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Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador at one of his press conferences at Mexico's National Palace in Mexico City.

Mexico completes vaccination campaign for adults in northern border cities

Sep 15, 2021 In June, Mexico introduced a campaign to vaccinate all adults in in cities along its northern border to help speed the lifting of pandemic travel restrictions
Landscape near the Tohono O'odham Community College in the Tohono O'odham Nation after a morning rain in July 2021.

Tohono O'odham Nation rolling out vaccine incentive program

Sep 14, 2021 The nation is offering qualified tribal members $400 if they can prove they're fully vaccinated by mid-November.
A COVID-19 vaccination record card is received following the administration of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Banner University South.

Brnovich sues Biden over vaccine mandate

Sep 14, 2021 The Arizona Attorney General says the mandate is unconstitutional.
This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S.

Arizona reports 2,609 new COVID-19 cases, 117 deaths

Sep 14, 2021 Number of new deaths is the most in a single day since February.
University of Arizona student Blake Gerken receives a dose of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine at the campus's Student Union Memorial Center on April 16, 2021 as a participant in a nationwide vaccine study involving more than 20 universities.

University of Arizona offering take home COVID-19 tests

Sep 13, 2021 More than half of campus is vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Arizona again reports over 3,000 additional COVID-19 cases

Sep 11, 2021 The additional 3,355 cases and 36 deaths increased the state’s pandemic totals to nearly 1,046,000 cases and nearly 19,200.
A March 2018 photo of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.

ICE detention center response to COVID-19 a look at future pandemic handling

Sep 11, 2021 The Office of Inspector General found ICE detention centers weren’t following guidelines to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S.

Arizona reports 2,988 additional COVID cases, 6 more deaths

Sep 10, 2021 Friday was the fifth straight day that the state reported fewer than 3,000 additional cases.
Gov. Doug Ducey, June 2019.

Ducey: Arizona must push back against Biden vaccine mandate

Sep 9, 2021 Ducey has encouraged people to get vaccinated but has worked aggressively to block mandates of all kinds.
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Arizona virus-related hospitalizations top 2K over 10 days

Sep 9, 2021 The state’s seven-day rolling averages of daily new cases and daily deaths both rose over past two weeks.
This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S.

Arizona health officials report 2,222 new COVID-19 cases, 26 deaths

Sep 8, 2021 Though 56% of Pima County residents are fully vaccinated, health officials say the rate is increasing too slowly.
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich in Phoenix, January 2019.

Brnovich says City of Tucson can’t require COVID-19 vaccines

Sep 7, 2021 The Attorney General says the requirement violates state bans on vaccine mandates.
File image of the Pima County Administration Building in downtown Tucson.

Pima County will raise health insurance costs for unvaccinated employees

Sep 7, 2021 County employees who have not gotten their shots will see a health insurance discount slashed and a new surcharge.
Gov. Doug Ducey, June 2019.

Arizona interest in anti-mask school vouchers outpaces funds

Sep 6, 2021 Gov. Doug Ducey's plan will give $7,000 a year to each student to pay for private school tuition.
This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S.

Arizona reports 2,378 COVID-19 cases, 1 addition death

Sep 6, 2021 Fifty-six percent of people in have been vaccinated for the virus.
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Arizona reports more than 3,000 new COVID cases for 4th day in row

Sep 5, 2021 The number of ICU beds used by COVID-19 patients increased by two to 563. That’s the most since mid-February.

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