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Health experts are worried that the ban on public schools and universities from enforcing mask restrictions or COVID-19 testing for unvaccinated kids is compromising public health.

As of April 10th, 156,182, or 59% of Arizona residents 18 or older, from counties like Navajo, Apache, Gila, Santa Cruz, Graham, La Paz, and Greenlee have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

With 139,525 new cases among people under 19, Arizona is one of the 16 states currently reporting more than 100,000 COVID-19 cases among children and one of the ten states with more than 7,000 cases per 100,000 kids.

Governor Doug Ducey rescinded the mask mandate for schools K-12 but almost every school district in Southern Arizona will continue to require masks through the end of the school year.

Governor Doug Ducey signed legislation that gives businesses, nursing homes, and others protection from lawsuits related to COVID-19. This legislation makes Arizona the latest state to limit liability for businesses after the pandemic.

Arizona saw its fifth consecutive Monday with zero deaths reported and the third day in a row with fewer than 1,000 new cases. Key metrics reveals that nearly a quarter of Arizona's population has received at least the first dose of the vaccine.

With the authorization to start distributing the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, Arizona health officials await new plans to improve vaccine access in more parts of the community.

Together, we have the ability to be more cautious, clean, and caring as we go about our lives living among germs. And it's true, we can't always avoid them, but we can control the threat of germs.

Joseph Chaplik recently introduced the Republican-sponsored bill to make mask mandates optional for local businesses within Arizona.

To prevent a new healthcare crisis, the WHO has started studying a series of mental and physical symptoms affecting several individuals in the aftermath of acute COVID-19 infections.