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A sign requiring students to wear masks near the University of Arizona student union in Tucson on Jan. 20, 2021.

University of Arizona drops mask requirement for most people

Mar 14, 2022 But Robbins urges campus community to show compassion to vulnerable people.

Bill Kugelman, 97, views an exhibit at the Tucson Jewish Museum and Holocaust Center. Kugelman is a survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Local Holocaust survivors share their message for the next generation

Mar 9, 2022 Also on Arizona Spotlight: A conversation with the director of Arizona Theatre Company's "Nina Simone: 4 Women"; and conversations with Pam Fessler and Henry Barajas, who will be featured at the Tucson Festival of Books.

Roselyn Tso

Indian Health Service head nominated amid tough challenges

Mar 9, 2022 Roselyn Tso most recently served as director of the health service's Navajo region.

First Lady Jill Biden, center, and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, right, talk with Father Bill Minkel at Mission San Xavier del Bac on March 8, 2022.

First Lady Jill Biden promotes cancer moonshot in visit to Southern Arizona

Mar 8, 2022 Biden administration aiming to cut the cancer death rate in half over the next 25 years.

COVID-19 signage at Davidson Elementary. March 2021.

TUSD changes mask rules

Mar 8, 2022 The change takes effect a week after Spring Break.

COVID19

COVID transmission rates drop in southern Arizona

Mar 3, 2022 The CDC has lowered the transmission level in most of the state.

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 agency reduces frequency of pandemic updates

Feb 28, 2022 The state announced it would switch to weekly updates because the outbreak is slowing and to be consistent with other infectious disease that are reported.

A man and woman wear masks as they walk in downtown Tucson. November 2020.

Most of Southern Arizona still must wear masks

Feb 25, 2022 The CDC has changed the guidance for when people need to wear masks.

A sign on the campus of the University of Arizona directs visitors to a COVID-19 testing site, August 2020.

Robbins urges students to test before, after Spring break

Feb 21, 2022 COVID-19 cases fall to new lows on campus.

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 will stop daily COVID updates

Feb 18, 2022 State health officials will soon go from releasing new COVID-19 statistics every day to every week.

Sparse shelves at the University of Arizona's Arizona Market Nov. 17, 2021.

University of Arizona-backed research is finding the source for feelings of hunger

Feb 17, 2022 The part of the inner brain that produces sensations of hunger and fullness is familiar to neuroscientists.

A sign outside of a hospital in Douglas in 2011.

Arizona hospitals still crowded despite fewer COVID patients

Feb 17, 2022 COVID-19 patients still account for about 70% of emergency room usage.

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.

Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic

Feb 11, 2022 This week, The Buzz examines what researchers and others in Arizona have learned in the years since the first cases emerged.

File image of a health care worker adjusting an IV bag.

Medical team going to Sierra Vista to battle COVID-19 surge

Feb 1, 2022 Arizona authorities requested the federal help to respond to a rise of COVID-19 hospitalizations in the Sierra Vista area.

The University of Arizona has banned smoking on campus.

Arizona gets mixed grades on tobacco policy

Jan 26, 2022 American Lung Association gives state an F for tobacco taxes, regulating flavored products and funding prevention programs.

A sign directing visitors to the emergency room at Banner University Medical Center

COVID infections closing some urgent care centers

Jan 24, 2022 Banner urges telehealth options as an alternative.

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