Campaign launches to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates in Arizona’s Black communities

Campaign launches to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates in Arizona’s Black communities

November 10, 2021 | The Arizona Coalition for Change is launching a new campaign, “Sleeves Up Arizona,” that addresses low COVID-19 vaccination rates in Black communities. The organization met on Wednesday at Eastlake Park in Phoenix and featured speakers state Rep. Reginald Bolding and former NBA All-Star and Phoenix Suns player Cedric Ceballos. Ceballos shared his story of battling the virus, spending “20 days on death row” in the intensive care unit.

Campaign launches to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates in Arizona’s Black communities

It’s a relief’: Phoenix-area kids ages 5-11 begin getting the COVID-19 vaccine

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.

Arizona children begin receiving COVID-19 vaccine after FDA approval

Arizona children begin receiving COVID-19 vaccine after FDA approval

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.