The city is the only one with that status, but a number of other major cities are at moderate risk.

Addressing crowding on worker transports and translating public health information into the indigenous languages spoken by many farm workers could help improve the situation.

Veterinarians and zookeepers are vaccinating several animals at the Phoenix Zoo against COVID-19.

COVID-19 cases on the Navajo Nation appear to be plateauing after rising throughout November. But the rate of virus spread on the reservation is still high.

Since it reached the U.S. just over a week ago, the omicron coronavirus variant has spread to at least 20 states. Now, Arizona has joined their ranks.

For the first time, Arizona's health department has released a report detailing the frequency of breakthrough COVID-19 cases among vaccinated people. It shows nearly 30% of Arizona’s COVID-19 cases in October were breakthrough cases. Still, the vast majority of deaths in the state recently have been among unvaccinated people.

Phoenix is halting plans to require all employees to get COVID-19 vaccines. Just hours before Phoenix City Council members were scheduled to discuss a vaccine mandate for more than 14,000 employees, a federal judge on Tuesday issued a nationwide injunction.

A Republican state senator wants to make sure Arizona pharmacists don’t get between COVID-19 patients and ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug the FDA warns can be “highly dangerous” and has not been approved for treating the virus.

Since the pandemic began, stories about city dwellers leaving for the outdoors and more space have made the news. But how are cities trying to respond? And has the pandemic caused a fundamental change in how they operate?