November 2, 2021 | Vaccinations for Arizona kids ages 5 to 11 years old could begin this week. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory committee unanimously approved Tuesday the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11 years old.
October 31, 2021 | The COVID-19 vaccine is safe for children and presents the best way to get past the inconveniences brought by the pandemic, Arizona doctors said as they look to reassure parents ahead of anticipated approval by the federal government.
November 8, 2021 |Nine-year-old Madison Mittelman had a better reason than most kids to get her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine Friday afternoon. She’s so vulnerable to respiratory infections that she has hardly left her house during the past 19 months. Madison, a Buckeye resident, has a variant of cystic fibrosis, a disorder that affects the lungs. She’s relatively healthy but extremely vulnerable to upper respiratory viruses, which makes COVID-19 especially scary.
November 23, 2021 | Arizona health leaders on Tuesday pleaded with the public to get vaccinated as COVID-19 continues to deplete resources in hospitals across the state. After peaking in mid-August, cases are rising again, even before Thanksgiving get-togethers,” Arizona COVID-19 advisor and former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Richard Carmona said during a noontime briefing with clinical leaders from several major hospitals and health systems in the state
November 19, 2021 | State health officials announced Friday that COVID-19 vaccine booster shots are now available to everyone 18 and older in Arizona.
November 6, 2021 | Some children in Arizona got their first dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday. Clinics and pharmacies across the state have been working to administer shots quickly as federal health officials approve emergency use. It was a big day for some Valley kids. Kids as young as five years old were given the opportunity to get the COVID-19 vaccine for the very first time this weekend. “I did it to keep other people safe and myself,” 11-year-old Kaila Rhodes said.