Health care comes directly to homeless people needing help
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People living on the streets can have a hard time getting medical care. So on Sunday, they received that medical care and it came to them. FOX 10's Irene Snyder explains.

Biden plans to request more funding for new COVID-19 vaccine

President Joe Biden said Friday that he is planning to request more money from Congress to develop another new coronavirus vaccine, as scientists track new waves and hospitalizations rise, though not like before.

Arizona nurse saves man during flight
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For one nurse in the Phoenix area, it was not a typical day in the skies. Ashley Calabrese was making her way back to Phoenix from Reno, Nev. when suddenly, a man needed medical help due to cardiac distress. That was the moment Ashley and others jumped in to help. FOX 10's Danielle Miller reports.

New COVID-19 variant could evade immunity
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Health experts are closely monitoring the latest COVID-19 variant that they say can evade your immunity, even if you've been vaccinated or recently had coronavirus. There are only about a dozen worldwide cases of the variant, called BA.2.86, but experts say it is a highly mutated form of the coronavirus.

Hersha Parady, 'Little House on the Prairie' actress, dead at 78

Actress Hersha Parady portrayed teacher Alice Garvey, who heroically attempted to save children from a burning building on the popular drama.

Nonprofit raising money to fulfill young Arizona cancer patient's dream to go to Disney World

3-year-old Isabella Melgarejo still has a smile on her face despite her difficult cancer battle, and now, a nonprofit is hoping to make young Isabella's dream to meet all the Disney princesses a reality.

Marijuana dispensary offered free mammograms
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More than 22 million cancer screenings were either cancelled or delayed during the COVID-19 Pandemic, which resulted in 80,000 thousand missed cancer diagnoses. On Aug. 24, however, dozens of women received the preventative care they needed, at a rather unusual place. FOX 10's Anita Roman reports.

Study suggests screen time for toddlers linked to developmental delays

Researchers found that young children exposed to too much screen time were at a higher risk for delays, including communication skills.

Influencer honors AZ teen who passed away from cancer
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We have covered the cancer battle of 13-year-old Alex Etheridge multiple times in recent months, and we have learned that the social media influencer from Australia who helped Alex meet his idol Travis Barker is honoring the teen by shaving his own head. Samuel Weidenhofer saw our original story about Alex, and helped him meet Barker during a concert in Phoenix. Besides shaving his own head, Weidenhofer is also raising money for Alex's charity.

More younger people are receiving cancer diagnoses, study finds — especially this type

The increase in early-onset cancers is likely associated with the increasing incidence of obesity as well as changes in environmental exposures, study authors noted.