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Coconino County health officials plan to offer COVID-19 vaccinations beginning Wednesday for infants and young children. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention along with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines for children 6 months and older.
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A more traditional kind of COVID-19 vaccine is a step closer to becoming the fourth option for U.S. adults. Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted Tuesday to recommend authorization of shots made by Novavax.
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A recent study from New York University says there’s no need to delay breast cancer screenings after receiving the COVID vaccine. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports.
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The Department of Homeland Security began requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination over the weekend for essential as well as nonessential travel across the U.S.-Mexico border.
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A new CDC report says COVID-19 breakthrough cases that lead to severe outcomes are extremely rare and that nearly all individuals who experience issues have at least one risk factor including advanced age, suppressed immune system or chronic disease.
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Arizona on Saturday reported the largest number of additional confirmed COVID-19 cases since last January for the second day in a row along with 125 more virus deaths.
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Workers at state-regulated utilities in Arizona can’t be fired for refusing to be vaccinated for COVID-19, according to a policy a state commission adopted this month.
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Arizona health officials are urging residents to get COVID-19 booster shots as soon as possible because of the rapid spread of the highly contagious omicron variant.
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Gov. Doug Ducey has issued a new executive order that renews his earlier prohibition on local governments and the state from requiring people to be vaccinated for COVID-19.
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The Arizona Department of Health Services says in October, those who weren’t vaccinated against COVID-19 had a three-and-a-half times greater risk of testing positive and more than a 15-times greater risk of dying from the virus.