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Today marks one year since the first COVID-19 vaccine doses reached Arizona

By Don Herrington|2021-12-14T08:34:11-07:00December 14th, 2021|Preparedness|

One year ago today, Governor Ducey announced that Arizona had received its first doses of COVID-19 vaccine. With safe, free, and highly effective COVID-19 vaccines readily available these days at retail pharmacies, doctors’ offices, and community clinics, it seems long, long ago when the vaccine supply was extremely limited and the first doses were reserved [...]

Whooping Cough (aka Pertussis)

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:52:15-07:00July 2nd, 2010|Prevention|

Whooping cough (pertussis) is a vaccine preventable disease that causes a severe and chronic cough. It’s a nuisance for adults and adolescents, but it’s potentially lethal for infants. California is having a serious outbreak right now with 4 times the normal number of cases this year. Our numbers are up too, but nothing like in [...]