Dodging Incendiary Bullet: Wet Spring, Summer Douses Fears of Major Arizona Outbreaks
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By Mike Branom, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz.  Sep. 6--Barely a month into 2006, the potential for wildfires in Arizona was off the charts.   The state was locked in a recordbreaking dry spell, a symptom of a drought 11 years old with no end in sight.
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CHICAGO A new report is raising concerns about just how safe we&#39;d be if we&#39;re hit by a biological or chemical attack. The new findings are stunning and indicate that Chicago and other major cities would struggle to cope.
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Northern Arizona&#39;s downgrade on a federal drought map from an &quot;extreme&quot; designation to &quot;severe&quot; could mean healthier winter vegetation, better stream flow and more moisture - at least in the short term, experts say.
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LOS ANGELES A new survey about West Nile finds residents of California and Arizona -- the two states hardest hit this year by the virus -- are less likely to take precautions against mosquitoes than people elsewhere in the nation.
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The United States is unprepared not just for flu season, but for a worldwide pandemic or bioterrorism attack, say researchers outside the government.
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By Story by RICK NATHANSON Illustration by CATHRYN CUNNINGHAM Of the Journal  At the beginning of the summer, people were facing tough choices about which plants they might be willing to let die during what seemed like a dry cycle with no end.
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By Bethany Meisinger-Reiff Contributing Writer  VANDALIA -- Last week may have been Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week, but the city of Vandalia has been aware of -- and preparing for -- the invasive pest for some time.
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As summer winds down, public health officials are keeping track of the potentially deadly West Nile virus. So far, Ingham County has been spared from human cases of the virus, and officials want to keep it that way.
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By Mike Archbold, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  May 30--A forecast of hot weather this week and two cold river drowning deaths over Memorial Day weekend are a cautionary tale for swimmers and boaters.
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By Jeffrey Gautreaux, The Sun, Yuma, Ariz.  Feb. 12--The Sun, Yuma, Ariz., story slugged YZ-PLAYGROUND-20070211,  moved by McClatchy-Tribune Business News, moved with an incorrect date. The  story should have been dated Feb. 12.
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The number of Arizonans infected with the West Nile virus jumped Thursday after weeks of dwindling increases, health officials said Thursday.
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Some Southern Arizona mountains were placed on a short list of places around the world where biological resources are at risk.
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By Margie Wood, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  May 26--The recent storms that have passed through Pueblo have caused the water level -- and therefore the level of E. coli bacteria -- in local waterways to rise significantly, the City-County Health Department said Friday.
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BUENOS AIRES, March 7 -- Recent heavy rains in South America have killed dozens of people, wiped out thousands of homes and triggered outbreaks of dengue fever in several countries.
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Cases of whooping cough in Arizona&#39;s most populated county have nearly doubled so far this year compared with last year at this time, according to the Maricopa County Department of Public Health.
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Flash-flood watches remained in effect over much of Arizona as a major winter storm continued to move through the state. Heavy rain and snowmelt on Friday caused some rivers and streams throughout central Arizona to get near flood-stage levels but there were no reports of any residents being evacuated.
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Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:    -----     Arizona Leads Nation in West Nile Cases      Thousands of abandoned swimming pools, along with irrigation canals and other prime breeding sites for mosquitoes in Phoenix, have made Arizona the state hardest hit by West Nile virus this year.      Arizona has accounted for at least 290 of more than 500 reported cases of West Nile virus in the United States so far in 2004...