David Caltabiano

4 days ago | azfamily.com | David Caltabiano

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A Valley laboratory is developing a rapid antibody test to help with a common desert illness. The Mayo Clinic’s Microbiology Laboratory, in partnership with Arizona Sate University, is developing a rapid antibody test for Valley fever that will get results in 10 minutes or less.

1 week ago | kold.com | David Caltabiano |Mitchell Koch

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — After the federal government announced it would no longer recommend routine COVID-19 shots to healthy children and pregnant women, those who want the vaccine should expect to pay. The change was announced this week by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Pregnancy is listed on the CDC’s website as a risk factor for complications from COVID-19. Children with underlying medical conditions are also considered high-risk for severe illness from COVID-19.

1 week ago | azfamily.com | David Caltabiano |Mitchell Koch

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — After the federal government announced it would no longer recommend routine COVID-19 shots to healthy children and pregnant women, those who want the vaccine should expect to pay. The change was announced this week by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Pregnancy is listed on the CDC’s website as a risk factor for complications from COVID-19. Children with underlying medical conditions are also considered high-risk for severe illness from COVID-19.

1 week ago | azfamily.com | David Caltabiano

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Data from the National Fire Protection Association shows fire departments respond to around 11,400 home fires involving some type of barbecue each year. Phoenix Fire Capt. DJ Lee has seen plenty of it in his career. He recommends checking your propane tanks for leaks and keeping your grill clean and the lid open before lighting the grill. Captain Lee said the grill should be far from your home and have about 10 feet of defensible space, as these fires can be deadly.

2 weeks ago | azfamily.com | David Caltabiano

SCOTTSDALE (AZFamily) — HonorHealth Research Institute is the first of 50 sites worldwide to treat a patient in a new clinical study aimed at melanoma. They’re testing a new cell therapy treatment in which doctors take healthy immune cells out of a patient’s body, genetically modify them, and then put them back into the patient, where those cells attack cancerous cells. The treatment is for patients with refractory melanoma, which is a cancer that does not respond to traditional treatments.