Valley medical students get first-hand experience
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Valley medical students are getting real-life experience. FOX 10's Danielle Miller takes us to Pima Medical Institute where they held a mock clinic.

CVS to lay off 5,000 employees as it seeks to cut costs

The Rhode Island-based pharmacy giant said in a statement that it is eliminating "a number of non-customer facing positions" throughout the company

Henrietta Lacks' family reaches settlement with medical company that profited from her cells

Henrietta Lacks' cancer cells changed the course of modern medicine after they were taken from her without consent or knowledge. The cells were the first living human cells to ever survive and multiply outside the body.

Nightly Roundup: Family in fear over murder suspect release, sentencing for 'Doomsday Mom'

From sentencing for 'Doomsday Mom' Lori Vallow to an uproar over the impending release of a murder suspect in Arizona, here's a look at some of our top stories this evening.

'Pee-wee Herman' star Paul Reubens loses battle to cancer at 70

Paul Reubens, the actor and comedian whose character Pee-wee Herman became a cultural phenomenon through films and TV shows, has died.

Leprosy considered 'endemic' to Central Florida, health officials say

A group of researchers is warning about leprosy becoming endemic to Central Florida, which they say now accounts for one-fifth of all new cases.

A.I. brain implant helps paralyzed man move, feel again

“There was a time that I didn’t know if I was even going to live, or if I wanted to, frankly. And now, I can feel the touch of someone holding my hand. It’s overwhelming," said Keith Thomas, the patient who received the revolutionary treatment.

Heat contact burns on the rise in Arizona
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The excessive heat Arizonans are currently experiencing is dangerous for more reasons than one. Besides heat stroke and heat exhaustion, touching something in the extreme heat could turn into a situation that requires medical attention. FOX 10's Anita Roman reports.

3M 'forever chemicals' contamination: Ellison, 21 other attorneys general oppose settlement

Twenty-two attorneys general urged a federal court Wednesday to reject a proposed $10.3 billion settlement over contamination of U.S. public drinking water systems with potentially dangerous chemicals, saying it lets manufacturer 3M Co. off too easily.

Arizona mom accuses Valleywise Hospital of neglecting her quadriplegic son

Phoenix Police are investigating after a mother says her quadriplegic son was dumped out of a wheelchair, and onto the ground outside a major hospital in the Phoenix area.

Nightly Roundup: New questions in Alicia Navarro case; Mother accuses hospital of neglect

From new questions in a missing persons case that captured national attention, to accusations made by the mother of a quadriplegic man against an Arizona hospital, here's a look at some of our top stories tonight.