Arizona reports 2,402 new COVID-19 cases, 37 additional deaths Wednesday – KTAR.com
(Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images) PHOENIX – Arizona health officials on Wednesday reported 2,402 new COVID-19 cases and 37 additional deaths from the disease. The latest documented totals are 972,925 infections and 18,504 fatalities, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services COVID-19 dashboard. Hospitalizations in the state related to COVID-19 have nearly tripled since […]
Here’s which Phoenix-area schools are requiring face masks – KTAR.com
(Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images) PHOENIX — Some Phoenix-area school districts have decided to require face masks on campus amid rising cases of COVID-19 in defiance of the governor’s wishes. Based on recent data about the rapid spread of the COVID-19 delta variant, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommends that even vaccinated […]
EXPLAINER: Western states face first federal water cuts – KTAR.com
A buoy once used to warn of a submerged rock rests on the ground along the waterline near a closed boat ramp on Lake Mead at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Friday, Aug. 13, 2021, near Boulder City, Nev. Water levels at Lake Mead, the largest reservoir on the Colorado River, have fallen to […]
Gov. Ducey signs order barring local governments from requiring vaccines – KTAR.com
(AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) PHOENIX – Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey issued an executive order Monday to keep vaccine mandates out of the state, saying local governments that implemented one would be breaking the law. The order stated that any county, city, town or political subdivision official who implemented a vaccine mandate contrary to the order […]
Maricopa County says some students exposed to COVID must quarantine – KTAR.com
(Photo by Brittany Murray/Getty Images) PHOENIX — Maricopa County’s health department announced effective Monday, students exposed to COVID-19 who aren’t fully vaccinated or haven’t tested positive for the virus in the last 90 days will be required to quarantine at home. Close contacts are considered anyone who were within six feet of a person with […]
Phoenix school district to quarantine COVID-exposed students – KTAR.com
(AP Photo, File/Nam Y. Huh) PHOENIX – Deer Valley Unified School District has told parents that students who test positive for COVID-19 or have been in close contact with someone who has will be required to quarantine starting Monday. The Phoenix district said in a letter sent Sunday “We have also had parents knowingly send […]
Arizona reports 3,418 new COVID-19 cases, 27 more deaths Saturday – KTAR.com
FILE – In this Tuesday, July 27, 2021 file photo, a medical worker prepares a shot of the Moderna vaccine during a vaccination campaign at Saint Damien Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. In late June, the international system for sharing coronavirus vaccines sent about 530,000 doses to Britain – more than double the amount sent that […]
Some metro Phoenix concerts requiring masks, COVID-19 vaccines – KTAR.com
BARCELONA, SPAIN – MARCH 27: Spectators attend a rock music concert at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain on March 27, 2021. – Attendees underwent Covid-19 Rapid Antigen Tests and are required to wear face masks but the social distancing rule will not be complied as part of a study on virus propagation in […]
UArizona Researchers Develop Regenerative, Safe Therapeutic for Alzheimer’s Disease
By Paul Tumarkin, Tech Launch Arizona Thursday Roberta Diaz Brinton Photo courtesy of Tech Launch Arizona and NeuTherapeutics University of Arizona researchers have developed a new therapy for Alzheimer’s disease designed to restore cognitive function in early-stage patients. The therapy is now proceeding through a Phase 2b clinical trial. Phase 2b trials involve rigorous testing […]
Arizona reports 3,225 new COVID-19 cases, 23 more deaths Friday – KTAR.com
A clinician cares for COVID-19 patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital on August 10, 2021 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) PHOENIX – Arizona health officials on Friday reported 3,225 new COVID-19 cases, eclipsing 3,000 for the first time in more than six months, and 23 […]