At-home, rapid COVID-19 tests available for Valley students, staff – KTAR.com
(AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) PHOENIX — A partnership between the Arizona Department of Health Services and the Maricopa County Department of Public Health will make rapid COVID-19 testing widely available for staff and students in metro Phoenix K-12 schools this year. Schools can order BinaxNOW antigen test kits through MCDPH. The nasal swab tests, which are […]
Arizona reports 1,970 new COVID-19 cases, 6 additional deaths Wednesday – KTAR.com
Clinicians work on intubating a COVID-19 patient in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital on August 10, 2021 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. More than ninety percent of Louisiana’s hospitalized COVID-19 patients are unvaccinated. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) PHOENIX – Arizona health officials on Wednesday reported 1,970 new COVID-19 cases, ending […]
Sugar addiction: another side effect of pandemic
A symptom of the pandemic that spread to a lot of people is sugar addiction. Whether you used comfort foods to cope with the stress of the year or were just too close to the kitchen while working from home, it’s contributed to pandemic weight gain — a popular topic of conversation as people emerge […]
Officer deaths from COVID-19 push the envelope for 100 Club of Arizona
Left to right: Mathew Hefter, Lonnie Durham, Nick Sessions (Courtesy photos/Phoenix Police Department, Glendale Police Department, Bullhead City Police Department) PHOENIX — The 100 Club of Arizona over the past year has supported 10 families of first responders who have died from complications of COVID-19, with three coming in the last week. Bullhead City Police […]
Outbreak of respiratory illness challenging Valley doctors and patients
PHOENIX — A combination of factors is leaving Valley patients suffering through longer than usual wait times to see doctors in their offices or in urgent care and hospital settings. The cause, one local physician says, is a perfect storm of bad air, upper respiratory infections, and COVID-19. “You have significantly ill children and the […]
Banner hospitals seeing more kids admitted with COVID-19, but not in ICU
(Banner Health Photo) PHOENIX — Arizona’s largest hospital system announced Tuesday there were 71 children admitted to its hospitals with COVID-19 in July, more than double the amount of June, but ICU admissions and ventilator usage are low. Dr. Marjorie Bessel, chief clinical officer with Banner Health, said in a press conference that children make […]
Doctor says delta variant symptoms differ from original COVID-19 strand
BALTIMORE — The delta variant symptoms are different from the original strand of COVID-19, a Johns Hopkins doctor said. Dr. Gabe Kelen, the director of emergency medicine at Johns Hopkins, said the initial symptoms from the original COVID-19 strand were similar to the flu. Still, he said symptoms from those infected with the delta variant […]
Arizona reports 2,582 new COVID-19 cases, 12 additional deaths Tuesday – KTAR.com
Andres Veloso, 12, gets the first dose of the Pzifer COVID-19 vaccine, Monday, Aug. 9, 2021, in Miami. Florida is reporting a surge of COVID-19 cases caused by the highly contagious delta variant. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier) PHOENIX – Arizona health officials on Tuesday reported 2,582 new COVID-19 cases and 12 additional deaths from the disease. […]
City of Phoenix sees surge in COVID-19 testing, mainly school-aged kids
(File photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) PHOENIX – It has been nearly a year since the city of Phoenix launched a first-of-its-kind mobile COVID-19 testing unit that offers free, convenient and fast COVID-19 testing. The testing unit is in collaboration with its health care partner Vincere Cancer Center and is part of the city’s effort […]
Glendale most recent Arizona city to join dementia-friendly community – KTAR.com
(Pexels Photo) PHOENIX — The city of Glendale on Friday joined a national dementia-friendly program in an effort to support people living with dementia and their caregivers, officials announced. As part of the Dementia Friendly America Program, Glendale will work to be a city that’s informed, safe and respectful of individuals living with the disease. […]