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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It’s not even halfway through the year, and Arizona is already on track to see the highest number of annual whooping cough cases in a decade. -
Early in his second term, President Donald Trump signed an executive order stipulating that it is the policy of the U.S. to recognize two sexes: male and female. The order also requires federal agencies to rescind a number of guidance documents. -
State budget negotiations are progressing slowly at the Arizona Capitol as the Republicans who control the Legislature have yet to engage in formal talks with Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs’ office. -
After 27 years as the director of Arizona’s Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Sherri Collins retired late last year. But, she recently became executive director of Deaf Seniors of America. -
The Mexican state’s health department says there has been little spread of the highly contagious disease within Sonora. Most individuals who have been diagnosed with measles have traveled to Sonora from neighboring Chihuahua.
