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

UA gives Pima County COVID-19 vaccines

The Moderna doses will allow community outreach.

A view of the mall at the University of Arizona taken from the Student Union.

University of Arizona IDs student killed over the weekend

The sophomore was shot and killed on campus Saturday night.

A dose of the COVID-19 vaccine just as it is about to be administered during a vaccination event at Tucson Medical Center. January 2021.

Some COVID-19 vaccines go mobile in Arizona

The University of Arizona is rolling out mobile units to underserved and vulnerable communities.

Maj. Gen. Michael McGuire, who oversees the Arizona National Guard, at the state-run COVID-19 vaccination site at the University of Arizona on Feb. 18, 2021.

Arizona National Guard’s role in state’s pandemic response

A Tucson Fire Department vehicle and gear.

Research looks for links between COVID-19 and 'forever chemicals'

The chemicals, which have been found in Tucson's groundwater, may impact vaccine efficacy.

Arizona tourist sites were flooded over the Memorial Day weekend with visitors, leading health officials to fear that they will spread the coronavirus and there will be a spike in COVID-19 cases in a few weeks.

Alcohol abuse soars in lockdown

Severe alcohol use jumps 400% in lockdown, according to UA researchers

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

State registration open for UA COVID-19 vaccines

The university opens as the third state-run vaccination site this week.

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.

UA worried party could become COVID-19 super spreader

A near campus Super Bowl party has officials worried.

UA wildcat sculpture sports a mask, July 2020

No positive COVID-19 tests at UA

The university has had a positivity rate below 1% for weeks.

Signage inside a building at the University of Arizona promotes mask wearing on campus, July 2020.

UA readies for more in-person classes

Officials are hoping all students are vaccinated by the end of the semester.

Jelani Cobb: "Whose Vote Counts?"

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Civility researchers think the aftermath of the Jan. 6 U. S. Capitol riot will take a long time to resolve.

Political strife, pandemic causing public discourse to plunge even lower

UA researcher says civility suffered a setback during the January insurrection.

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

The testing method was first created to detect norovirus in 2019.

Former Arizona legend and NFL star Tedy Bruschi

Bruschi returns to Arizona as senior football advisor

Former All-American and NFL star returns to Tucson

Annual immunizations against COVID variants might be necessary.

Virus variant challenge could mean more shots

COVID-19 mutations might require annual immunizations as with the flu.

Oak Flat, east of Superior, Arizona. A company proposes to build one of the world's largest underground copper mines at this location.

Lauren Redniss on "Oak Flat: A Fight for Sacred Land in the American West".

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