Coronavirus

Omicron-targeted booster shots made by Moderna and rival Pfizer already were open to everyone 5 and older.

Hospitals and hospital staff just can’t catch a break.

The congressional report found BlueAcorn raked in more than a billion dollars in taxpayer money for processing loans.

Valleywise Health officials say the number of COVID cases has more than doubled from August until now.

In a tweet, the former president said he is experiencing “mild symptoms,” and is “doing fine overall.”

Between testing, treatment, and vaccines, the costs for people could add up quickly.

Twitter says thousands of accounts were suspended for breaking the previous rules that combatted “harmful" coronavirus-related misinformation.

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.

The “tripledemic” is in full swing in Pima County. Three respiratory diseases have converged, not just in Pima County, but statewide.

After two years of a pandemic lull, more friends and families will be gathering again this Thanksgiving.

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.

It’s a very bad year, at least so far, for respiratory diseases.

The southern Arizona community can get vaccinated against COVID-19 at a clinic coming to the University of Arizona.

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.