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No counties in Arizona are at low community levels of COVID-19.

University of Arizona inches closer to a new COVID-19 treatment

Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 4:27 PM MST
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By Alex Valdez
Researchers at the University of Arizona are working toward the approval of a new COVID-19 treatment.

News

University of Arizona professor Michael Worobey said the Wuhan Huanan Wholesale Seafood Market...

Where did COVID-19 come from? UA researcher discusses latest assessment

Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 8:01 PM MST
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By Alex Valdez
UArizona professor Michael Worobey said there is overwhelming evidence the pandemic did not start as a leak from a lab in China.

Coronavirus

The virus that causes COVID-19 is shown in this illustration from the Centers for Disease...

COVID-19 likely came from lab leak in China, Department of Energy says in report

Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 4:47 AM MST
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By Gray News staff
A senior U.S. intelligence official said new information caused the department to make the updated low confidence assessment.

News

Rise in cardiovascular deaths.

Keeping your heart healthy during National Heart Health Month

Updated: Feb. 23, 2023 at 9:57 AM MST
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By Alex Valdez
February is National American Heart Month and medical experts have a new warning about your heart health.

News

Pima County supervisors react to rejected nomination to have Dr. Theresa Cullen lead state health department

Updated: Feb. 16, 2023 at 8:19 PM MST
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By Carsyn Currier
Some members of the Pima County Board of Supervisors said they are happy to have Dr. Theresa Cullen back working for the county.

Political

Gov. Hobbs withdraws nomination of Dr. Cullen to lead Arizona Department of Health Services

Updated: Feb. 14, 2023 at 2:28 PM MST
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By 13 News Staff
Dr. Theresa Cullen led the Pima County Health Department during the COVID pandemic.

National

GOP launches probe into COVID-19 origins with letter to Fauci

Updated: Feb. 13, 2023 at 5:33 PM MST
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By The Associated Press
House Republicans kicked off an investigation Monday into the origins of COVID-19 by issuing a series of letters to current and former Biden administration officials for documents and testimony.

News

Senate committee rejects nomination to have Dr. Cullen lead state health department

Updated: Feb. 10, 2023 at 8:22 PM MST
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By Bud Foster
Dr. Theresa Cullen, the former director of the Pima County Health Department, was grilled for hours by the Republica-led committee.

News

Your tax dollars helped AZ small businesses recover from the pandemic - was it enough?

Updated: Jan. 11, 2023 at 5:36 PM MST
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By Brooke Wagner
Your tax dollars helped AZ small businesses recover from the pandemic - but was it enough?

Coronavirus

Health experts expect XBB.1.5 COVID subvariant in Arizona soon

Updated: Jan. 11, 2023 at 7:33 AM MST
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By Alex Valdez
Medical professionals are calling it “the most transmissible” strain of the virus yet.
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News

Immunity debt and a cycle of sickness

Updated: Jan. 4, 2023 at 6:49 PM MST
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By Brooke Wagner
Doctors discuss what''s causing immunity debt and how to protect your family

Coronavirus

New COVID subvariant ‘XBB.1.5′ begins circulating across the US, draws concern in Arizona

Updated: Jan. 3, 2023 at 6:18 AM MST
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By Kylee Cruz
According to the CDC, XBB.1.5 makes up more than 40% of new cases across the country.

Crime Team

Chandler man who sold thousands of fake masks avoids jail

Updated: Dec. 30, 2022 at 12:33 PM MST
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By AZFamily Digital News Staff
Authorities say the vendor was not aware they were fake.

National

CVS, Walgreens limit sales of children’s pain relief medications

Updated: Dec. 19, 2022 at 10:46 PM MST
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By CNN Newsource staff
The outbreak of respiratory viruses affecting kids across the country has caused a run on some children’s medicines.

Coronavirus

White House reveals winter COVID-19 plans, more free tests

Updated: Dec. 15, 2022 at 1:50 PM MST
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By The Associated Press
COVID-19 cases have shown a marked increase after the Thanksgiving holiday, and further increases are projected around Christmas and New Year's.

National

FDA clears updated COVID-19 vaccines for kids younger than age 5

Updated: Dec. 8, 2022 at 11:59 AM MST
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD
Omicron-targeted booster shots made by Moderna and rival Pfizer already were open to everyone 5 and older.

News

“Tripledemic” hitting healthcare workers hard after three years of COVID

Updated: Dec. 7, 2022 at 8:12 PM MST
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By Bud Foster
Hospitals and hospital staff just can’t catch a break.

Crime Team

Congressional report: Scottsdale startup facilitated ‘massive’ amounts of pandemic-related fraud

Updated: Dec. 1, 2022 at 6:04 PM MST
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By Amy Cutler
The congressional report found BlueAcorn raked in more than a billion dollars in taxpayer money for processing loans.

Coronavirus

Arizona is the only state that has medium/high COVID-19 levels in all its counties

Updated: Nov. 30, 2022 at 9:50 PM MST
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By Elliott Polakoff
Valleywise Health officials say the number of COVID cases has more than doubled from August until now.

National

Former President Bill Clinton tests positive for COVID-19

Updated: Nov. 30, 2022 at 1:31 PM MST
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By Gray News staff
In a tweet, the former president said he is experiencing “mild symptoms,” and is “doing fine overall.”

Coronavirus

Federal COVID-19 relief money set to expire in early 2023; CVS to offer Paxlovid

Updated: Nov. 30, 2022 at 7:52 AM MST
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By Jack Cooper
Between testing, treatment, and vaccines, the costs for people could add up quickly.

National

Twitter no longer enforcing COVID-19 misinformation policy

Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 at 10:19 AM MST
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By CNN Newsource staff
Twitter says thousands of accounts were suspended for breaking the previous rules that combatted “harmful" coronavirus-related misinformation.

Coronavirus

After a year, omicron still driving COVID surges and worries

Updated: Nov. 25, 2022 at 9:01 AM MST
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By The Associated Press
Nationally, new COVID cases averaged around 39,300 a day as of Tuesday, far lower than last winter but a vast undercount because of reduced testing and reporting.

News

Pima County’s “tripledemic” is getting worse just in time for Thanksgiving

Updated: Nov. 22, 2022 at 9:10 PM MST
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By Bud Foster
The “tripledemic” is in full swing in Pima County. Three respiratory diseases have converged, not just in Pima County, but statewide.

National

Gathering again? Tips for a safe and healthy Thanksgiving

Updated: Nov. 22, 2022 at 10:02 AM MST
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By The Associated Press
After two years of a pandemic lull, more friends and families will be gathering again this Thanksgiving.

National

Pfizer booster spurs immune response to new omicron subtypes

Updated: Nov. 18, 2022 at 8:41 AM MST
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD
Americans have been reluctant to get the updated boosters rolled out by Pfizer and rival Moderna, doses tweaked to target the BA.5 omicron strain that until recently was the most common type.

News

Arizona facing a “tripledemic” of respiratory illnesses as weather cools

Updated: Nov. 10, 2022 at 7:35 PM MST
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By Bud Foster
It’s a very bad year, at least so far, for respiratory diseases.

Coronavirus

COVID-19 vax clinic coming to UArizona

Updated: Nov. 7, 2022 at 2:41 PM MST
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By 13 News Staff
The southern Arizona community can get vaccinated against COVID-19 at a clinic coming to the University of Arizona.

Coronavirus

Pfizer study says updated COVID boosters rev up protection

Updated: Nov. 4, 2022 at 4:22 AM MST
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD
Pfizer said people 55 and older who got the omicron-targeting booster had four-fold higher antibody levels than those given an extra dose of the original vaccine.

National

CDC director tests positive for COVID-19, has mild symptoms

Updated: Oct. 22, 2022 at 10:50 AM MST
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By The Associated Press
Dr. Rochelle Walensky tested positive Friday night and has mild symptoms.

National

Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine will cost $110-$130 per dose

Updated: Oct. 21, 2022 at 11:53 AM MST
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By The Associated Press
Pfizer will charge $110 to $130 for a dose of its COVID-19 vaccine once the U.S. government stops buying the shots, but the drugmaker says it expects many people will continue receiving it for free.

Coronavirus

FDA clears updated COVID boosters for kids as young as 5

Updated: Oct. 12, 2022 at 10:27 AM MST
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By The Associated Press
Officials hope to expand protection against an expected winter surge.

Cold and Flu

Health officials warn time to get flu, COVID shots is now

Updated: Oct. 11, 2022 at 7:22 AM MST
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By Jack Cooper
Data from the CDC already shows thousands more flu cases now than this time last year.

National

Former Georgia coach Vince Dooley hospitalized with COVID-19

Updated: Oct. 8, 2022 at 2:29 PM MST
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By The Associated Press
Dooley had been scheduled to appear at a university bookstore before No. 2 Georgia played Auburn but could not make it.

Coronavirus

At-home COVID test kits available at Pima County libraries

Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 6:38 AM MST
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By 13 News Staff
The test kits will be available at select locations while supplies last.

News

No, the pandemic is not over, Pima County officials say

Updated: Sep. 19, 2022 at 7:23 PM MST
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By Bud Foster
When President Biden said over the weekend during an interview with 60 minutes, “The pandemic is over. We still have a problem with COVID. We’re still doing a lot of work on it... but the pandemic is over,” it created some concern among health officials across the country, including Pima County.

News

New Vaccines: Who should get which shot?

Updated: Sep. 14, 2022 at 6:49 PM MST
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By Brooke Wagner
Pima County Health Vaccine Manager helps patients understand which Covid shot to get, and when

Coronavirus

White House to encourage COVID boosters, flu shot this fall

Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 4:38 PM MST
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By AMANDA SEITZ
Shots of the updated COVID-19 vaccine boosters, specifically designed by Pfizer and Moderna to respond to the omicron strain, could start within days.

News

New COVID-19 vaccine may help prevent contracting the virus

Updated: Aug. 31, 2022 at 7:54 PM MST
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By Bud Foster
The Food and Drug Administration has given its blessing to a new booster shot specifically targeting the BA-4 and BA-5 COVID variants which are the dominate strains in the United States and Arizona right now.

Top Story

Pandemic learning disruptions could make college tougher for incoming freshman

Updated: Aug. 28, 2022 at 9:18 PM MST
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By Mikala Novitsky
For some students, this will be their first time fully back in the classroom since the pandemic.

National

WHO: COVID deaths down by 15%, cases fall nearly everywhere

Updated: Aug. 24, 2022 at 9:42 AM MST
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By The Associated Press
In its latest weekly assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.N. health agency said there were 5.3 million new cases and more than 14,000 deaths reported last week.

News

Novavax vaccine available in Pima County

Updated: Aug. 22, 2022 at 3:05 PM MST
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By 13 News Staff
The Novavax COVID-19 vaccine is available in limited quantities at Pima County health clinics and mobile vaccination units, officials announced on Monday, Aug. 22.

News

CDC issues new COVID guidelines

Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 6:46 PM MST
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By Bud Foster
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have eased it’s COVID-19 restrictions following a dramatic drop in the number of cases, deaths and hospitalizations.

National

CDC drops quarantine, screening recommendations for COVID-19

Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 2:41 PM MST
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By The Associated Press
The nation’s top public health agency on Thursday relaxed its COVID-19 guidelines, dropping the recommendation that Americans quarantine themselves if they come into close contact with an infected person.

National

FDA: Take 3 home tests if exposed to COVID to boost accuracy

Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 1:16 PM MST
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By The Associated Press
Previously, the Food and Drug Administration had advised taking two rapid antigen tests over two or three days to rule out infection.

National

WHO: COVID-19 deaths fall overall by 9%, infections stable

Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 9:35 AM MST
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By The Associated Press
The U.N. health agency said there were more than 14,000 COVID-19 deaths in the last week and nearly 7 million new infections.

National

Study: COVID-19 may be linked to increase in head and neck infections in kids

Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 11:04 AM MST
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By CNN staff
Most of these infections were among children under the age of 12 who recently had COVID-19.

News

KOLD INVESTIGATES: Permanent injunction issued against COVID testing company with locations in Arizona

Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 6:33 PM MST
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By Shaley Sanders
The Illinois-based company offered free COVID testing and had six independently owned sites in Arizona, including one off of Speedway Boulevard in Tucson.

National

Doctor: Biden’s COVID symptoms return, in ‘good spirits’

Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 10:55 AM MST
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By The Associated Press
His physician, Kevin O’Connor, said the president continues to feel well, though dealing with a “loose cough.”

NFL

Cardinals QB Kyler Murray tests positive for COVID-19

Updated: Aug. 1, 2022 at 1:13 PM MST
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By The Associated Press
Coach Kliff Kingsbury said on Monday that Murray was experiencing “minor” symptoms and will miss a minimum of five days.
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