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A Pima County correctional officer glances inside a cell at the county jail.

Pima County Attorney's Office will not prosecute minor drug possession cases

Policy from start of the pandemic is revived as vaccination rate levels off and COVID cases spread inside the jail
A sign outside the east entrance to Banner University Medicine directing visitors and patients to the emergency room.

Banner says Tucson hospital pushed to capacity

"If the forecasted trend continues, we will soon be unable to meet the health care demands of Arizonans," chief clinical officer warns.
The west facade of United States Supreme Court Building at dusk in Washington, D.C., USA. From October 2011.

Justices asked to let Arizona enforce ban on some abortions

The request from Attorney General Mark Brnovich comes as the high court is weighing rolling back abortion rights nationwide.
A Centers for Disease Control illustration of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

Arizona: Over 3,000 new COVID-19 cases for 12th day in a row

Nineteen deaths were also added.
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Arizona reports 3,775 additional COVID cases, 74 more deaths

Hospitalizations remain at near peak level.
A Centers for Disease Control illustration of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

Arizona reports 3,924 additional COVID cases, 93 more deaths

The rolling average of cases and deaths continues to rise.
Hospital emergency room entrance.

Arizona hospitals strained by COVID

Hospital crowding in Arizona reaches pandemic high
Sign in the Pascua Yaqui Tribe's lands urging tribal members to wear a mask during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Local tribes have expanded access to COVID-19 vaccine cash incentive programs

The Tohono O'odham Nation and Pascua Yaqui Tribe are offering $400 and $100, respectively, to tribal members who prove they're fully vaccinated.
A Centers for Disease Control illustration of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

Arizona reports 3,655 additional COVID cases

The state also added 47 deaths.
COVID-19 signage at Davidson Elementary. March 2021.

Arizona reports 3,322 more COVID cases; hospitalizations dip

Health officials fear surge after Thanksgiving travel.
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich in Phoenix, January 2019.

Juul will pay $14.5 million to settle lawsuit with Arizona

AG said marketing practices "eerily similar" to old tactics of the tobacco industry.
Copper Queen Community Hospital

Bisbee hospital in crisis care

COVID has forced the hospital into crisis standards of care.
Scan of a cancerous tumor reoccurrence within a breast after a mastectomy.

University of Arizona research shows disparity in breast cancer treatments for Indigenous women

The data shows more Indigenous women get mastectomies versus lumpectomies than non-Native women.

Pima County recommends boosters for every eligible person over 18

Health officials cite increased COVID-19 transmission rates within the county.
A man donates blood.

Blood donations in southern Arizona remain low heading into the holidays

Medical experts worry the shortage could cause a slowdown in patient care
Mural on the side of building in Shiprock, New Mexico, in the Nation Nation March 22, 2020.

Navajo organization received grant to increase COVID-19 vaccinations within the Navajo Nation

The $30,000 grant is one of 13 IllumiNative, an organization focused on deconstructing Indigenous stereotypes, awarded to bolster vaccination efforts.

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