Most Tucson employees compliant with COVID vaccine mandate
City employees in Tucson have been asked to be compliant under the city’s Coronavirus vaccine mandate.
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Former U.S. Surgeon General prescribes prevention for Arizona ahead of holiday season
Dr. Richard Carmona offers strategy for keeping hospitalizations low PHOENIX, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – A former U.S.Surgeon General has some advise for keeping Arizona’s out of the hospital this holiday season. “We’re all suffering from Covid exhaustion, but now is not the time to take a break. We must work together tirelessly to eradicate this
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COVID-19 vaccine boosters now available to everyone 18 and older
Eligibility for COVID-19 vaccine boosters has been expanded to everyone 18 years and older. The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) made the announcement Friday.
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COVID-19 leading cause of death in Arizona during pandemic
“Being in the hospital and recovered, that’s bad, but being dead in the ground…that’s worse.”
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Arizona hospitals struggle with staffing ahead of holiday season
Hospital workers want one thing: to be prepared for winter. And, to do that, they need more staff – stat!
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Arizona public health official: ‘Pandemic not done with us’
Some COVID-19 metrics show the pandemic’s fall surge in Arizona worsening again.
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Arizona Governor using COVID relief money for anti-mask grants
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey is going against a demand to stop using COVID-19 relief money for other purposes.
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Arizona attorney general to sue over federal vaccine rules
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich said Thursday he plans to sue to block the Biden administration’s new mandate that large employers require their workers to either be vaccinated for COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing starting in January.
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Arizona high court upholds ruling blocking school mask bans
The Arizona Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that the Republican-controlled Legislature violated the state constitution by including new laws banning school mask mandates and a series of other measures in unrelated budget bills.
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Arizona reports 2,843 additional COVID cases, 57 more deaths
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona on Saturday reported over 2,800 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases and nearly 60 more deaths. The additional 2,843 additional cases and 57 deaths reported by the Department of Health Services’ coronavirus dashboard increased the state’s pandemic totals to over 1,166,000 cases and over 21,100 deaths. The dashboard also reported that COVID-19-related hospitalizations
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Health official: Arizona preparing to give COVID-19 shots to kids
The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) Interim Director Don Herrington recently released an online guide to vaccinating your children.
Continue Reading Ducey lawyer says Tucson can’t fire unvaccinated employees
PHOENIX (AP) — Gov. Doug Ducey’s lawyer says Tucson’s plan to fire workers who refuse to be vaccinated is illegal. Ducey’s general counsel, Anni Foster, outlined her objections in a letter to Tucson’s city attorney on Wednesday, a day after the City Council voted to require vaccinations by Dec. 1. Tucson officials say their plan
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U.S. Labor Department deems Arizona non-compliant with coronavirus standards
President Joe Biden’s administration has threatened to step in and revoke Arizona’s ability to regulate its own workplace safety standards.
Continue Reading Arizona virus hospitalizations remain on plateau below 1,800
PHOENIX (AP) — COVID-19-related hospitalizations in Arizona remain on a plateau amid a gradual slowing of additional new cases and deaths during the current surge, according to the state’s coronavirus dashboard. Hospitalizations in recent weeks have loitered below 1,800, with 1,771 COVID-19 patients occupying hospital beds as of Tuesday. That’s according to data posted Wednesday
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UPDATE: AZ Supreme Court doubles down on decision to overturn governor’s COVID laws
We’re hearing from Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) for the first time after a judge struck down laws that would have prevented schools and local governments from requiring masks in class. Under the governor’s order, there had been a ban on making masks mandatory. Until now.
Continue Reading Arizona high court allows school mask ban ruling to stand
The Arizona Supreme Court won’t immediately reinstate a series of new laws that include measures that block schools from requiring masks and restrict the power of local governments to impose COVID-19 requirements.
Continue Reading Some Arizona school districts renew mask policy after ruling
A handful of school districts are prolonging mask mandates after a judge ruled Arizona’s ban on them was unconstitutional.
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Arizona nurse shortage sidelines non-COVID patient transfers
PHOENIX (AP) — An ongoing nursing shortage in Arizona will likely keep non-COVID-19 patients from quickly getting transferred to more equipped hospitals. State health officials this week rejected a request to expand the state “surge line,” a call-in system to find beds for critically ill COVID-19 patients, to include people with other medical needs. The
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Arizona doctor refuses unvaccinated patients
A Chandler Arizona doctor has a new policy that some people are calling controversial.
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Arizona becomes first state to sue against federal vaccine mandate
Arizona’s Attorney General Mark Brnovich announces the State is suing President Joe Biden and his administration over the recently announced coronavirus vaccine mandates.
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