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UA shifts all COVID-19 vaccines indoors

The vaccine pod is expected to close by the end of June.

News roundup: Pentagon cancels border wall contracts, Biden raises refugee cap

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, May 3.

The Rise of Substance Abuse

Substance abuse of all kinds has greatly increased during COVID 19. (8:39)

A warning label for opioid addiction on an oxycodone bottle.

Overdose deaths set record in 2020

Opioids were part of 70% of the deaths.

News roundup: Look inside temporary migrant shelter, FEMA vaccine sites coming to Tucson

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, April 30.

A health care worker at Tucson Medical Center fills a syringe with a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. January 2021.

FEMA vaccine sites coming to Pima County next week

Two mobile sites will deploy at various locations.

News roundup: New Border Patrol facility ready, Tucson rep tests positive for COVID

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, April 28.

News roundup: UA moves toward sustainable energy, experts predict busy hurricane season

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, April 28.

News roundup: UA mobilizes COVID vaccinations, Yuma group receives outside funding for migrant aid

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, April 27.

Border Patrol agents process migrants who crossed the border illegally in a facility in McAllen, Texas, in this photo from June 2018. A federal judge recently found overcrowded CBP facilities in the Tucson area have not met “basic human needs.”

Yuma group to receive outside funding for migrant aid, but little help from Arizona

Gov. Doug Ducey visited Yuma last week, but aid group says they're not being addressed.

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

UA taking COVID-19 vaccines on the road

Demand at fixed vaccine sites is dropping.

News roundup: No new congressional seat for AZ, O’odham communities fight against border wall

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, April 26.

A box holds vails of Johnson & Johnson's Janssen COVID-19 vaccine at the company's manufacturing facility.

State Dept. of Health Service backs resumption of use of J&J vaccine

Decision follows recommendation of CDC

University of Arizona student Blake Gerken receives a dose of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine at the campus's Student Union Memorial Center on April 16, 2021 as a participant in a nationwide vaccine study involving more than 20 universities.

UA students part of nationwide COVID-19 vaccine study

A discussion with the study's principal investigator Dr. Elizabeth Connick.

First Lady Dr. Jill Biden travels to Window Rock, Arizona, within the Navajo Nation April 22-23, 2021, to learn about the needs of the tribal nation.

First Lady Dr. Jill Biden makes 2-day trip in Navajo Nation

Biden meets with tribal leaders, women, business leaders, vaccination workers and children to discuss the needs of the nation.

News roundup: More than 2 million Arizonans fully vaccinated, Tohono O'odham Nation removes curfew

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, April 22.

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