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COVID-19 vaccination efforts turn to underserved

5/4/2021
With Arizona months into its COVID-19 vaccination efforts, demand seems to be leveling off with supply and the focus is turning toward community health organizations to reach underserved populations.

Banner Olive Branch Senior Center offers free rides to …

5/3/2021
A Sun City senior center is ensuring easier access to COVID-19 vaccines with free transportation.

Soderstrom: Patents don’t impede patients’ access …

5/3/2021
Intellectual property rights are under assault overseas — and here at home. These attacks could prevent the creation of dozens of lifesaving medicines. That should worry every American.

Gila River Arena now open for walk-in COVID-19 doses …

5/2/2021
Arizona has administered more than 5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine since December, with nearly 3 million individuals having received at least one dose and 2.27 million now fully vaccinated, Gov. Doug Ducey and the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) announced Friday.

Expert: Restaurants won't require vaccination proof

5/1/2021
Don’t count on restaurant customers being required to show proof of vaccination any time soon. Steve Chucri, president and CEO of the Arizona Restaurant Association, said he “doesn’t expect” and “hasn’t heard of” any Valley restaurant owners requiring vaccine passports in order to get service.

Arizona COVID vaccines move to doctors’ offices

5/1/2021
PHOENIX — With the number of vaccine doses being administered dropping, state health officials are finally agreeing to let doctors start immunizing their patients against COVID-19.

New weekly coronavirus cases in Litchfield Park up by …

4/23/2021
The Arizona Department of Health Services reported the number of new weekly coronavirus cases in Litchfield Park 85340 was 25 as of Friday, April 23, bringing the total tally in the ZIP codes to 3,800.

New weekly coronavirus cases in Goodyear up by 45

4/23/2021
The Arizona Department of Health Services reported the number of new weekly coronavirus cases in Goodyear’s 85338 and 85395 ZIP codes was 45 as of Friday, April 23, bringing the total tally in the ZIP codes to 11,367.

Ducey order bars governments, some businesses from …

4/19/2021
PHOENIX -- Gov. Doug Ducey is blocking government agencies and some businesses from requiring customers to prove they have been vaccinated against COVID-19. In the latest use of his emergency …

Legal ground solid for college vaccine mandates

4/19/2021
When Rutgers University announced in late March it would require all students to receive the COVID-19 vaccine before stepping foot on its New Jersey campus this fall, it became the first university to do so. Since then, a handful of schools have followed suit, including Cornell University and Notre Dame University.

Arizona vaccine distribution could welcome walk-ins …

4/19/2021
PHOENIX — Getting vaccinated against COVID-19 may soon be as simple as a flu shot. Dr. Cara Christ, the state health director, said Friday she is looking to allow walk-ins, at least at …

New weekly coronavirus cases up slightly in Litchfield …

4/16/2021
The Arizona Department of Health Services reported the number of new coronavirus cases in Litchfield Park 85340 was 19 as of Wednesday, April 14, bringing the total number of new cases in the ZIP code to 3,760.