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A sign outside the east entrance to Banner University Medicine directing visitors and patients to the emergency room.

Banner-Phoenix morgue overflows with COVID-19 dead

Dec 18, 2020 Hospital calls on refrigerated trucks as the pandemic grows.
File image of equipment in a trauma room at a hospital in Tucson.

Phoenix doctor on his experiences treating COVID patients

Dec 18, 2020 Dr. Frank LoVecchio works in emergency medicine at Valleywise Health Medical Center.
Health care workers prepare to administer a doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at a distribution site at Banner - University Medical North in Tucson on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020.

Arizona to receive fewer vaccine doses than expected next week, health department says

Dec 18, 2020 The state will receive about 30,000 fewer Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines than expected for the week of Dec. 20.
UA Cancer Center oncology nurse Iris Delfakis receives the first shot of COVID-19 vaccine administered at Banner-UMC on Dec. 17, 2020.

COVID-19 vaccine came quickly, but not at the expense of safety, expert says

Dec 18, 2020 A conversation with Deepta Bhattacharya, an immunobiologist at the University of Arizona.
UA Cancer Center oncology nurse Iris Delfakis receives the first shot of COVID-19 vaccine administered at Banner-UMC on Dec. 17, 2020.

COVID-19 vaccinations begin in Tucson

Dec 17, 2020 TMC, Banner-UMC giving vaccine to front line health care workers
Pediatricians are concerned that most Arizona children have missed routine vaccinations.

Pharmacies will help vaccinate long-term care residents

Dec 16, 2020 The government is partnering with the private sector.
A handout image from Banner Health shows a health care worker in one of the hospital's COVID-19 units.

Tucson nurse describes staff shortages, anti-mask sentiment amid COVID-19 surge

Dec 15, 2020 As cases are surging across Arizona, progressive care nurse pleads with the public to stay safe.
The state says health care workers are at the top of the priority list for COVID-19 vaccine distribution.

COVID-19 vaccinations begin Thursday in Pima County

Dec 14, 2020 Most people will get theirs in spring or early summer.
John Farley, director of fire test operations at the Naval Research Laboratory, tests the effectiveness of aqueous film-forming foam by spraying it on a gasoline fire. The test took place at the laboratory in Chesapeake Beach, Md. Oct. 25, 2019.

State works to clean up chemical pollutants in Tucson water supply

Dec 11, 2020 ADEQ is addressing PFAS contamination of Tucson backup groundwater wells.
The exterior of El Rio Health's clinic on West Congress Street. 2018.

El Rio’s approach to health care during the pandemic

Dec 11, 2020 A discussion with CEO Nancy Johnson.
Old Main on the University of Arizona campus.

UA receives gift to promote medical knowledge of other cultures

Dec 11, 2020 The $50,000 donation aims to support education pairing mainstream medicine with alternative healing traditions.
The state says health care workers are at the top of the priority list for COVID-19 vaccine distribution.

Patience advised for coronavirus vaccine distribution

Dec 10, 2020 A UA immunobiologist notes procedure can trigger more questions about controlling the virus.
A cyclist wears a bandana over his face as he bikes in Nogales, March 2020.

Santa Cruz County has one of the state's highest COVID-19 positivity rates

Dec 9, 2020 The border county has some 46,000 residents.
Mural on the side of building in Shiprock, New Mexico, in the Nation Nation March 22, 2020.

Navajo Nation: 'uncontrolled spread of COVID-19,' stay-at-home order and plateauing cases

Dec 8, 2020 Since late November, the Navajo Nation has been taking steps to flatten a spike of COVID-19 cases.
The state says health care workers are at the top of the priority list for COVID-19 vaccine distribution.

Pima County preparing for COVID-19 vaccine distribution

Dec 5, 2020 The first wave of vaccines could arrive in a few weeks and will go first to health care workers and people on congregate settings.
A Centers for Disease Control image of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

White Mountain Apache Tribe locks down due to increase in COVID-19 cases

Dec 4, 2020 The lockdown was triggered by a rolling three-day case count and will last the weekend.

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