Special Olympics Arizona is looking for volunteers for their second vaccination event in collaboration with various disability organizations as well as the State Health Department. The event will take place at Ability360 located at 5031 E Washington...
Late registration starts Monday!
In some kind of a return to normalcy, the 2023 Winter State of the State breakfast meeting will be held once again at the Hilton Phoenix Resort at the Peak, near the Phoenix Mountain Preserve at 16th Street and Morten. Formerly known as the Hilton Squaw Peak Resort, it was the conference host for two...
As Arizona is caught in the midst of a multi-front surge of not only COVID-19 but also influenza, with rates of COVID infections in nursing homes continuing to rise, Representative Andy Biggs (R-AZ) reintroduced legislation in Congress to curb federal oversight of the nation's pandemic response. Meanwhile, the Arizona Department of...
The super transmissible COVID-19 variant XBB.1.5 has made it to Arizona and new data from AARP demonstrates that vaccination levels in nursing homes remain troublingly low.
The presence of XBB.1.5 in Arizona is still low, but throughout the pandemic surges related to certain variants have hit Arizona slower than other states, the...
The U.S. has a new dominant COVID-19 variant, XBB.1.5, which is reportedly twenty-five times as contagious as the original strain of coronavirus. Meanwhile, seniors and people of color bear the burden of high rates of transmission and death as a result of the virus.
New research demonstrates that the death toll of COVID-19 in...
COVID-19 cases across the state are down this week, but are expected to rise following the winter holidays. The Supreme Court ruled that a Trump-era border restriction enacted due to the COVID-19 pandemic will remain in effect while the court settles the issue.
The U.S. Supreme Court allowed the controversial Title 42 to remain in...
Arizona hospitals are buckling under the pressure of three coinciding surges in airborne illnesses COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). This "tripledemic" is elevating the need to raise vaccination rates for both COVID and the flu, as vaccinations in key areas remain low.
While lower than last week, there were...
New information on Long COVID is emerging as researchers investigate the causes and symptoms of the elusive condition. Meanwhile, stakeholder groups and providers are appealing to the federal government for guidance on returning to normal operating procedures as perception of the pandemic subsides.
The U.S. Department of Health and...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has signaled that it will delay the end of the public health emergency (PHE) related to the COVID-19 pandemic until April, quelling fears from stakeholders that not enough time was given to review Medicaid eligibility for everyone enrolled since the pandemic began.
In Arizona,...
Following reported success of both the COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty and the antiviral pill Paxlovid, Pfizer has announced that it will move forward on new vaccines to combat the coronavirus pandemic and influenza at the same time. Meanwhile, stakeholders are requesting an extension of the public health emergency declaration beyond its...
Americans are moving slowly on receiving the bivalent booster to protect against the Omicron variant of COVID-19, and public health officials are expressing concern for the overall low COVID vaccine uptake for children nationwide.
There's been a rise in cases in Arizona this week, with 5,129 new cases reported. The Arizona Department...
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There will likely be a winter surge of COVID-19 in the next few months, but Americans aren't receiving the bivalent booster shot that targets Omicron variants.
The daily global COVID-19 infection rate is expected to rise by two million daily cases by February, according to an analysis from the University of Washington. Reuters notes...
Nearly 200,000 Arizonans have now received the bivalent COVID-19 booster shots that are designed to specifically counter the Omicron subvariants of the virus, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized that the shots be extended to children as young as five years old.
In Arizona, cases are down for the first week...
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease Director Dr. Anthony Fauci announced on Tuesday that there is a possibility of a new COVID-19 variant emerging this winter.
Over the past two winters, the U.S. has experienced drastic surges in cases, most recently due to the outbreak of the Omicron variant BA.1. Fauci said in his...
This week, Arizona COVID-19 levels remain the same, HHS pledges to offer monoclonal antibody treatments to the uninsured and the CDC no longer recommends universal masking in healthcare settings.
There were 3,402 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Arizona over the past week and 44 deaths related to the coronavirus. This amounts to...
In a 60 Minutes interview on Sunday, President Joe Biden announced that the COVID-19 pandemic is over, but many disagree. The Moderna Omicron-specific booster has resumed production and distribution.
The president puzzled epidemiologists, the public and members of his own administration with his remarks in an interview Sunday in which...
As experts predict a future wave of infections in the coming months, the Arizona Department of Health Services reported 6,1119 new COVID-19 cases and 82 deaths for the week ending September 10.
Most new infections and reinfections can be traced to the two subvariants of the virus BA.4 and the dominant BA.5, which can evade antibodies...
The Omicron-specific bivalent booster shots have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration and recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As the nation pivots to encourage annual vaccinations, Arizona gears up to rollout the new booster shots to seniors before the expected winter surge of COVID-19 sets...
On Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration authorize the first subvariant-specific "redesign" of the COVID-19 vaccine, with the rollout projected to begin as early as next week.
Each day, the U.S. records an average of 90,000 new infections of COVID-19 and 475 new deaths, largely driven by the COVID-19 Omicron subvariants BA.4 and...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) are signaling that the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) is near.
Last week, CMS published a blog post called "Creating a Roadmap for the End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency," to help providers prepare for the end of the waivers and flexibilities that arrived...
