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By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com GRAHAM COUNTY – While Graham County experienced three deaths attributed to COVID-19 this week, the downward trend in new cases has continued from February into March …
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Photo By Specialist 2nd Class Joseph Moon/U.S. Navy: Experts say more than a third of adults have not received recommended cancer screenings during the pandemic – in part due to …
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By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – The mixture of precautionary measures, post-holidays, and vaccine rollout possibly has helped lower the number of cases of COVID-19 in Graham County. As of …
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Raymundo Frasquillo File Photo/Gila Herald: A young girl secures her mask with loops over her ears. By Victoria Hill/Cronkite News PHOENIX – A House committee has passed a Republican-sponsored bill …
Read More Graham County now lists 71 deaths from COVID-19 By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – The Graham County Department of Health and Human Services (GCDHHS) announced the death of a Safford …
Read More By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com MORENCI – It took Greenlee County an entire year to register six deaths from COVID-19 and now it has listed three in less than one week. …
Read More Arizona passes 800,000 total cases and 15,000 deaths for the pandemic By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – Graham County has registered its first COVID-19 death under the age of 20. …
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Contributed Photo/Courtesy U.S. Census Bureau Racial inequality in pandemic mortality widens when age, indirect impact taken into account By Victoria Udalova WASHINGTON D.C. – Racial disparities in the mortality impact …
Read More Safford resident latest victim to succumb to COVID-19 By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – Halfway through February, Graham County’s recovered COVID-19 cases now outnumber active cases by more than 4-1 …
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Raymundo Frasquillo File Photo/Gila Herald: Volunteers hand out masks at an event in Morenci. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com GREENLEE COUNTY – Late Monday night, the Greenlee County Health Department advised …
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