FDA Announces Plans for Proposed Rule to Reduce Addictiveness of Cigarettes and Other Combusted Tobacco Products

Today, the Biden-Harris Administration published plans for future potential regulatory actions that include the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s plans to develop a proposed product standard that would establish a maximum nicotine level to reduce the addictiveness of cigarettes and certain other combusted tobacco products. The goal of the potential rule would be to reduce youth...

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American Airlines To Cut Service to 3 Cities

American Airlines has plans to stop service to three U.S. cities and is citing a pilot shortage as the reason. Reportedly American Airlines will stop servicing Toledo, Ohio, Ithaca, New York and Islip, New York. American plans to end service to the three cities on Sept. 7. “We’re extremely grateful for the care and service...

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Governor Ducey Declares State of Emergency For Pipeline Fire in Coconino County

Governor Doug Ducey today issued a declaration of emergency in response to the Pipeline Fire north of Flagstaff, which has burned more than 24,800 acres as of Thursday and continues to present challenges to responding crews and the community. The governor declared the state of emergency following Coconino County’s declaration, allowing the community to receive...

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Areas of Coconino and Kaibab National Forests To Close This Weekend

Coconino and Kaibab national forests will temporarily close certain areas to public access beginning Friday and Saturday due to fire danger and for public safety, while all other parts of the national forests outside of the closure areas remain in Stage 2 fire restrictions. On the Kaibab National Forest, the area of Bill Williams...

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Landmark Alzheimer’s Prevention Trial Unable to Show Significantly Slower Cognitive Decline in Inherited Form of Disease

 A precedent-setting prevention trial in Colombia has found that the investigational medicine crenezumab did not slow or prevent decline in cognition or memory for cognitively healthy people with a rare genetic mutation that causes early-onset Autosomal Dominant Alzheimer’s Disease (ADAD). The trial did not demonstrate a significant clinical benefit in either of its co-primary endpoints...

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Ford Issues Massive Recall of 2.9M Vehicles That Can Roll Away

This week, Ford issued a recall of over 2.9 million vehicles to fix a transmission problem that can increase the risk of unintentional rollaway crashes. The recall covers the following vehicles: 2013 to 2019 Escape 2013 to 2018 C-Max 2013 to 2016 Fusion 2013 to 2021 Transit Connect 2015 to 2018 Edge vehicles The National Highway Traffic...

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FDA Approves First Systemic Treatment for Alopecia Areata

This week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Olumiant (baricitinib) oral tablets to treat adult patients with severe alopecia areata, a disorder that often appears as patchy baldness and affects more than 300,000 people in the U.S. each year. Today’s action marks the first FDA approval of a systemic treatment, which treats the...

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ADOT to Repave 29 Miles of Southbound I-17 Near Flagstaff 

Arizona Department of Transportation is starting a project to replace pavement on 29 miles of Interstate 17 south of Flagstaff in order to create a smooth driving surface and repair damage from winter weather. The work will stretch from the I-40 interchange south to the Coconino County line at milepost 312. Crews will mill down...

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FBI Warns of Increase in Sextortion Schemes Targeting Young Boys

Now that schools across Arizona are on summer break and young people have more unsupervised time online, the FBI Phoenix Field Office is warning parents and caregivers about an increase in incidents involving sextortion of young children. Across the country, the FBI is receiving an increasing number of reports of adults posing as young...

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Lists Arizona Wildflower Under Endangered Species Act

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has listed the Arizona eryngo, a wetland plant, as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The Service also designated 12.7 acres of wetlands as critical habitat for the species on public and private land in Arizona’s Pima and Cochise counties. This decision is based on review of...

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