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Recently vaccinated residents of Nogales, Sonora, wait while being monitored for possible side effects on March 11, 2021.

Global vaccine disparities pose unique challenges for border communities

Apr 2, 2021 Vaccinations are humming along in Arizona. But in neighboring Sonora, the pace is much slower.

Arizona Governor Doug Ducey sits for an interview with Arizona 360 in his office at the Arizona Capitol on Jan. 13, 2021.

Gov. Ducey eases more restrictions as virus cases wane

Apr 1, 2021 Executive order lifts some limits on elective surgeries and visitation at long-term care facilities

Health care workers prepare doses of the COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination event in Globe on March 13, 2020.

Arizona vaccination rate for COVID passes 30% of population

Apr 1, 2021 Nearly 2.2 million Arizonans have received at least one dose, with nearly 1.4 million fully vaccinated

A tent at the University of Arizona where people can confirm their COVID-19 vaccine appointment. January 2021.

State Senate panel moves to ban COVID-19 vaccine requirements

Mar 31, 2021 Local government and business would be banned from requiring vaccines for employees and customers.

The Arizona state Capitol on March 3, 2020.

State Senate committee takes aim at abortion

Mar 31, 2021 The bill would ban abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy.

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

HEROES study: COVID vaccines 90% effective

Mar 31, 2021 First responders rank among workers with the highest risk

Sunlink bus sign announcing that masks are required to ride.

Pima County keeps mask mandate

Mar 31, 2021 County officials say the Governor has overreached his power.

Signage inside a building at the University of Arizona promotes mask wearing on campus, July 2020.

UA not lifting mask requirements

Mar 30, 2021 The decision is despite Governor Ducey’s order allowing the end of mask mandates.

A sign outside Banner - University Medicine North in Tucson for the hospital's COVID-19 vaccine distribution site. Dec. 17, 2020.

Pima County gets FEMA COVID-19 vaccine site

Mar 26, 2021 The state changes course on allowing FEMA to come in.

Gov. Doug Ducey at July 30 update on Arizona's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ducey reopens bars, lifts mask mandates

Mar 25, 2021 Tucson keeps mask rule under city charter

A COVID-19 vaccination site set up on the University of Arizona Mall. January 2021.

Ducey offers to "revisit" FEMA vaccine offer

Mar 25, 2021 Pima County Supervisors support federal offer.

A bundle of syringes at a COVID-19 vaccination site at Tucson Medical Center. January 2021.

Pima County expands COVID-19 vaccines to those age 16 and older

Mar 25, 2021 The county expansion comes with some restrictions.

Governor Doug Ducey urges Arizonans to get their COVID-19 vaccination in a public service announcement released March 23, 2021.

New PSAs urge Arizonans to get vaccinated

Mar 24, 2021 Many appointments going unfilled as demand wanes.

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 rolling averages of COVID cases, deaths drop sharply

Mar 23, 2021 According to Johns Hopkins University data, the seven-day rolling average of daily cases plummeted

State opens COVID-19 vaccines to all adults

Mar 22, 2021 People age 16 and up are now eligible for COVID-19 vaccines at state pods.

State health officials getting ready to move COVID vaccine sites inside.

Mar 21, 2021 Rising temperatures mean outdoor locations will soon move.

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