Uber, Walgreens partner to offer free rides to COVID-19 vaccine appointments in underserved communities

Walgreens is teaming up with Uber to offer free rides to vaccine appointments, furthering Uber’s initiative to ensure transportation isn’t the reason somebody can’t get the vaccine.

Conversations about the COVID-19 vaccine encouraged to bring clarity, doctor says

A Phoenix doctor says it's good people are asking questions about the COVID-19 vaccine if they're skeptical of it because they can get information that may make them more confident in the science behind it.

State Farm Stadium COVID-19 vaccine site workers treated to Super Bowl festivities

Healthcare workers and volunteers at Arizona's 24/7 COVID-19 vaccination site at State Farm Stadium celebrated the Super Bowl this year while making sure Arizonans get vaccinated.

AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine rollout halted in South Africa after shot appears less effective against variant

South Africa is considering giving a COVID-19 vaccine that is still in the testing phase to health workers, after suspending the rollout of another shot that preliminary data indicated may be only minimally effective against the mutated form of the virus dominating the country.

Arizona senators request 300,000 additional vaccine doses for the state

Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly asked the Biden administration for an immediate supplement of 300,000 vaccine doses with an additional 300,000 doses added to Arizona's usual weekly supply.

New COVID-19 vaccination site opens in Scottsdale
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Passport Health is at the Scottsdale 101 Shopping Center helping provide COVID-19 vaccinations for health care workers and those over 75 from 9 AM to 5 PM until Feb. 12. Register here: https://covidsafeaz.com/covid-19/az/

Navajo Nation wraps up its latest vaccination blitz
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Back in May, the Navajo Nation had the highest infection rate per capita in the US, but now it's vaccinating people at a higher level than most states so far. More than 20% of the population so far is vaccinated.

AstraZeneca tweaking COVID-19 vaccine to fight South African variant

The lead researcher of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine says she expects to have a modified jab to cope with the South Africa coronavirus variant by the autumn.

Valley woman becomes 100,000th person to be vaccinated at Maricopa County vaccination POD
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Kerry Gerle was the 100,000th person to receive a COVID-19 vaccine at Maricopa County's Southeast Valley Vaccination POD on Feb. 6. It's the first in the county to reach that many doses and Gerle was celebrated with balloons and confetti. She's a nurse and a nursing professor who helped coordinate the vaccination response for the H1N1 pandemic.

Kroger paying employees $100 to get COVID-19 vaccine

Kroger is paying its employees $100 to get vaccinated against COVID-19, the company announced Friday.

ASU professor says supply chain issues are slowing down vaccine deployment

An ASU business professor predicts that 70% of Americans could be vaccinated against COVID-19 by spring, if various issues can be solved before then.

111-year-old SC woman says secret to long life is wine, beer and getting the COVID-19 vaccine

A 111-year-old South Carolina woman who also lived through the 1918 pandemic credits her long life to drinking a glass of wine with lunch, drinking beer with dinner, and now, getting the COVID-19 vaccine.

California's largest vaccination site to open at Levi's Stadium

The site will open Tuesday week with the initial capacity to vaccinate 5,000 people per day, with plans to increase capacity up to 15,000 people a day as vaccine supplies increase. The vaccinations will be given to Santa Clara County residents. 

Some health experts believe it is time to prioritize teens for COVID-19 vaccination
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It is estimated that more than 27 million Americans have already been vaccinated for COVID-19, and while many of them are of the older population, the age group fueling the spread currently are those within the 20-44 range of age. FOX 10 spoke with health expert Will Humble on calls by some to prioritize vaccinations for that age group.