Coronavirus

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.

Dr. Rochelle Walensky tested positive Friday night and has mild symptoms.

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.

Officials hope to expand protection against an expected winter surge.

Data from the CDC already shows thousands more flu cases now than this time last year.

Dooley had been scheduled to appear at a university bookstore before No. 2 Georgia played Auburn but could not make it.

The test kits will be available at select locations while supplies last.

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.

Pima County Health Vaccine Manager helps patients understand which Covid shot to get, and when

Shots of the updated COVID-19 vaccine boosters, specifically designed by Pfizer and Moderna to respond to the omicron strain, could start within days.

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.

For some students, this will be their first time fully back in the classroom since the pandemic.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Previously, the Food and Drug Administration had advised taking two rapid antigen tests over two or three days to rule out infection.

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.

Most of these infections were among children under the age of 12 who recently had COVID-19.

The Illinois-based company offered free COVID testing and had six independently owned sites in Arizona, including one off of Speedway Boulevard in Tucson.

His physician, Kevin O’Connor, said the president continues to feel well, though dealing with a “loose cough.”

Coach Kliff Kingsbury said on Monday that Murray was experiencing “minor” symptoms and will miss a minimum of five days.

Now that President Biden has shown that getting COVID-19 is not a death sentence for the elderly, the question seems to be when can I resume my normal life as the president has?

Tuesday is Biden’s fifth full day of isolation, and he plans to test for the virus on Wednesday.

The White House COVID-19 coordinator says President Joe Biden is feeling “much, much better” after testing positive for the coronavirus.

In a ruling earlier this week, U.S. District Judge Steven Logan concluded it was reasonable for the Biden administration to say that the money couldn’t be spent on efforts that would undermine compliance with COVID-19 prevention guidelines.

About 20% of people recovering from COVID experience hair loss about three months after getting infected.

Experts said COVID won't go away, it will become less lethal.

Millions of children have missed out on some of their vaccinations, which means we may see other diseases become more common.

It’s clear now that the BA-5 coronavirus variant is dominate in Pima County, now making up 80% of the new cases.