Report: Portland mayor pepper-sprayed man out of fear of safety, contracting COVID

Portland, Oregon, Mayor Ted Wheeler pepper-sprayed a man who confronted and videotaped him and a former mayor as they left a restaurant Sunday evening.

California lifts regional stay-at-home order, allowing more businesses to reopen

More businesses were allowed to reopen with modifications after the state lifted its regional stay-at-home order on Monday, state health officials announced. 

Target giving $500 pandemic bonuses to 375,000 frontline employees

Target has handed out bonuses before during the pandemic, and this latest one gives $500 to hundreds of thousands of frontline workers.

Some COVID patients report brain-related problems following recovery
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One of the things that researchers will be studying for years to come is the long-term effects from COVID-19. FOX 10's John Hook spoke with Carrie Collins-Fadell with the Brain Injury Alliance of Arizona to talk about some of the lingering side effects of the disease.

Biden feels confident U.S. will be ‘well on our way’ to herd immunity by summer

President Joe Biden said Monday he’s confident the U.S. will be soon be vaccinating 1.5 million people per day - getting the country “well on our way” to herd immunity by summer.

Lawmaker wants $1,400 stimulus checks reserved for those who get vaccine

President Joe Biden unveiled a massive $1.9 trillion stimulus package proposal that aims to combat the coronavirus and begins to pump up a U.S. economy. 

California resident dies after receiving COVID-19 vaccine, officials say

An investigation was underway, following the death of a person who died shortly after receiving a vaccine for the coronavirus in Placer County last week.

1 in 5 Americans have sexually transmitted diseases

New federal data show that an estimated 1 in 5 people in the United States have had a sexually transmitted infection on any given day and half of them are in people under the age of 24.

Arizona reports 5,321 new COVID-19 cases, 1 new death

The latest numbers given Jan. 25 increase the state’s totals to 727,895 cases and 12,239 known deaths since the pandemic began.

Merck ends development of 2 potential COVID-19 vaccines after poor results

Merck said Monday that it will focus instead on studying two possible treatments for the virus that also have yet to be approved by regulators.

Navajo Nation extends stay-at-home order, lifts weekend lockdowns

Beginning Monday, the tribe is extending its stay-at-home order with a revised nightly curfew to limit the spread of COVID-19.

Budweiser joins Coke, Pepsi brands in sitting out Super Bowl to donate to COVID-19 vaccination efforts

Anheuser-Busch won't be advertising its Budweiser brand during Super Bowl LV. Instead, it’s donating the money it would have spent on the ad to coronavirus vaccination awareness efforts.