Stories tagged: "public health"

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COVID Vaccine Banner Health, Arizona’s Largest Hospital Network, Requiring Vaccines for Employees By Nov. 1

The company cited flu season, the spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant, and the high hospitalization rate among unvaccinated as reasons for the requirement.

Lorraine Longhi Lorraine Longhi July 20, 2021 4:57 pm MST
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Health Where to Find the Hundreds of Heat Relief Stations Hidden Throughout the Valley

Local organizations have created a number of free resources available for cooling off and staying hydrated.

Jake Hedeby Jake Hedeby July 14, 2021 9:16 am MST
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Vaccine Stories Here’s How Arizonans Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired Can Get Help Signing up for the Vaccine

One local organization is offering to help people with vision loss or combined vision and hearing loss make their COVID-19 vaccine appointments.

Lorraine Longhi Lorraine Longhi March 26, 2021 11:09 am MST
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COVID Vaccine The Day After Receiving His Second Vaccine Dose, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey Rolled Back COVID-19 Restrictions and Mask Mandates

The governor ordered that schools reopen for in-person instruction the day after receiving his first shot of the vaccine.

Lorraine Longhi Lorraine Longhi March 25, 2021 12:44 pm MST
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Vaccine News The Worst Is Over: Health Experts Optimistic as COVID Spread Declines as Vaccine Rolls Out

Arizona’s COVID-19 cases have dropped significantly as vaccination efforts have spread rapidly across the state.

Jacob Holter Jacob Holter February 26, 2021 1:08 pm MST

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AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar COVID Vaccine Children 12 and Older in Arizona Can Now Get Vaccinated. Here’s What to Know.
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Health A Phoenix Health Expert Recommended Protecting the Public—and Then the Threats Started

The events would have brought nearly 4,000 teams to Phoenix in the upcoming months. A public health expert says she received threats Wednesday after she advised Phoenix officials to cancel several upcoming youth sports tournaments in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Dr. Saskia Popescu, an infectious disease epidemiologist and adjunct professor at the...

Lorraine Longhi Lorraine Longhi December 4, 2020 8:40 am MST
Climate Gregg Sasek, dispersed recreation manager for the Coronado National Forest Santa Catalina Ranger District, demonstrates how ground along the Palisade Trail has been burnt out making it easy for hikers to sink a leg into the soil, on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020, near Tucson, Ariz. Various dangers are still being accessed throughout the Coronado National Forest as a result of the Bighorn Fire. (Josh Galemore/Arizona Daily Star via AP, Pool)
Climate Two Fronts: How AZ Fire Fighters Battled Blazes and Coronavirus at the Same Time

Firefighters had the difficult task of keeping two looming dangers at bay: large-scale wildfires and a highly-transmittable virus.

Allen H. Awfe, Cronkite News Allen H. Awfe, Cronkite News October 14, 2020 11:52 am MST