Two years into the pandemic Jackie Hansen still left home only for doctor visits, her immune system so wrecked by cancer and lupus that COVID-19 vaccinations couldn’t take hold. Then Hansen got a reprieve — scarce doses of the first drug that promises six months of protection for people with no other way to fend […]
While most of Arizona’s pandemic metrics have been heading in the right direction, the state hasn’t yet seen a sustained decline in deaths from COVID-19.
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canadian lawmakers expressed increasing worry Tuesday about the economic effects of disruptive demonstrations after the busiest border crossing between the U.S. and Canada became partially blocked by truckers protesting vaccine mandates and other COVID-19 restrictions. The blockade at the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, prevented traffic from entering Canada […]
Some full-time residents of Mohave County in northwestern Arizona will be eligible to apply for $165 checks, each household's share of one county supervisor's allotment of federal pandemic relief money.
Joya Montgomery works as a respiratory therapist at Banner Estrella Medical Center in Phoenix. She describes her days working in the intensive care unit two years into the COVID pandemic as “a battlefield.”
ICU use for COVID-19 patients in Arizona plummeted over the last week to levels not seen in nearly three months as the omicron wave continues to weaken.
A hotel in Phoenix that allows people experiencing homelessness who have COVID-19 to stay and quarantine while also receiving food and medical care will begin to use pill treatments.
Maricopa County announced Tuesday nearly $14 million of federal COVID-19 relief aid will be awarded in grants to 82 human services-centered nonprofit organizations.
Propelled in part by the wildly contagious omicron variant, the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 hit 900,000 on Friday, less than two months after eclipsing 800,000. The two-year total, as compiled by Johns Hopkins University, is greater than the population of Indianapolis, San Francisco, or Charlotte, North Carolina. The milestone comes more than 13 months […]
The COVID-19 wave fueled by the highly contagious omicron variant may be subsiding, but the pandemic isn’t over, according to Dr. Richard Carmona, Arizona’s top pandemic adviser.
Newly released data shows that unvaccinated Arizonans were 57.9 times more likely to die from COVID-19 in December than people who were fully vaccinated and 24.4 times more likely to be hospitalized.
Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly is hoping to see the state's National Guard activated to help alleviate stress on hospitals created by the surge of the omicron variant of COVID-19.
The number of Arizona hospital inpatients with COVID-19 has fallen for five consecutive days, according to Wednesday’s update of the state’s pandemic dashboard.
Arizona Republicans are looking to curtail the government's emergency powers, which they say were abused by elected officials from the governor on down in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Federal heath officials announced Monday that a team of 15 medical providers and support staff from the National Disaster Medical System will temporarily help a Sierra Vista medical center battle a COVID-19 surge.
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators are urging drugmaker Pfizer to apply for emergency authorization for a two-dose regimen of its COVID-19 vaccine for children 6 months to 5 years old while awaiting data on a three-dose course, aiming to clear the way for the shots as soon as late February, a person familiar with the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer on Tuesday asked the U.S. to authorize extra-low doses of its COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5, potentially opening the way for the very youngest Americans to start receiving shots as early as March. In an extraordinary move, the Food and Drug Administration had urged Pfizer and its partner BioNTech to […]
TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday he has tested positive for COVID-19 but is “feeling fine” and will continue to work remotely from home. Trudeau said two of his children have COVID-19 and a test Monday revealed he has been infected as well. The prime minister, who has received two vaccine shots […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators on Monday granted full approval to Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, a shot that’s already been given to tens of millions of Americans since its emergency authorization over a year ago. The action by the Food and Drug Administration means the agency has completed the same rigorous, time-consuming review of Moderna’s […]
The number of new COVID-19 cases in Arizona has sharply declined since topping out about a week ago, one of several signs the state's omicron spike could be past its peak.
More than a year after a bout with COVID-19, Rebekah Hogan still suffers from severe brain fog, pain and fatigue that leave her unable to do her nursing job or handle household activities. Long COVID has her questioning her worth as a wife and mother. “Is this permanent? Is this the new norm?” said the […]
Maricopa County announced Thursday the launch of a pilot program that will provide nursing students with hands-on experience in a professional setting prior to graduation so they can thrive in the industry immediately amid a staffing shortage.
