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Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 6:46 PM MST
|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.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 2:41 PM MST
|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.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 1:16 PM MST
|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.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 9:35 AM MST
|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.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 11:04 AM MST
|By CNN staff
Most of these infections were among children under the age of 12 who recently had COVID-19.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 6:33 PM MST
|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.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 10:55 AM MST
|By The Associated Press
His physician, Kevin O’Connor, said the president continues to feel well, though dealing with a “loose cough.”
Updated: Aug. 1, 2022 at 1:13 PM MST
|By The Associated Press
Coach Kliff Kingsbury said on Monday that Murray was experiencing “minor” symptoms and will miss a minimum of five days.
Updated: Jul. 29, 2022 at 8:58 PM MST
|By Bud Foster
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?
Updated: Jul. 26, 2022 at 12:53 PM MST
|By The Associated Press
Tuesday is Biden’s fifth full day of isolation, and he plans to test for the virus on Wednesday.
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Updated: Jul. 24, 2022 at 11:28 AM MST
|By The Associated Press
The White House COVID-19 coordinator says President Joe Biden is feeling “much, much better” after testing positive for the coronavirus.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2022 at 3:51 PM MST
|By The Associated Press
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.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2022 at 8:05 AM MST
|By Carsyn Currier
About 20% of people recovering from COVID experience hair loss about three months after getting infected.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2022 at 7:14 PM MST
|By Bud Foster
Experts said COVID won't go away, it will become less lethal.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2022 at 6:39 PM MST
|By Mikala Novitsky
Millions of children have missed out on some of their vaccinations, which means we may see other diseases become more common.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2022 at 6:46 PM MST
|By Bud Foster
It’s clear now that the BA-5 coronavirus variant is dominate in Pima County, now making up 80% of the new cases.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2022 at 9:37 AM MST
|By The Associated Press
While more than 1 million people in the United States died of COVID-19, many more survived ICU stays that have left them with a host of health issues.
Updated: Jul. 19, 2022 at 5:28 PM MST
|By KOLD News 13 Staff
Employers holding job fairs to fill open positions.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2022 at 10:54 AM MST
|By The Associated Press
He is currently the Chief Medical Advisor to the president.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2022 at 7:32 AM MST
|By CNN
John Hopkins University found the average number of daily deaths has risen above 400 for the first time in two months.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2022 at 8:24 PM MST
|By Bud Foster
The new BA-5 variant of the coronavirus is now the predominate strain in Arizona with just under 60% of the new cases. But how many, is still uncertain.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2022 at 2:07 PM MST
|By The Associated Press
The U.S. is getting another COVID-19 vaccine choice as the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday cleared Novavax shots for adults.
Updated: Jul. 10, 2022 at 6:33 PM MST
|By The Associated Press
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has tested positive for COVID-19.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2022 at 7:21 AM MST
|By Carsyn Currier
Omicron subvariant BA.5 is the most dominant strain in this country.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2022 at 11:30 AM MST
|By CNN
Researchers looked at death certificates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to gather the information.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 8:22 AM MST
|By The Associated Press
The court had previously turned away health care workers in Maine, who filed a similar challenge.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2022 at 5:49 AM MST
|By CNN Staff
The impact of the vaccination programs was determined by estimating the additional lives lost if no vaccines were available.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 5:26 PM MST
|By Mikala Novitsky
The Pima County Health Department has launched its first COVID-19 Test to Treat program.This allows people who test positive for the virus to receive quick treatment at no cost.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 11:09 AM MST
|By CNN Staff
Researchers say that while children getting long COVID is low it is still a possibility.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2022 at 7:04 AM MST
|By Carsyn Currier
Misinformation about both the virus and the vaccine has been a big part of the pandemic.
Updated: Jun. 20, 2022 at 7:21 PM MST
|By Allie Potter
“I was talking to Dr. Cullen this morning and there are 4,000 pre-ordered vaccines in the community,” said Dr. Elliott.
Updated: Jun. 18, 2022 at 1:41 PM MST
|By The Associated Press
The advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unanimously decided that coronavirus vaccines should be opened to children as young as 6 months.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2022 at 12:26 PM MST
|By The Associated Press
The 81-year-old Fauci, who is fully vaccinated and received two booster shots, was experiencing mild COVID-19 symptoms, according to the National Institutes of Health.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2022 at 10:26 AM MST
|By The Associated Press
Dolly Parton is donating $1 million to pediatric infectious disease research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.
Updated: Jun. 14, 2022 at 4:15 PM MST
|By The Associated Press
A government advisory panel Tuesday endorsed a second brand of COVID-19 vaccine for school-age children and teens.
Updated: Jun. 13, 2022 at 8:53 AM MST
|By ROB GILLIES
The positive test comes after he met with U.S. President Joe Biden and other leaders at the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2022 at 5:59 PM MST
|By The Associated Press
A senior administration official said the mandate expires Sunday at 12:01 a.m. ET, saying the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has determined that it’s no longer necessary.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2022 at 4:30 PM MST
|By The Associated Press
As parents wait for a final decision on vaccines for this age group, a rollout plan is already underway.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2022 at 9:31 AM MST
|By The Associated Press
Young children are the last group of Americans who have not been recommended to get COVID-19 vaccinations.
Updated: May. 30, 2022 at 7:01 PM MST
|By Bud Foster
It’s almost June which means there will be an increase in COVID-19 cases. It’s been that was since the beginning, and this year is no exception.
Updated: May. 25, 2022 at 9:24 PM MST
|By Bud Foster
Cases continue to rise in Pima County.
Updated: May. 25, 2022 at 10:22 AM MST
|By The Associated Press
In a study of veterans published Wednesday, about one-third who had breakthrough infections showed signs of long COVID.
Updated: May. 21, 2022 at 8:57 AM MST
|By The Associated Press
Biden administration officials have been warning for weeks that the country has spent nearly all the money approved for COVID-19 response.
Updated: May. 20, 2022 at 2:14 PM MST
|By KOLD News 13 Staff
Pima County vaccination sites are not offering the COVID-19 booster shot to kids between the ages of five and 11, county leaders announced on Friday, May 20.
Updated: May. 19, 2022 at 4:31 PM MST
|By The Associated Press
Kids ages 5 to 11 should get a booster dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, advisers to the U.S. government said Thursday.
Updated: May. 18, 2022 at 2:37 PM MST
|By NOMAAN MERCHANT and AMANDA SEITZ
Federal and state agencies treat disinformation as a national security threat. But the new board was hampered from the start by questions about its purpose and an uneven rollout.
Updated: May. 18, 2022 at 8:38 AM MST
|By Mandy Gaither
Unlike any other, it uses a nasal swab sample to test for COVID, flu and respiratory syncytial virus at the same time.
Updated: May. 17, 2022 at 8:49 AM MST
|By LAURAN NEERGAARD
The Food and Drug Administration’s authorization now opens a third shot to elementary-age kids, too — at least five months after their last dose.
Updated: May. 17, 2022 at 5:12 AM MST
|By The Associated Press
The White House announced Tuesday that U.S. households can request an additional eight free at-home tests to be shipped by the U.S. Postal Service.
Updated: May. 16, 2022 at 10:14 PM MST
|By Bud Foster
COVID cases and flu cases are both rising sharply as we head toward summer. But experts say it not something we can ignore.