Pima County Superior Court Judge Kellie Johnson has ruled that Arizona may now enforce a 150-yer-old abortion ban in the state following the overturn of Roe v. Wade of 1973 by the U.S. Supreme Court last June.
The ruling means that clinics will be required to end all abortion procedures, effective immediately, although according to...
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...
Arizona joined seven other states in a lawsuit initially filed by the state of Mississippi which asks a federal court to throw out an anti-racism rule by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The final rule, released in 2021, reimburses physicians more when they create anti-racism plans.
The lawsuit was initially...
On Sundy, Arizona reported more than 3,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, two deaths and hospitalizations remain high. The state now totals 1,214,419 cases and 21,653 deaths. Only 60% of Arizonans have received at least one dose of vaccine, and 53.2% of the state is fully vaccinated, both well under national rates.
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The COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for distribution in children as Pfizer now moves to request authorization from the Food and Drug Administration to recommend booster shots for all adults six months after vaccination. Meanwhile, the vaccine mandate has ruffled feathers of both big businesses and conservative leadership at the state...
Nationwide, community transmission of COVID-19 remains high and 77.8% of Americans over the age of 12 have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Over 190 million people have been fully vaccinated and 14.4 million have received a booster dose. In Arizona, over 8 million vaccine doses have been administered with 58.9% of...
