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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.

Virus variant from United Kingdom found in Arizona

Jan 29, 2021 3 people in the state have tested positive for the new strain

Arizona feelings about COVID-19 are based on politics

Jan 29, 2021 A new poll shows politics equals COVID reactions in the state.

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

Arizona reports 203 more virus deaths as toll passes 13,000

Jan 29, 2021 Case numbers are beginning to peak, relieving pressure on hospitals

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

Navajo Nation reports 1,000 COVID-19 deaths

Jan 29, 2021 The majority of the those who have died from COVID-19 complications are between the ages of 60 and 69.

Fog gathers in the mountains after the first big monsoon rain of the season. July 23,2020

Supply, communication stymie Rillito Park vaccination plan

Jan 28, 2021 Pima County envisions horse track as vaccination center.

Cocopah Indian Tribe Vice-Chairwoman Rosa J. Long getting her second Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine dose in January 2020.

Cocopah Indian Tribe COVID-19 vaccine rollout, evaluating public's interest

Jan 28, 2021 To better understand the stigma behind vaccines in the community, the tribe launched a survey and asked for questions.

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

Vaccination leaders welcome promise of better communication

Jan 27, 2021 Biden promises three week notice on vaccine shipments.

A health care worker holds a vial of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine at a distribution event at Tucson Medical Center on Jan. 15, 2021.

More than a half-million COVID-19 vaccines distributed in AZ

Jan 27, 2021 The rate of second dosages is still slow.

Arizona report 5,918 additional COVID-19 cases, 195 deaths

Jan 27, 2021 State remains a national coronavirus hotspot

Arizona reports 4,748 virus cases one year after 1st case

Jan 26, 2021 The Department of Health Services announced the state’s first case on Jan. 26, 2020

Community members travel by bus during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Arizona begins second year of COVID-19

Jan 25, 2021 Arizona’s first case of the virus was reported a year ago.

A COVID-19 vaccination record card is received following the administration of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Banner University South.

UA increasing rate of vaccine rollout

Jan 25, 2021 Up to 800 people a day could get vaccinated at the university this week.

Arizona reports 7,217 new COVID-19 cases and 68 more deaths

Jan 24, 2021 State again leads the nation in weekly COVID-19 infection rate

Language barriers, wariness make vaccinating immigrants hard

Jan 23, 2021 Poor communication, misinformation and lack of trust create fear and uncertainty

Dr. Christian Bime, medical director of the ICU at Banner - UMC Tucson, receives a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 17, 2020.

Vaccine appointment error fixed, more vaccines headed to Pima County

Jan 22, 2021 The county says 77,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses will be in hand next week, the 'vast majority' going to new appointments.

Arizona pandemic toll tops 12,000 deaths, over 700,000 cases

Jan 22, 2021 More than 8,000 new cases reported statewide since yesterday, with nearly 230 new deaths

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