[{"title":{"0":"Feb 14 Vaccine Allocation"},"author":{},"link":{"0":"https:\/\/directorsblog.health.azdhs.gov\/feb-14-vaccine-allocation\/"},"raw_date":{"0":"Thu, 11 Feb 2021 22:53:38 +0000"},"pub_date":"Thu, 11 Feb 2021 22:53:38 ","description":"Earlier this week, State Farm Stadium hosted President Biden and Vice President Harris for a virtual tour of our vaccination site. Arizona\u2019s state-operated vaccination sites have been identified as a national model. Since Jan. 11, the two state-operated sites have accounted for more than 20% of the total vaccines administered to date, statewide. "},{"title":{"0":"Arizona\u2019s Process for Allocating Vaccine to Local Jurisdictions"},"author":{},"link":{"0":"https:\/\/directorsblog.health.azdhs.gov\/arizonas-process-for-allocating-vaccine-to-local-jurisdictions\/"},"raw_date":{"0":"Thu, 11 Feb 2021 22:52:41 +0000"},"pub_date":"Thu, 11 Feb 2021 22:52:41 ","description":"This week, Arizona celebrated the milestone of more than 1 million doses of vaccine administered by the state, counties and health care providers. While this is a significant achievement, vaccination sites have capacity to vaccinate even more Arizonans if additional vaccine doses are made available by federal partners. Since Arizona is a \u201chome ru"},{"title":{"0":"New COVID-19 Data Dashboard Section Released: Vaccine Administration"},"author":{},"link":{"0":"https:\/\/directorsblog.health.azdhs.gov\/new-covid-19-data-dashboard-section-released-vaccine-administration\/"},"raw_date":{"0":"Tue, 09 Feb 2021 18:47:43 +0000"},"pub_date":"Tue, 09 Feb 2021 18:47:43 ","description":"On Monday I had the honor of taking President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on a virtual tour of our State Farm Stadium vaccination site in Glendale. During the tour, the vice president raised an issue that many people share. Here\u2019s a lightly edited version of our exchange: THE VICE PRESIDENT:\u00a0 Hi, Doctor.\u00a0 [...]"},{"title":{"0":"COVID-19 Vaccine Surveillance"},"author":{},"link":{"0":"https:\/\/directorsblog.health.azdhs.gov\/covid-19-vaccine-surveillance\/"},"raw_date":{"0":"Thu, 07 Jan 2021 21:01:01 +0000"},"pub_date":"Thu, 07 Jan 2021 21:01:01 ","description":"Throughout the COVID-19 response, our goal has been to provide real-time data on all aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including cases, hospitalizations, laboratory results, and vaccines. Ensuring rapid distribution of vaccine to high-risk groups is a critical component of public health during a pandemic response. Surveillance of vaccine administra"},{"title":{"0":"Safety Is an Important Part of Approving COVID-19 Vaccines"},"author":{},"link":{"0":"https:\/\/directorsblog.health.azdhs.gov\/safety-is-an-important-part-of-approving-covid-19-vaccines\/"},"raw_date":{"0":"Thu, 24 Dec 2020 18:08:13 +0000"},"pub_date":"Thu, 24 Dec 2020 18:08:13 ","description":"Last week, I had the privilege of being among a group of healthcare workers receiving some of the first COVID-19 vaccinations in Arizona. This was during an event held at ADHS. I was inspired by the reasons these professionals gave for wanting to get vaccinated right away, whether it was keeping patients, family, and friends [...]"},{"title":{"0":"Vaccine Prioritization in Arizona"},"author":{},"link":{"0":"https:\/\/directorsblog.health.azdhs.gov\/vaccine-prioritization-in-arizona\/"},"raw_date":{"0":"Fri, 18 Dec 2020 19:30:58 +0000"},"pub_date":"Fri, 18 Dec 2020 19:30:58 ","description":"On Friday, December 11, the FDA announced its approval of an emergency use authorization for Pfizer\u2019s COVID-19 vaccine. CDC\u2019s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met on Saturday, December 12, and recommended the vaccine for people age 16 and older. This week, the first doses of COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Arizona. The first vacc"},{"title":{"0":"Update: Improved Method for Determining ZIP code Data"},"author":{},"link":{"0":"https:\/\/directorsblog.health.azdhs.gov\/update-improved-method-for-determining-zip-code-data\/"},"raw_date":{"0":"Wed, 09 Dec 2020 15:01:33 +0000"},"pub_date":"Wed, 09 Dec 2020 15:01:33 ","description":"Throughout the COVID-19 response, ADHS has continually reevaluated how we are collecting, analyzing, and presenting COVID-19 data for cases, hospitalizations, and laboratory tests. As the COVID-19 testing landscape changes, with new tests, new laboratories, and new guidance on who should be tested, and as data come to ADHS in new ways, we have exam"},{"title":{"0":"New COVID-19 Data Dashboard Section Released: Total Tests Conducted"},"author":{},"link":{"0":"https:\/\/directorsblog.health.azdhs.gov\/new-covid-19-data-dashboard-section-released-total-tests-conducted\/"},"raw_date":{"0":"Tue, 08 Dec 2020 15:12:10 +0000"},"pub_date":"Tue, 08 Dec 2020 15:12:10 ","description":"Since our COVID-19 response began in January, our epidemiologists have been reviewing and analyzing COVID-19 data. Our data reporting regarding this novel disease continues to evolve as we collect additional data and learn about which data elements are most useful to understand how COVID-19 is impacting Arizonans. Over the course of this response, "},{"title":{"0":"Winter Holidays: Impacting COVID-19 Cases in Arizona"},"author":{},"link":{"0":"https:\/\/directorsblog.health.azdhs.gov\/winter-holidays-impacting-covid-19-cases-in-arizona\/"},"raw_date":{"0":"Tue, 01 Dec 2020 14:44:14 +0000"},"pub_date":"Tue, 01 Dec 2020 14:44:14 ","description":"There are many impacts that the holidays can have on COVID-19 in Arizona. With people traveling and gathering with loved ones to celebrate Thanksgiving, we anticipate the cases and the need for hospitalizations to continue to increase over the next few weeks. We also know that the holidays can have an impact on our public [...]"},{"title":{"0":"Syndromic Surveillance and COVID-Like Illness"},"author":{},"link":{"0":"https:\/\/directorsblog.health.azdhs.gov\/syndromic-surveillance-and-covid-like-illness\/"},"raw_date":{"0":"Mon, 09 Nov 2020 21:21:48 +0000"},"pub_date":"Mon, 09 Nov 2020 21:21:48 ","description":"Public health utilizes several surveillance tools to monitor the spread of disease throughout a community. These tools, like case reporting, laboratory reporting, and syndromic surveillance, generate many of the data points that are displayed on our COVID-19 data dashboard. These surveillance tools are also used to monitor the metrics we use to set"}]