Downtown Tucson Partnership’s ‘Purple People’ test negative for COVID-19
Downtown Tucson Partnership’s Clean and Safe Team are COVID-19-free after undergoing tests provided by El Rio Health, the organization announced Tuesday. All 23 members of the group were tested last Thursday. The team, affectionately known as the “Purple People,” provide security and maintenance services to the Business Improvement District downtown. The group also acts as […]
El Rio nurse teams testing Tucson’s most vulnerable for COVID-19
By Jasmine Ramirez | May 5, 2020 at 5:28 PM MST – Updated May 5 at 5:28 PM TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) – Teams of nurses at El Rio Health are voluntarily going to nursing homes, homeless shelters and other facilities to test Tucson’s most vulnerable populations for COVID-19. “The teams are willing to go above and […]
COVID-19 testing blitz starts in Pima County
TUCSON – Today was the first Saturday of the three-week statewide testing blitz to fight COVID-19. The goal is to test as many Arizonans as possible to combat the coronavirus outbreak. Three organizations in Pima County are participating in the testing blitz, Banner Health, Walgreens and El Rio Health. Three of El Rio Health’s locations […]
Arizona coronavirus news in brief
El Rio to conduct COVID-19 testing for ‘blitz’ AZPM, May 1 El Rio Health will conduct COVID-19 testing at three Tucson locations during the state’s three-weekend “testing blitz” that starts Saturday. The announcement comes after Walgreen’s and Banner Health were criticized for setting up testing locations that were inconvenient for people in Tucson’s central and […]
Borderlands to give free sanitizer to community
TUCSON, Ariz. — Borderlands is honing their craft in a different way. Instead of pouring beer, they are making and giving away hand sanitizer to El Rio Health Center and the community. This is made possible through an exclusive partnership between Borderlands Brewing Company and El Rio Health Center. Borderlands head brewer Ayla Kapahi usually […]
Local Doctor: Telemedicine isn’t the same – but is an invaluable tool for the medical community
Twenty years ago, my husband focused his dissertation research on how a novel technology known as “telemedicine” could be used to deliver health care at a distance to rural populations. At the time I smirked: Who would willingly give up a personal relationship with their doctor? How could anyone believe that the “laying on of […]
El Rio Health advancing doctor, patient interaction through digital methods
TUCSON – Computers, cell phones and tablets are just a few items we use to communicate with friends and family, especially now during the COVID-19 pandemic. El Rio Health is advancing their doctor and patient interaction by using that same technology. Doctors at El Rio are doing their best to communicate with patients while using […]
Tucsonans take care of each other through mutual aid efforts
Tucson neighbors helping neighbors during coronavirus pandemic Following a similar trend in cities throughout the world, Tucsonans have organized on their own in recent weeks to help support their neighbors and strangers through various mutual aid projects and groups. They’re connecting on text messaging apps, communicating on Facebook and creating Google documents full of links […]
Help us help Tucson charities as coronavirus spreads
Tucsonans are opening their closets, pantries and wallets to help those in need. Since my first list appeared in the Star on Wednesday, here are just a few examples from my email. Luz E. Gallego, service coordinator at B’nai B’rith Strauss Manor on Pantano, a housing project for low-income senior citizens, received several calls. “I have […]
APhA–APPM and APhA–APRS Announce 2020 Election Slate
WASHINGTON, DC – The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Academy of Pharmacy Practice & Management (APhA–APPM) and Academy of Pharmaceutical Research & Science (APhA–APRS) today announced the election slate for the 2020 APhA Elections. Attendees of the APhA Annual Meeting & Exposition in National Harbor, MD, March 20–23, 2020 will have an opportunity to visit face-to-face with the candidates […]