COVID-19 cases are beginning to subside after a summer spike, but officials are recommending that Americans receive the newly released vaccine or a dose of the newly-authorized Novovax, prior to the expected winter surge in cases.
In Arizona, cases were down 5% week over week with 3,134 new cases reported for the week beginning on...
A single shot of the bivalent booster will become the standard vaccination regimen for people seeking their first COVID-19 vaccination.
Only a single dose will be needed for most people, instead of the currently-recommended two doses. According to the Wall Street Journal, a second booster will be authorized for groups that are high...
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 have now plateaued at an unusually high level in Arizona, and research demonstrates that rural people of color were hit the hardest by the surge in cases related to the Omicron variant earlier this year. The Biden administration has announced that it has procured vaccines specifically designed to combat the BA.4 and BA.5...
COVID-19 infections in Arizona are still on the rise and close to reaching levels similar to that of the surge in cases over the winter, thanks to the Omicron subvariant BA.5, which accounts for the majority of all current cases in the U.S.
According to the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) COVID-19 data dashboard, there...
Although day-to-day life in the U.S. has largely moved on from COVID-19, the Biden administration is continuing to pursue coordinated efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and urge Congress to increase funding for antiviral treatments and preparation for future surges.
In Arizona, there were 2,350 new cases of COVID-19 and 99 new...
The official number of global deaths from COVID-19 surpassed six million on Monday, 4% of which were recorded in the last month. The United States is very close to reaching a million deaths on its own, and Arizona's death count exceeded the 28,000 marker this week.
According to the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) COVID-19...
Arizona officially has the distinction of ranking second nationally for COVID deaths per capita, currently trailing Mississippi. The state has now surpassed 26,000 COVID-19 deaths and is averaging nearly 14,000 new cases per day. On Wednesday, there were 24 new COVID-19 related deaths and 8,329 new cases reported.
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The seven-day rolling average for COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. has been trending upward since late fall and experts warn that the unprecedented level of daily COVID-19 infections due to the Omicron variant will bring a sharp increase in deaths soon.
Despite the lower chance of becoming sick due to the "mild" symptoms associated with...
The new year brings a new surge of COVID-19, this time driven by the Omicron variant which researchers regard somewhat optimistically. Even still, schools are gearing up for a staff shortage as the governor and school administrators vow there won't be school closures. Additionally, the Arizona Department of Health Services released a...
On Tuesday, the Commonwealth Fund, an independent research non-profit focused on healthcare issues, published a study on the number of deaths and hospitalizations that were averted by the U.S. COVID-19 Vaccination Program.
The study found that over a million additional deaths and ten million hospitalizations were prevented by the...
There were 6,299 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Arizona on Wednesday, and there were 81 newly reported deaths. This brings the total of COVID-19-related deaths in Arizona to 21,044. Of intensive care unit (ICU) beds, 9% statewide are available and 25% are currently in use by COVID-19 patients.
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The state of Arizona reported 2,106 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, September 22. There were 74 new COVID-related deaths. In hospitals, 31% of adult intensive care unit (ICU) beds are currently in use by COVID-19 patients and statewide, only 9% of adult ICU beds remain available, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services...
All COVID-19 metrics are trending down in Arizona.
The Arizona Department of Health Services this week added a note to the ADHS Data Dashboard letting the public know it had enhanced its processes for identifying COVID-19 deaths and as a result, the number of new deaths reported on the dashboard may "increase more than expected". ...