The scope of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's authority was clearly illustrated this week as it authorized a new COVID-19 vaccine and was penalized for a tweet about Ivermectin by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
The Fifth Circuit, a notoriously conservative court comprised of Bush and Trump appointees, sided with three...
The coronavirus is back with a midsummer uptick in cases for the first time since the end of the public health emergency (PHE) in May.
The last full week of July logged 9,056 COVID-19 related hospitalizations at an increase of 12% week-over-week. Deaths related to COVID-19 have remained steady since early June, with 500-600 deaths...
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...
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...
Three Arizona counties are reporting high community transmission levels of COVID-19 this week and despite the Food and Drug Administration's authorization and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) recommendation that children between 6-months and 5-years-old receive the COVID-19 vaccine, Arizona parents have been slow to...
Children between six months and five years old are now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccines offered by Pfizer and Moderna. In Arizona, that's nearly 400,000 additional eligibilities.
According to the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS), the vaccine was made available on Monday, June 20. To find locations where a child under 5...
COVID-19 cases are on the uptick in Arizona, again. But Moderna announced the production of a vaccine that would target the Omicron variant and are returning strong immunity results. The American Medical Association (AMA) has formally defended the authority of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the University of Arizona...
Throughout April, COVID-19 levels remained low but appear to be trending upward once again. The Food and Drug Administration has scheduled meetings on COVID-19 vaccinations for children 5-years and younger.
The Arizona Department of Health Services reported 3,911 new cases of COVID-19 and 238 new deaths related to COVID-19 in Arizona...
Arizona is finally entering a reprieve from COVID-19. Hospital bed use due to COVID-19 is currently at its lowest level since the beginning of the pandemic and Governor Doug Ducey took the opportunity to end the COVID-19-related state of emergency. Unfortunately, COVID-related deaths still continue and as of March 30, the Arizona...
As Arizona approaches the two-year mark from Governor Doug Ducey's March 30, 2020 executive order mandating the closure of certain businesses and a stay-at-home advisory for all Arizonans, the Arizona Republic reflects on what has happened in those two years of the public health emergency. Following three major surges of COVID-19 in just...
It appears that the surge in cases of COVID-19 due to the Omicron variant has peaked, and nationwide hospitalizations are also declining. There are currently about 130,000 patients hospitalized with the virus at this time, but hospitalizations remain at the highest levels of the pandemic thus far.
Vaccine Development
Pfizer and...
On January 27, 2022, Moderna announced early-stage clinical trials of an HIV vaccine using mRNA – the same technology used in Moderna’s successful COVID-19 vaccine. Since 1981 and the beginning of the HIV epidemic, more than 700,000 Americans have died due to AIDS complications.
According to ABC News, Moderna has teamed up...
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...
On October 19, the number of new cases of COVID-19 in the United States was down to 83,264 with a weekly average of just under 80,000 per day. There are about 58,433 individuals hospitalized with complications due to SARS-CoV-2 infection and there were 1,557 reported deaths.
According to the New York Times Coronavirus in the U.S.:...
This week the number of children hospitalized with COVID-19 set a record with 1,900 pediatric cases in hospitals across the United States on Sunday night. The Delta variant's rapid spread is to blame, primarily among unvaccinated populations which include children under age 12.
Of all hospitalizations, children comprise just 2.4%...
At least 50% of people in the United states have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as of Wednesday, May 26. In Arizona, 45.6% of people are vaccinated with 5,798,330 doses administered. At this time, White Arizonans account for 47.5% of people vaccinated, 13.9% are Hispanic or Latino, 16.8% are some other race and...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that Arizona has administered 5,408,077 doses of vaccine and 3,076,913 people have received at least one dose of vaccine. This means that 42.8% of the state has now been vaccinated. Nationally, 46.4% of people have been vaccinated and 35.4% of people are fully...
About 44% of the country has received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, and 32.3% of the population is fully vaccinated. In Arizona, 5,163,900 doses have been administered and 2,982,692 people have received at least one dose, meaning that 41.5% of the state has been vaccinated.
This information comes from the Centers for...
Arizona has now administered 4,631,928 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine of the 6 million doses delivered. 38.2% of Arizona residents have received at least one dose. Nationwide, 26.4% of people are vaccinated and 215,951,909 doses have been administered.
This information comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
26.6% of Arizonans -- 3.8 million -- have received at least one vaccine dose as of Wednesday, April 7. The state has used 80% of the 4.8 million doses delivered. These follow national numbers, as 26% of the population has been vaccinated and 77% of delivered shots have been used.
This information comes from the Bloomberg COVID-19...
