Arizona coronavirus

COVID-19 case numbers have spiked in Arizona and around the U.S. due to the highly contagious Omicron variant. But there’s now effective drugs and vaccines to reduce the risk of hospitalization and death. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny spoke with epidemiologist Dr. Paul Keim about living with COVID-19 in the long term, and the lessons to be learned from another pandemic more than 100 years ago.

Scientists at the Translational Genomics Research Institute in Flagstaff have documented the first known case in the U.S. of COVID-19 transmitting from an infected person to their pets. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny spoke with lead researcher Hayley Yaglom about her ongoing study of dogs and cats in Arizona.

Vaccines provide a high level of protection against COVID-19. That’s one of the findings of an ongoing research study following health care workers, first…

Gila County health officials recently reported an uptick in COVID-19 cases, particularly in the communities of Payson, Star Valley, and Pine. KNAU’s…

Cats and dogs can get infected with COVID-19, but not much is known about the relationships between sick people and their pets. Scientists at Flagstaff’s…

A massive vaccination effort against the coronavirus disease is underway worldwide. In Arizona, more than 2 million people have received at least one…

Medical anthropologists at Northern Arizona University have spent the last year interviewing dozens of people throughout the United States about the…

The Arizona Department of Health Services says a new, more infectious variant of COVID-19 has been confirmed in Arizona. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny…