members of minority groups to get vaccinated against the H1N1 flu strain, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials told ethnic media leaders Nov. 5.
Poll on H1N1 suggests that public health officials battling perception problem
A recent poll suggesting that many Arizonans don't plan to get vaccinated against the H1N1 flu strain reflects a misconception that could leave many people at risk, a state health official said Oct. 30. "Most people don't understand that the virus is very dangerous," said Dr. Karen Lewis, medical director of the Arizona Department of Health Services Immunization Program.
Wildlife group highlights 24 Arizona species threatened by climate change
The desert tortoise thrives in intense heat and can go a year without water, but it's among the species threatened by climate change, an wildlife group says. Looking toward events Oct. 24 calling attention to carbon emissions and their role in warming the planet, the Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity released a report highlighting 350 animal and plant species it says could vanish due[...]
Corrections disciplines 16 over death of inmate in outdoor enclosure
The Arizona Department of Corrections has disciplined, dismissed or accepted resignations from 16 employees in connection with the death of a female inmate left in an outdoor enclosure and a strategy that used such enclosures as an alternative to force with prisoners, the agency's interim director said Sept. 22.
New law to provide medal to families of Arizona’s fallen service members
The dogtag around Margy Bons' neck bears a picture of her son, Marine Sgt. Michael Marzano. Her office contains a shrine of sorts to him: his Marine Corps portrait, a picture of the day he received his sergeant's stripes, a Marine Corps service medallion, a folded U.S. flag she received after he was killed in Iraq in 2005.
Iraqi refugees protest treatment by relief organization
Demonstrating Sept. 1 outside the State Capitol, Marwan Eldosari said the United Nations promised him decent housing, a job and the American dream when he decided to leave Iraq following the U.S. invasion.
With brochures, hand sanitizer and more, universities preparing for swine flu
Brightly colored posters urge Arizona State University students to cover coughs with tissues or sleeves. Northern Arizona University's computer labs now feature hand sanitizer dispensers. Freshmen settling into University of Arizona dorms received pamphlets urging them to stay away from class if they have aches or fever.
