Stories about people and organizations working to address our community's most pressing challenges.
A University of Arizona program, Nosotros, offers free liver screenings to Southern Arizona's Latino community, targeting a fatty liver disease that disproportionately affects people of Mexican origin.
A University of Arizona program is pairing nursing students with artists and engineers to build a more holistic understanding of health equity, with exhibits reaching communities on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.
The University of Arizona wrapped up its first year of Arizona Arts Rx, a program that connects students experiencing anxiety, depression and loneliness to arts and culture activities across Tucson as a complement to traditional mental health care.
As Tucson summers grow hotter and air quality worsens, nonprofit BEYOND is teaching people how to stay active outdoors safely through hydration, evaporative cooling and heat adaptation education.
Clinica Amistad, a free clinic in South Tucson, provides primary care to uninsured and underinsured patients at no cost — serving nearly 2,500 patient visits in 2024 through an all-volunteer model.
The University of Arizona's Commitment to Underserved People program operates 12 student-run free clinics serving Tucson's unhoused and uninsured residents, with more than 90% of medical students participating within their first two years.
