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Maricopa county discarded more than 500 doses of virus vaccine

Feb 3, 2021 Gov. Ducey characterized vaccine doses being wasted as shocking and unacceptable.

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

Arizona wants more people vaccinated against COVID-19

Feb 3, 2021 The state wants to increase vaccine outreach efforts.

Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez (left) and former Navajo Nation President Albert Hale (right) Jan. 15, 2020 at the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix.

Second president of Navajo Nation dies after COVID-19 battle

Feb 2, 2021 Albert Hale, who also served on the Arizona Legislature, died Tuesday.

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

COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations declining in Arizona

Feb 2, 2021 Arizona still has the third-worst diagnosis rate in the country

A microscopic image of the sample being captured through the phone using Professor Jeong-Yeol Yoon's smartphone-based COVID-19 test.

UA has developed a smartphone based COVID-19 test

Feb 1, 2021 The testing method was first created to detect norovirus in 2019.

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.

State wants more COVID-19 vaccines used

Feb 1, 2021 Health officials want to open more mass vaccination sites.

Annual immunizations against COVID variants might be necessary.

Virus variant challenge could mean more shots

Feb 1, 2021 COVID-19 mutations might require annual immunizations as with the flu.

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 reports more than 3,700 new COVID-19 cases, 4 deaths

Feb 1, 2021 Daily case numbers continue to decline, but vaccine shortage continues

CDC data shows Arizona continues to lead the country in average COVID-19 cases per capita

Jan 31, 2021 The state's daily report shows 5,025 new COVID-19 cases and 22 more deaths

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Arizona reports 5,119 additional COVID-19 cases, 76 deaths

Jan 30, 2021 Despite slowing case numbers, Arizona remains the state with the worst diagnosis rate in the country

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.

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.

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