OFFICIAL TITLE AN INITIATIVE MEASURE AMENDING SECTIONS 16-152, 16-166 AND 16-579, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES; AMENDING TITLE 46, CHAPTER 1, ARTICLE 3, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING SECTION 46-140.01; RELATING TO THE ARIZONA TAXPAYER AND CITIZEN PROTECTION ACT. TEXT OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT Be it enacted by the People of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Short title This act may be cited as the “Arizona Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act”. Sec. 2. Findings and declaration This state finds that illegal immigration…

Illegal entrants died at record rate since Oct. 1 By Michael Marizco and Ignacio Ibarra ARIZONA DAILY STAR A $28 million U.S. border control strategy and an unprecedented effort by private advocacy groups failed to slow illegal entrant deaths in Southern Arizona this year, a compilation of records by the Arizona Daily Star shows. County medical examiner and Mexican consulate records document that 218 migrants died trying to cross into the United States through Arizona since last Oct. 1, the…

In attempt to avoid the woes of last year’s “severe” flu outbreak and subsequent vaccine shortages, health care workers are preparing for the flu season earlier this year, with some physicians even administering flu shots several weeks earlier than federal health officials recommend, the Wall Street Journal reports. Although health officials advise that the flu vaccination be given in October and November, they say there is “no danger that [the vaccine] will wear off before the flu season runs its…

A survey released last week by the National Council of La Raza found that a lack of bilingual health care workers in the South prevents “many Hispanic patients from seeking appropriate medical care,” the Associated Press reports. Surveyors interviewed Hispanic residents and health care workers in Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina—states where Hispanic communities recently have grown more rapidly than other states—and found that language barriers prevent local residents from seeking “much-needed medical care,” adding that Hispanic communities often have…

This funding opportunity is designed to identify competitive projects that increase the number of health professionals who are able to address the broad spectrum of children’s environmental health issues in their practices, in the institutions in which they work, in their communities and in academic settings. This solicitation focuses on developing multi-state (at least five states), national, or international (at least three countries) training/education programs for health professionals. These programs will help health professionals understand, diagnose, and develop prevention messages…