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AmericanTowns Heroes: Caroline Cannon Wins Prize Caring for the Arctic and the Inupiat

Caroline Cannon has led dual roles throughout her life. She is a leader of her people as well as a steward of the earth. For more than 30 years Caroline has been working to...

AmericanTowns Heroes: Mailman Charlie Rose Sniffs Out Gas and Saves Lives

Something didn't seem right to mail carrier Charlie Rose. He smelled gas more than once while delivering the mail on his normal route. It wasn't just coming from one house and the...

AmericanTown Heroes: Leslie Perkins Picks Posies for Patients

Leslie Perkins, a hospital volunteer for more than 28 years is also the head of the fresh flower program. In addition to overseeing the placements of fresh flowers in all the...

AmericanTowns Heroes: Bob Davidson Wants Your Pledge to Rise Above the Plastics

If you see a grown man covered in plastic bags, don’t think he’s crazy or a homeless person trying to stay warm. Go over and introduce yourself and find out what he has to say...

Flu Season Coming Soon, Schedule Flu Shots Starting September 7, 2010

from:Pinal County Government

Florence, AZ - The Pinal County Public Health Services District will begin providing flu shots to the public on Friday, October 1, 2010 by appointment only. For your...

AmericanTowns Heroes: Rebecca Stivers—Nurse Educator and Role Model

A nurse educator and her husband happen upon the scene of a serious crash just in time to administer critical care. As a trained nurse, Rebecca knows what to do to help make...

Enraged Bobcat Attacks Dog, Injures Man

from:Pinal County Government

Florence, AZ - The Pinal County Public Health Services District is issuing a rabies advisory and urging Pinal County residents to have their animals vaccinated against the fatal...

Free Breast Cancer Screening for Women who Qualify

from:Pinal County Government

FLORENCE, AZ – Pinal County Public Health Services District is offering FREE breast cancer screening and diagnostic services to all women who qualify through its Well Woman...

AmericanTowns Heroes: Team Winter Races to Fund Research for Prostate Cancer

After losing her father to prostate cancer, Winter Vinecki started Team Winter to help raise money for prostate cancer research. Winter is a young triathlete who inspires...

Lack Of Potency Leads To Nasal H1N1 Vaccine Recall

from:Pinal County Government

Some PinalCounty Providers were Given FluMist Vaccine Florence – Citing a slight decrease in the potency in the nasal version of the H1N1 vaccine, drug maker MedImmune is...

Swine flu information, symptoms and resources for Pinal County

The reports of Swine Flu in Arizona (official name, H1N1) are alarming, but as the virus remains in the headlines, experts are urging common-sense in handling the outbreak. This...

Pinal County Resumes Monitoring For West Nile Virus

from:Pinal County Government

FLORENCE – Like an uninvited guest you’d like to see leave and never come back, West Nile Virus has established itself in Arizona, like it or not. Since its...

Rabies Public Health Advisory For Pinal County

from:Pinal County Government

Florence – The Pinal County Public Health Services District (PCPHSD) is issuing an advisory for animal rabies to all residents of Pinal County. On April 1, 2009, a skunk...

Two Pinal Residents Exposed to Rabid Bat

from:Pinal County Government

FLORENCE,AZ---The Pinal County Public Health Services District is issuing an advisory for animal rabies to all residents of Pinal County. On September 19th, 2008 a bat found...

Pinal County News - Owners Should Vaccinate Their HorsesAgainst

Florence, AZ - With the summer rain storms soon to be arriving, horse owners should take the precaution to vaccinate their equines against West Nile virus (WNV). The...

JuneFit Tip: Stretching is for Everyday!

from:JuneFit - Health and Fitness Tips

My motto is, "Stretching is for Everyday", and I do practice what I preach. Research has indicated that regular stretching may be more effective in preventing injuries...