Nick Staab News Today

Experts share how to prevent wildfires and stay cool during Arizona's extreme heat.

Two more cases of measles have been identified in Maricopa County. Here is a list of possible places exposed.

Maricopa County announced two more cases of the measles, two weeks after an initial case involving an international visitor was confirmed.

An international visitor to the Valley recently tested positive for measles. The Maricopa County Department of Public Health has identified two public places where people might have been exposed in late January.The locations were Twin Peaks Camelback in Phoenix or the breakfast buffet inside the Hilton Garden Inn in downtown Chandler on Jan. 27.

The Maricopa County Department of Public Health confirmed a measles case Saturday from an international visitor as cases of the highly infectious disease rise across the U.S. and overseas. Officials became notified of the matter through routine lab reporting.Nick Staab is the department’s assistant medical director.“It's very easy to spread. So we certainly are concerned about

It’s here. The long-awaited new COVID-19 vaccine is in Arizona and it’s recommended for everyone ages 6 months and older.The move comes as hospitalization and deaths from yet another wave of COVID-19 are on the rise here and across the country.Dr. Nick Staab, assistant medical director with the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, joined The Show to tell us all about

Properly diagnosing a death as climate-related requires time, training, and resources that many health departments don’t have.

Carolyn Kormann on how climate change threatens to increase the high incidence of heat-related deaths in and near Phoenix, Arizona.

The full death toll from extreme heat waves, hurricanes and other climate-related disasters often isn’t revealed until weeks, months or even years after an event occurs

As temperatures rise and weather extremes worsen, finding better ways to monitor climate-related deaths becomes increasingly urgent.