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Arizona reports 3,775 additional COVID cases, 74 more deaths

Dec 11, 2021 Hospitalizations remain at near peak level.

A Centers for Disease Control illustration of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

Arizona reports 3,924 additional COVID cases, 93 more deaths

Dec 10, 2021 The rolling average of cases and deaths continues to rise.

Arizona hospitals strained by COVID

Dec 9, 2021 Hospital crowding in Arizona reaches pandemic high

Sign in the Pascua Yaqui Tribe's lands urging tribal members to wear a mask during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Local tribes have expanded access to COVID-19 vaccine cash incentive programs

Nov 29, 2021 The Tohono O'odham Nation and Pascua Yaqui Tribe are offering $400 and $100, respectively, to tribal members who prove they're fully vaccinated.

Arizona reports 3,655 additional COVID cases

Nov 27, 2021 The state also added 47 deaths.

COVID-19 signage at Davidson Elementary. March 2021.

Arizona reports 3,322 more COVID cases; hospitalizations dip

Nov 26, 2021 Health officials fear surge after Thanksgiving travel.

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich in Phoenix, January 2019.

Juul will pay $14.5 million to settle lawsuit with Arizona

Nov 23, 2021 AG said marketing practices "eerily similar" to old tactics of the tobacco industry.

Bisbee hospital in crisis care

Nov 23, 2021 COVID has forced the hospital into crisis standards of care.

Scan of a cancerous tumor reoccurrence within a breast after a mastectomy.

University of Arizona research shows disparity in breast cancer treatments for Indigenous women

Nov 17, 2021 The data shows more Indigenous women get mastectomies versus lumpectomies than non-Native women.

Pima County recommends boosters for every eligible person over 18

Nov 15, 2021 Health officials cite increased COVID-19 transmission rates within the county.

Blood donations in southern Arizona remain low heading into the holidays

Nov 10, 2021 Medical experts worry the shortage could cause a slowdown in patient care

Mural on the side of building in Shiprock, New Mexico, in the Nation Nation March 22, 2020.

Navajo organization received grant to increase COVID-19 vaccinations within the Navajo Nation

Nov 8, 2021 The $30,000 grant is one of 13 IllumiNative, an organization focused on deconstructing Indigenous stereotypes, awarded to bolster vaccination efforts.

Pima County orders COVID-19 vaccines for children

Oct 30, 2021 Federal officials are moving towards approving the vaccine for children ages 5 to 11.

A health care worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine on a man at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Tucson. March 2021.

It’s been nearly a year. Why aren’t more Arizonans vaccinated?

Oct 22, 2021 This week, The Buzz revisits the rollout of vaccinations in Arizona, boosters and the barriers that stand between the state's residents and getting the shot — or the second and third.

A health care worker prepares doses of the COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination event in Globe on March 13, 2021.

Health official: Arizona poised to give COVID shots to kids

Oct 21, 2021 The head of the Dept. of Health Services says children are effective spreaders of COVID-19 and that vaccinating children would move Arizona closer to herd immunity.

Tiny sensors are embedded in a fitting mesh structure worn like a sleeve.

University of Arizona engineers developing latest wearable diagnostic device

Oct 18, 2021 The array of sensors can be 3D printed and worn like a sleeve.

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