Arizona teacher says her colleagues are looking forward to getting COVID-19 vaccine

According to Arizona's COVID-19 vaccination plan, teachers in Arizona, along with health care workers, will be among the first group of people to get the vaccine.

How phones can alert you to COVID-19 exposure

More than 8.1 million people in the U.S. have turned their iPhones and Android devices into pandemic contact-tracing tools, but it hasn't been of much use when their neighbors, classmates and coworkers aren't on the same system.  

Navajo Nation ICU beds at full capacity; lockdown extended

A Navajo Nation official said ICU beds are full and "we’re still not seeing the most dire impacts from the (Thanksgiving) holiday gathering that occurred.”

Sherman Oaks restaurant owner shares video of outdoor catering setup as her business faces shutdown

A local restaurant owner went viral on social media after she shared a video of an apparent double standard between her bar and grill shutting down and a nearby business setting up a catering service.

Arizona sees 2nd highest COVID rise; messaging tone blunt

The Department of Health Services said that people should wear masks “around anyone who isn’t a member of your household, even those you know and trust.”

Arizona company hopes its COVID-19 nasal spray can help people as they wait for vaccine

It's not a vaccine, but officials with one Arizona biotech firm hopes their nasal spray could bridge the gap for someone waiting on a vaccine, or can’t get a vaccine.

In sickness and in health: Couple exchanges vows through window after bride contracts COVID-19

Just days before her wedding, Lauren found out she had tested positive for COVID-19. After changing their venue three times and with a marriage license set to expire the day after their ceremony, the couple knew that they still wanted to say “I do.”

Emergency services at ‘breaking point’ amid COVID-19 pandemic, ambulance group warns HHS

Aarron Reinert, president of the AAA, asked in a letter that additional funding be funneled to emergency services to help maintain the basic services emergency personnel provided even before the pandemic.

NIH Director tells churches to stay closed as COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations rise in US

His warning comes after a national group that represents more than 20,000 evangelical Christian health care professionals recently urged churches to halt in-person services as coronavirus cases surge across the United States.

Arizona expects doses of COVID-19 vaccine by end of 2020 if authorized

Dr. Cara Christ, the Director of AZDHS, says the federal government has allocated those doses of vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna if the FDA gives the new vaccines emergency use authorization.

Chandler teen loses parents to COVID-19 just hours apart

Tony Velasquez was taken to the hospital for COVID-19 weeks ago. His death came hours before his wife's death from the same virus.

States submit coronavirus vaccine orders amid surging death toll

The number of Americans hospitalized with COVID-19 hit an all-time high in the U.S. on Thursday at 100,667, and hospitals were at the breaking point.

CDC urges Americans to wear masks indoors as COVID-19 surge intensifies

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Friday called for universal mask-wearing and urged Americans to wear face masks indoors amid an alarming surge in COVID-19 cases around the country.