Tucson teen dies from injuries in May crash

A teen died from injuries he sustained in a two-vehicle crash May 27 in central Tucson.

Tiny Bryanna beats the odds, but her harrowing case illustrates whooping cough's grave danger for infants

Richard Lopez holds his sleeping 7-week-old niece, Bryanna Robles, at the Diamond Children's medical center at the UA. The mood in Bryanna's room was celebratory, with the news that she would be discharged after weeks in ICU with whooping cough, which almost killed her.

Tiny Bryanna beats the odds, but her harrowing case illustrates whooping cough's grave danger for infants

Infant Bryanna Robles is pictured during her hospital stay at the University of Arizona Medical Center, where she nearly died from whooping cough. Her treatment worked, and she is scheduled to go home Monday.

Tiny Bryanna beats the odds, but her harrowing case illustrates whooping cough's grave danger for infants

Sean Elliott

Tiny Bryanna beats the odds, but her harrowing case illustrates whooping cough's grave danger for infants

Michele Munkwitz

Tiny Bryanna beats the odds, but her harrowing case illustrates whooping cough's grave danger for infants

Tiny Bryanna Robles was in respiratory failure from whooping cough and her parents were agonizing over a controversial, high-risk and last-ditch intervention.

Tucson mom convicted of making daughter sick

A 23-year-old mother of two accused of contaminating her infant daughter’s intravenous lines with fecal matter causing her to contract several bacterial infections was found guilty of child abuse likely to cause death or serious injury Friday.

SynCardia artificial heart allows UMC transplant for Las Vegas man

A Las Vegas man has been discharged from University of Arizona Medical Center with a donor heart after being kept alive by an artificial heart made by Tucson-based SynCardia Systems for 83 days, the company said Thursday.

4 Douglas residents killed in head-on crash

Four residents of Douglas, including three on their way to work, were killed in a fiery head-on collision early Thursday.

Pima County deputies: Man killed in Catalina Foothills wreck

A 21-year-old man was killed Sunday night when he slammed the car he was driving into the wall in the Catalina Foothills, officials say.

Tucson radio personality Nixon Low dies at 52

Was former DJ and longtime promotions frontman for KIIM FM and Cumulus stations.

Pima County plans continued financial aid to former Kino Hospital

Pima County's new budget includes $15 million for a south-side hospital operated by the University of Arizona Health Network.

Health Briefs

Health Dept. reports recent norovirus cases

Jan. 8 victim, wife donate bell to mark shooting anniversaries

Doris and Jim Tucker, who were at the mass shootings on Jan. 8, 2011, where Jim was injured, present a bell to Karen Mlawsky of the hospital.

Jan. 8 victim, wife donate bell to mark shooting anniversaries

On the second anniversary of the Jan. 8, 2011, Tucson shooting massacre, Jim and Doris Tucker stood in front of the University of Arizona Medical Center for a communitywide bell ringing.

Tucson police ID shooting victim

The man shot and killed during an altercation last week on the south side has been identified by Tucson police as Marcus Johnson, 23.

Man freed from minivan rollover Saturday on I-10

A 71-year-old man was in serious but stable condition at University of Arizona Medical Center after a rollover on Interstate 10 at the Ruthrauff overpass Saturday night.