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Downtown Tucson, Oct, 23, 2019.

News roundup: Virus numbers grow at UA, Biden increases lead in AZ, flu shots crucial

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, September 14
University of Arizona students wearing masks on campus.

UA, Pima County asks off-campus students to shelter in place

The voluntary request is intended to stem a surge of new coronavirus cases.
Doctors say flu shots can guard against sickness through a COVID-stressed winter.

Doctors: flu shots crucial during COVID pandemic

They are hoping to prevent crowded hospitals and clinics during the winter.
Downtown Tucson, Oct. 23, 2019.

News roundup: Corporation Commission race approaching, federal unemployment dries up

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Sept. 11.
Signage inside a building at the University of Arizona promotes mask wearing on campus, July 2020.

UA reports its highest number of daily COVID-19 cases so far

Nearly 200 cases were confirmed Friday, with a testing positivity rate of 9.8%.
Distance learning options are getting mixed reviews from parents and educators.

Pandemic prompts parents to give pod learning a try

Supporters say it opens the door for educational reform, but the reviews are mixed.
University of Arizona students wearing masks on campus.

Learning about COVID-19: Science, false positives and vigilance

How changes in scientific advice reflect the learning curve of the pandemic.
Terri Rice with Adult Loss of Hearing Association demonstrates how to wear a mask she designed to increase lip reading abilities.

PPE needs of those with disabilities during pandemic, education for all

One woman creates masks to ease communication as nonprofits emphasize the struggles of people with disabilities during the pandemic
A student participating in a class online during the pandemic.

How schools respond differently as benchmarks come into view

Arizona Daily Star reporter Danyelle Khmara speaks about hybrid teaching and education for students with disabilities.
Lorraine Rivera and J.J. Rico, the executive director of the [Arizona Center for Disability Law, discuss the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 among other challenges for people with disabilities during the pandemic on Arizona 360.

Reflection on legal protections for those with disabilities during the pandemic

Plus, advocates confront beliefs about people with disabilities, citing changes in work norms.
Adults in the Tucson Jewish Community Center's day program for people with disabilities swimming at the J Sept. 3, 2020.

JCC continues to provide services during pandemic despite loss

How the pandemic has affected its child care program, distance learning students and adults with disabilities.
Terri Rice with Adult Loss of Hearing Association speaking with participants in a Zoom discussion group.

Pandemic through disability services, legal protections and education

Plus, how false positives and vigilant masking depict the evolution of COVID-19 science.
An unemployment insurance claims office.

Federal unemployment supplement dries up in Arizona

The payments tapping FEMA funds only lasted six weeks.
Downtown Tucson, Oct. 23, 2019.

News Roundup: Indigenous activists arrested at protest, Pima County residents can text 911

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Sept. 10.
Experts say signs like this one could become more common this fall, as state and national moratoriums on evictions in the face of COVID-19 are lifted. Arizona already has one of the highest rates of housing losses in the nation, a new report says.

Report: Arizona had highest ‘housing loss’ rate; more evictions coming

Trends in Arizona do not bode well for the fall, experts said, as drivers of housing loss are are amplified by the pandemic.
Many shops in Hermosillo's downtown have reopened in recent weeks, and most walking around sported face masks.

Sonora among hardest hit by excess deaths during COVID-19 outbreak in Mexico

Sonora saw the fourth highest jump in excess deaths among the states analyzed.

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