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Stories by Hannah Foote
Posted Aug 18, 2020, 11:30 am
Hannah Foote
/Cronkite News
Arizona has failed to conduct robust contact tracing, which was considered a vital tool to slowing the spread of COVID-19 and proved effective in other parts of the world, public health experts say.... Read more»
Posted Apr 20, 2020, 12:16 pm
Hannah Foote
/Cronkite News
Public health officials who use certain “execution drugs” to treat COVID-19 patients face competition from states that use those drugs to end lives rather than save them. ... Read more»
Posted Apr 10, 2020, 8:43 am
Hannah Foote
/Cronkite News
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The pace of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Arizona appear to be slowing as a result of social distancing, but experts still expect statewide hospitalizations will peak in April. State health officials urge the public to continue taking necessary precautions.... Read more»
Posted Feb 24, 2020, 4:16 pm
Hannah Foote
/Cronkite News
Passenger information gets checked and re-checked at airports all over the world, but when it comes to tracking COVID-19, that data has, at times, taken days to reach health officials. ... Read more»
Posted Feb 18, 2020, 2:06 pm
Hannah Foote
/Cronkite News
Dozens of airlines have canceled flights to China in the wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak, but at least one Asian American traveler is skipping his summer trip to the Philippines to avoid a spreading social illness: racism. ... Read more»
Posted Feb 11, 2020, 4:59 pm
Hannah Foote & Madison Atkinson/Cronkite News
Scientists in Flagstaff are working to develop a test that doctors and hospitals could use to diagnose coronavirus, which could help medical professionals respond to the global outbreak more quickly.... Read more»