UArizona Health Sciences Study Suggests Greater Vaccination Push Needed to Combat Delta Variant
New data from an ongoing University of Arizona Health Sciences research study show that the COVID-19 vaccines remain effective following the predominance of the delta variant, although at a lower rate than prior to its emergence. The newly released findings from the longitudinal Arizona Healthcare, Emergency Response, and Other Essential Workers Surveillance (AZ HEROES) research […]
Arizona reports 2,595 new COVID-19 cases, 38 additional deaths Tuesday – KTAR.com
In this Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, photo, a staff member treats a patient at the Critical Care Unit at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center in Grants Pass, Ore. (Mike Zacchino/KDRV via AP, Pool) PHOENIX – Arizona health officials on Tuesday reported 2,595 new COVID-19 cases and 38 additional deaths from the disease. The latest documented […]
Pandemic worsens bus driver shortage at Arizona schools – KTAR.com
(AP Photo/Iris Samuels) PHOENIX – Schools across Arizona have for years struggled to fill bus driver positions, but the pandemic has made matters worse. “I think everybody in some way, shape or form is experiencing what they might consider a severe shortage,” said Jason Nelson, transportation supervisor for the Kyrene School District in the East […]
Experts hope FDA’s full Pfizer vaccine OK boosts Arizona vaccinations – KTAR.com
A Bashas’ worker gets a dose of COVID-19 vaccine in March, when demand for vaccinations was high. It has tailed off since then, but experts hope that FDA approval of the Pfizer vaccine, which had been distributed under a preliminary approval, will spur more people to get vaccinated. (File photo by Travis Robertson/Cronkite News) WASHINGTON […]
Navajo Nation issues vaccine mandate for all tribal workers – KTAR.com
(AP Photo/Martin Mejia) WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — All Navajo Nation executive branch employees will need to be fully vaccinated against the virus that causes COVID-19 by the end of September or be required to submit to regular testing, according to an executive order announced by President Jonathan Nez on Sunday. The new rules apply to […]
Arizona reports 2,632 new COVID-19 cases, no additional deaths Monday – KTAR.com
FILE – In this July 22, 2021, file photo, health care worker fills a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. U.S. health officials Wednesday, Aug. 18, recommended all Americans get COVID-19 booster shots to shore up their protection amid the surging delta variant and evidence […]
Poison expert warns Valley residents to stay away from ‘yard mushrooms’ – KTAR.com
(Wikimedia commons photo/Alan Rockefeller) PHOENIX — Poison experts are warning Valley residents to stay away from white mushrooms that are popping up on grassy lawns because of rain from the monsoon season. They’re called chlorophyllum molybdites, also known as “yard mushrooms.” “They look very similar to the mushrooms that you would buy at a grocery […]
Arizona reports 3,307 new COVID-19 cases, 3 additional deaths Sunday – KTAR.com
FILE – A pharmacy technician loads a syringe with Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, Tuesday, March 2, 2021, at a mass vaccination site at the Portland Expo in Portland, Maine. U.S. experts are expected to recommend COVID-19 vaccine boosters for all Americans, regardless of age, eight months after they received their second dose of the shot, to […]
Arizona reports 3,195 new COVID-19 cases, 36 additional deaths Saturday
In this photo provided by Impact Church, a man gets his temperature taken during a vaccination event held by Impact Church on Aug. 8, 2021, in Jacksonville, Fla. The church has lost seven members in the last few weeks, according to Pastor George Davis. (Impact Church via AP) PHOENIX – Arizona health officials on Saturday […]
Arizona reports 3,109 new COVID-19 cases, 53 additional deaths Friday
(Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images) PHOENIX – Arizona health officials on Friday reported 3,109 new COVID-19 cases and 53 additional deaths from the disease. It’s the most deaths reported in a single day since 53 were also documented on March 23. The latest documented totals are 979,580 infections and 18,561 fatalities, according to the Arizona […]