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Posted May 4, 2022, 4:14 pm
TucsonSentinel.com
Pima County Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation, along with the TMC Vest It UP! program, will team up to provide 800 free swim lessons to children at three county locations, along with a free lifejacket for all participants. ... Read more»
Posted Apr 19, 2022, 12:12 pm
Bennito L. Kelty
/TucsonSentinel.com
Tucson Medical Center and the Pima County Health Department will host a virtual public discussion panel on the signs, symptoms and treatment options for anyone that may be experiencing COVID-19 "long-haul" symptoms.... Read more»
Posted Aug 18, 2021, 3:35 pm
Judy Rich
/Special to TucsonSentinel.com
99% of those hospitalized and seriously ill during the recent surge in COVID-19 are unvaccinated, says Judy Rich, CEO and President of TMC HealthCare, and with more young people and children in the hospital, getting the vaccine is critical.... Read more»
Posted Aug 16, 2021, 9:22 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Both Amphitheater and Catalina Foothills school districts will require COVID masks for students, staff, teachers, and visitors after a judge said Monday that the Arizona law blocking such mandates in schools is not yet in effect. ... Read more»
Updated Aug 16, 2021, 1:57 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Pima County employees who get their COVID shots will be paid a $300 bonus, and the Board of Supervisors agreed to provide local schools with assistance, but punted a plan to charge higher insurance rates for unvaccinated employees, along with a vaccine mandate for county health-care workers.
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Posted Aug 10, 2021, 3:09 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
The Pima County Board of Supervisors refused make COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for county employees, declined to re-up an emergency public health declaration, and shot down a mask mandate for schools during a long, often contentious meeting Tuesday morning.... Read more»
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Posted Aug 9, 2021, 2:45 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
The Pima County Board of Supervisors may make COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for county employees and health care workers, and will review requiring face masks in all K-12 schools.... Read more»
Posted Jan 19, 2021, 6:11 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Held under gray skies at TMC's Life Gain Park, around 100 people, including doctors, nurses and staff listened as a chaplain recited a prayer thanking those at Tucson hospital who have worked to "create safe spaces to the do the work of healing." ... Read more»
Posted Jan 12, 2021, 4:17 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Pima County plans to vaccinate 345,000 residents by the end of March, and possibly more than 775,000 people by June under an accelerated COVID-19 plan, but only if the "vaccine supply is not an issue" and federal funding is available.
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Posted Jan 8, 2021, 1:50 am
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Tucson Medical Center and the Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday opened one of two treatment centers in the U.S. where COVID-19 patients can receive a specialized treatment to minimize the severity of illness and prevent some hospitalizations.
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Posted Dec 30, 2020, 3:41 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey ordered the Department of Health Services on Wednesday to create a "state-directed" model for delivery of vaccines, overriding the plans of the counties throughout the state.... Read more»
Updated Dec 30, 2020, 4:44 pm
Dylan Smith & Paul Ingram/TucsonSentinel.com
One in every 1,000 Pima County residents has died from COVID-19, as the number of infections continues to climb and patients are forced to wait for beds. Six of eight Tucson-area hospitals had no available ICU beds Wednesday.... Read more»
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Posted Dec 20, 2020, 1:33 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
Elective surgeries at Tucson Medical Center will be pushed off until at least January 4, as the hospital is forced to turn away patients with serious illnesses and "the number of COVID patients needing care is exceeding available resources on a daily basis."... Read more»
Posted Dec 11, 2020, 2:00 pm
TucsonSentinel.com
"Stay home as much as possible. Wear a mask. Take that seriously. Avoid any social gatherings — the holidays will come again; sit this one out." — Pima County health officials, hospital leaders and fire chiefs... Read more»
Updated Dec 14, 2020, 11:45 am
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
Tucson-area residents must stay at home as much as possible to halt the dangerous spike on COVID-19 cases, including skipping holiday gatherings with family, Pima County health and hospital officials said. ... Read more»
Posted Jun 29, 2020, 3:21 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
Bars and gyms in Arizona will be closed until at least the end of July, Gov. Ducey ordered Monday, citing the "brutal facts" of the coronavirus outbreak. "Crisis care standards" were ordered in hospitals, and school reopening pushed back to August 17.... Read more»