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A sign outside the east entrance to Banner University Medicine directing visitors and patients to the emergency room.

Banner-Phoenix morgue overflows with COVID-19 dead

Dec 18, 2020 Hospital calls on refrigerated trucks as the pandemic grows.
A view of downtown Tucson.

News roundup: Vaccine arrives in Pima County, checking in on the Santa Cruz River

Dec 18, 2020 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Dec. 18.
File image of equipment in a trauma room at a hospital in Tucson.

Phoenix doctor on his experiences treating COVID patients

Dec 18, 2020 Dr. Frank LoVecchio works in emergency medicine at Valleywise Health Medical Center.
Joey Ortiz in his Tucson home on Dec. 14, 2020. Ortiz volunteered to participate in phase three of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine trial.

UA student participates in Moderna vaccine trial

Dec 18, 2020 The graduate student spoke to Tony Paniagua about his reasons for volunteering.
Health care workers prepare to administer a doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at a distribution site at Banner - University Medical North in Tucson on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020.

Arizona to receive fewer vaccine doses than expected next week, health department says

Dec 18, 2020 The state will receive about 30,000 fewer Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines than expected for the week of Dec. 20.
A sign outside Banner - University Medicine North in Tucson for the hospital's COVID-19 vaccine distribution site. Dec. 17, 2020.

Understanding the COVID vaccine’s rapid approval and growing public trust

Dec 18, 2020 A discussion with former U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona and health law and policy expert Tara Sklar.
UA Cancer Center oncology nurse Iris Delfakis receives the first shot of COVID-19 vaccine administered at Banner-UMC on Dec. 17, 2020.

Pima County partners with TMC, Banner Health to offer COVID vaccine

Dec 18, 2020 We learned more about the rollout from TMC's CEO and the county's chief medical officer.
UA Cancer Center oncology nurse Iris Delfakis receives the first shot of COVID-19 vaccine administered at Banner-UMC on Dec. 17, 2020.

COVID-19 vaccine came quickly, but not at the expense of safety, expert says

Dec 18, 2020 A conversation with Deepta Bhattacharya, an immunobiologist at the University of Arizona.
Opioid overdoses in Arizona spiked during March, the first month of the COVID-19 pandemic, and hit a high of 500 in August. Advocates worry that the epidemic, involving both prescription and illicit opioids, is both aggravated by pandemic conditions and masked by them.

With focus on COVID-19, experts fear opioid crisis may worsen unseen

Dec 18, 2020 Local and national experts say a growing number of opioid overdoses and deaths is being overlooked.
Transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, isolated from a patient. Image captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland.

Arizona reports over 100 virus deaths for 3rd straight day

Dec 18, 2020 Friday also saw one of the largest daily increases in cases during the current surge.

News roundup: Pharmacies to aid in vaccine rollout, half of Arizona counties in ‘substantial spread’

Dec 17, 2020 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Dec. 17.
UA Cancer Center oncology nurse Iris Delfakis receives the first shot of COVID-19 vaccine administered at Banner-UMC on Dec. 17, 2020.

COVID-19 vaccinations begin in Tucson

Dec 17, 2020 TMC, Banner-UMC giving vaccine to front line health care workers
File photo of a highway sign to Hermosillo, Mexico.

As pandemic worsens, Sonora again sheds jobs

Dec 17, 2020 After a few months of growth, job losses have returned to neighboring Sonora.
Susan Miner in a photo illustrating an average day of virtual connections and distractions. Miner advises using your remote control in a new way - a self-help tool, being as selective with your media as you are with your food.

Building confidence through mind and body, with psychologist Susan Miner.

Dec 16, 2020 Also on Arizona Spotlight: Meet two volunteers - one in Tucson, one in Moscow - who participated in clinical trials for coronavirus vaccines; and Stories That Soar presents "My Mom and Me".
Pediatricians are concerned that most Arizona children have missed routine vaccinations.

Pharmacies will help vaccinate long-term care residents

Dec 16, 2020 The government is partnering with the private sector.
Central Tucson from Sentinel Peak.

News roundup: State leaders on vaccine, COVID outbreak at Pima County Health Department

Dec 16, 2020 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Dec. 16.

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