NEWS

Since COVID, threats to local school officials have nearly tripled, research finds

Researchers at Princeton University say some instances corresponded with national attacks on DEI initiatives as well as on LGBTQ+ policies and that the targets held a variety of political views.
July 12, 2025

Still Catching Up: How COVID-19 set back Arizona’s youngest learners

Five years after the pandemic shuttered classrooms, Tucson educators say the youngest students are still struggling with academic setbacks, behavioral challenges, and have fewer resources to help them recover.
July 9, 2025

The Long Road: TUSD faces tough cuts and turns to voters after federal aid ends

With COVID relief gone and state funding lagging behind inflation, TUSD faces possible cuts, unless voters approve a $45 million override this fall.
July 3, 2025

The Long Road: How COVID changed politics

Did the silos deepen or did people start paying more attention?
June 17, 2025

UA researchers need more Arizonans to answer survey questions about COVID-19

Since 2020, a team of researchers has been conducting the Arizona CoVHORT COVID-19 Public Health Research Study to gather data about COVID-19 through an online public survey.
June 12, 2025

The past is prologue: Arizona’s rising vaccine opt-outs stir echoes of epidemics past

Doctors and scholars say mistrust, rumors and fear have long complicated disease prevention.
June 4, 2025

COVID vaccine changes confuse and upset some parents and families

COVID vaccine access will be more limited for some groups, after federal health officials changed recommendations.
June 3, 2025

Covid-19 Five Years Later, a New Life in Arizona

Artist Kenneth Ober is reinventing himself in Bisbee after moving from the Los Angeles area.
May 9, 2025

COVID is still evolving and will find new ways to evade immune systems, scientists say

"It's the fact that we have immunity that is largely responsible for making it seem like this virus is less dangerous," says Michael Worobey, who studies the evolution of viruses at the University of Arizona.
March 12, 2025
VIDEO

The Long Shadow of COVID

Manifesting in 200+ symptoms, many wait for answers from dedicated researchers.
May 21, 2025

Education in Recovery

How TUVA is closing the COVID Learning Gap for students & families
May 15, 2025

Embracing Change

See how the life of artist Kenneth Ober has drastically shifted since the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 8, 2025

Covid and Museums

The American Alliance of Museums did a national survey to see how COVID-19 affected museums across the country, the pandemic hit these institutions hard, and bouncing back wasn’t going to be easy.
April 30, 2025

Two Restaurants 2

What became of two Tucson restaurants after the pandemic changed everything?
April 25, 2025

Lessons From Lockdown: How COVID Changed Our Relationship To Nature

Soon after the COVID lockdowns, news stories emerged about wild animals roaming city streets. This period has provided useful data about animal behavior.
April 18, 2025
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