Coronavirus

TOM KUEBEL | Nov 21, 2025

Former Phoenix anchor sentenced to 10 years in prison for COVID loan scam

Former ABC15 News Anchor Stephanie Hockridge was sentenced to 10 years in prison for a COVID-19 loan scam.

KEVIN STONE | Sep 22, 2025

Arizona officials issue order making COVID-19 vaccine available to anybody who wants it

Arizona health officials issued a standing order to make the COVID-19 vaccine available to anybody in the state who wants it.

KEVIN STONE | Nov 22, 2024

Former Valley newscaster, husband charged in COVID-19 loan fraud case

A former Valley newscaster and her husband have been charged in a COVID-19 loan fraud case, authorities announced Friday.

KTAR.COM | Jul 25, 2023

Arizona gives Barrow Neurological Institute $10 million in federal funding for COVID research

Barrow Neurological Institute was awarded $10 million in federal funding to study and slow the effects of COVID.

JACK WU | CRONKITE NEWS | May 15, 2023

With COVID-19 emergency winding down, Embry Health holds surplus sale

With the national COVID-19 emergency ending May 11, Embry Health is winding down as well, holding a surplus supply sale.

KTAR.COM | Apr 12, 2023

2 sentenced in Arizona in pandemic assistance fraud case

Two defendants were sentenced in Arizona after being convicted of using others identities to apply for pandemic unemployment payments.

KEVIN STONE | Dec 22, 2022

Respiratory illness patients filling up Arizona emergency rooms

Arizona health officials are warning about long wait times at emergency rooms as respiratory illnesses run rampant across the state.

ASSOCIATED PRESS | Dec 9, 2022

Maricopa County health officials warn about spread of flu, COVID, RSV

Arizona's most populous county is warning of a significantly rise in cases of the flu, COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses.

ASSOCIATED PRESS | Oct 28, 2022

Arizona man convicted for threatening principal over school COVID rules

A Tucson man who showed up with zip ties and threatened to arrest an elementary school principal was convicted of several offenses.

GRISELDA ZETINO | Aug 31, 2022

Vast majority of Arizona kids have had COVID-19, according to CDC

The vast majority of Arizona children have been infected with COVID-19, according to a recent survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

KTAR.COM | Aug 30, 2022

Arizona AG files civil rights lawsuit over Tucson’s COVID vaccine mandate

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich filed a civil rights lawsuit Tuesday over the city of Tucson’s year-old COVID-19 vaccine policy.

RYAN KNAPPENBERGER | CRONKITE NEWS | Aug 25, 2022

Arizona life expectancy fell by 2.5 years in 2020, fifth-largest decline in U.S.

Arizona life expectancy fell by 2.5 years in 2020, posting one of the steepest drops in a nation that saw the sharpest declines in lifespans since World War II.

KTAR.COM | Aug 16, 2022

UArizona preparing for new semester with COVID, monkeypox, flu threats

The University of Arizona begins its 2022-23 academic year on Monday and President Robert Robbins said the school is monitoring the prevalence of health risks such as COVID, monkeypox and the flu.

KTAR.COM | Aug 5, 2022

Arizona health official: Fully vaccinated are 10 times less likely to die from COVID

Amid a highly-contagious subvariant of COVID-19 becoming the dominant strain in Arizona, the state's health department said recent data showed fully vaccinated individuals were 10 times less likely to die from the virus.

LUKE FORSTNER | Jul 26, 2022

Phoenix homeless shelter fighting outbreak of COVID-19

The Downtown Medical Respite Center run by local nonprofit Circle the City is springing into action to combat an outbreak of COVID-19.

KTAR.COM | Jul 16, 2022

10 Arizona counties, including Maricopa, have high COVID-19 community levels

Ten of Arizona's 15 counties now have high COVID-19 community levels, the state's health department said Friday.

KEVIN STONE | Jul 14, 2022

Highly transmissible COVID subvariant makes up more than half of Arizona’s new cases

A highly transmissible new COVID-19 subvariant now makes up more than half of Arizona’s new cases, according to the state health department.

COLTON KROLAK | Jul 1, 2022

Valley COVID survivor returns to hospital to thank doctors and nurses

A 49-year-old Valley man who survived COVID-19 returned to the hospital to thank the doctors and nurses who helped him beat the disease that almost took his life.

KTAR.COM | Jun 13, 2022

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey tests positive for COVID-19, is ‘feeling well’

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is “feeling well” after testing positive for COVID-19, but he won’t be able to welcome former Vice President Mike Pence to the state.

KEVIN STONE | Jun 10, 2022

More than half of Arizona’s counties at medium or high COVID-19 community level

With COVID-19 cases on the rise, more than half of Arizona’s 15 counties are now at medium or high community levels, according to the CDC.

SUELEN RIVERA | May 23, 2022

Arizona allocates $29.2M aimed at assisting local education recovery efforts

The Arizona Department of Education on Wednesday announced it has allocated $29.2 million in federal funding aimed at assisting local education recovery efforts.

ASSOCIATED PRESS | May 17, 2022

Pair of bills restricting responses to COVID move on to Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey

Two more bills restricting responses to the coronavirus pandemic are heading to Republican Gov. Doug Ducey's desk, including one that would impact the ability of future state leaders to respond to another airborne-spreading disease and a second blocking the state from ever requiring schoolchildren to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

KTAR.COM | May 10, 2022