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A Mexican Red Cross volunteer offers medicine to a woman waiting to make a request for asylum outside the port of entry in Nogales, Sonora, on Sept. 4, 2018.

Health experts: Proposed asylum change would fail to protect both public health and human rights

Aug 13, 2020 The proposed policy change would allow officials to turn away migrants deemed at risk of spreading disease.
The number of Medicaid recipients in Arizona rose to more than 2 million this summer, after a five-month surge that mirrored the impact of COVID-19. Experts said the increase was not as large as they had feared, but also said there’s no way to predict what happens next.

Arizona Medicaid recipients topped 2 million after five-month surge

Aug 12, 2020 The surge follows skyrocketing unemployment in the state, as COVID-19 shutdowns have shuttered industries.
People wait to be tested for COVID-19 at the Kino Sports Complex, in this July 13 courtesy photo from Pima County.

Local church wants to open free COVID-19 test site

Aug 10, 2020 The church must get 50 people to pre-register before the event.
Downtown Tucson, Oct. 23, 2019.

News roundup: Signs of virus slowing, crime in Tucson falls

Aug 10, 2020 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Aug. 10.
An empty table at TallBoys Breakfast Bar in Tucson in March 2020 shortly before the owner decided to close amid growing concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.

Gyms, theaters, bars can begin to reopen as coronavirus cases decline

Aug 10, 2020 The state health department released benchmarks for eventual business reopening.
Members of the group Sonoyta Unido spend evenings collecting signatures in town.

Life on the line: Pandemic fuels social movement in Sonoran border town

Aug 10, 2020 Some residents in the border town of Sonoyta decided they were done weathering a global health crisis without basic health care.

Poll: Majority of Arizonans uncomfortable sending kids back to school

Aug 8, 2020 A new poll shows most people in the state are not comfortable with a return to school.
Arizona National Guard service members at a COVID-19 drive-thru testing site in the Tohono O'odham Nation in Sells, Arizona, July 6, 2020.

Pima County to open free pop-up testing sites

Aug 7, 2020 The one-day sites are supposed to help underserved areas of the community.
Pima County COVID-19 testing at the Kino Events Center, July 13.

Pima County opens another free COVID-19 testing site

Aug 6, 2020 The county is opening its third, free site at the Morris K. Udall Center.
Tangled proteins in the Alzheimer's affected brain harm communication between nerve cells.

UA scientists investigate connection between Alzheimer's and Down syndrome

Aug 5, 2020 The team is developing new ways to look at protein interaction in the human brain.
Signage inside a building at the University of Arizona promotes mask wearing on campus, July 2020.

Where the Constitution and COVID-19 intersect

Aug 3, 2020 A group of law professors at the UA explore constitutional law in the pandemic.
A photo accompanying a media release from No More Deaths saying Border Patrol on Friday, July 31 raided a camp where the group was providing aid.

Multiple arrests in Border Patrol raid on migrant aid camp, second this week

Aug 1, 2020 Agency entered a medical aid camp run by the humanitarian group No More Deaths on Friday, executing a federal warrant.
The Cocopah and Quechan Indian tribes donated ventilators they received from the Strategic National Stockpile to Yuma Regional Medical Center during the COVID-19 pandemic May 14, 2020.

Yuma County tribes use messaging, testing to beat back COVID-19 amid surge

Jul 31, 2020 Fort Yuma Health Center said the start of the surge was "scary," but they were prepared.
Jason Graham, director of wastewater plant operations with the city of Fort Collins, pulls a plastic jug from a sampling machine at the Drake Water Reclamation facility.

In Colorado, your stool is a tool in the fight against coronavirus

Jul 31, 2020 To track the next coronavirus outbreak, Western states look to the sewers.
The University of Arizona campus, August 2018.

UA to have full-size classes after Labor Day

Jul 30, 2020 Classes will begin online but quickly transition.

COVID-19 contact tracing ramps up in Pima County

Jul 30, 2020 Be prepared to answer phone calls from the health department, says the county, but beware of scams.

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