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Arizona Public Health System Preparing to Respond to Additional Cases of COVID-19

By Cara Christ|2021-08-11T14:44:05-07:00February 27th, 2020|Preparedness|

The Arizona Department of Health Services has been closely monitoring COVID-19 on an international, national, and local level. Mitigating the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19, a respiratory disease that can cause symptoms ranging from mild cold-like illness to severe pneumonia, is a high priority. While only one case has been reported in Arizona [...]

New Respiratory Viral Panel

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:36-07:00June 25th, 2014|General|

Throughout the year, we talk a lot about flu, but there are several other respiratory viruses like parainfluenza, RSV, adenoviruses, and coronaviruses that can also cause respiratory infections. Our State Laboratory has been able to detect most of these viruses through a battery of test methods, but now we have a way to consolidate testing for [...]