Free COVID-19 tests are available again to order through the U.S. Postal Service. Every household in the U.S. is eligible to receive four free tests.
Households can request the rapid antigen at-home test kits now through the end of the year online at covidtests.gov or by phone at 1-800-232-0233.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will start shipping the tests next week.
Updated vaccines for the latest strains of the virus are also available now and recommended for everyone 6 months and older.
According to data from the Arizona Department of Health Services, COVID-19 cases have been falling for the past five weeks in the state after a summer wave of infections. But for the past four years, Arizona has tended to see cases increasing in October and into the winter months.
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Managing children's screen time has become a growing concern for parents. With almost everyone spending more time in front of screens than before, experts are emphasizing the need to create healthy habits early on. -
Whooping cough has been spreading across the U.S. in recent months. And in Arizona, the number of cases is now at the highest level the state has seen in nine years. -
The University of Arizona got a nearly $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to help protect babies from a deadly condition known as necrotizing enterocolitis. -
Illegal and taboo were among the top adjectives to describe marijuana before Arizona voters chose legalization less than five years ago. Today a local dispensary partners with a blood and biotherapy nonprofit to hold drives that have led to more than one hundred donations since June. -
Multiple mental health care hospitals in Arizona are currently at capacity and have turned away patients in recent months, and those who do get beds are often discharged prematurely.
