The coronavirus pandemic has led to a significant decline in cancer screenings. Since the start of the pandemic, the number of mammogram screenings has dropped by nearly half. Routine mammograms are key to catching breast cancer early. But many women are putting off this test.

Monday is the earliest that Arizona schools can begin welcoming students back to classrooms since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Some school districts have approved plans to do just that before state officials recommend it's safe.
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The Show spoke with Don Weaver, the state fire planner for the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management, to learn about the conditions that contribute to mental health issues for wildland firefighters.

Wearing masks has been politicized almost from the beginning of the pandemic. For a while, it was presumed that if you didn’t wear a mask, you were probably a supporter of President Trump. And it seemed that, anecdotally, more women were wearing masks than men. As a response to that, an elaborate campaign was introduced in late July in the hope of getting more residents to Mask Up Arizona.

Researchers who study aging use mainly short-lived animals like flies and mice. To understand how aging works in long-lived animals like humans, a researcher from the Translational Genomics Research Institute has turned to a U.S. Navy marine mammal — and no, it’s not a SEAL.

The task force that will develop recommendations on how and when to allow visitors back inside Arizona’s long-term care facilities met for the first time on Friday. Participants talked about their goals and the many challenges they face dealing with the coronavirus.

As in Arizona, leaders in neighboring Sonora, Mexico, continue to struggle to tamp down on the spread of the coronavirus. And the state’s health secretary says young people are most responsible for proliferating the virus.

Northern Arizona University listed its COVID-19 related expectations for students for the fall semester which starts on Aug. 12 in a Friday statement. They include mask wearing and physical distancing when on or off campus.

Back in March, the state's three public universities — Arizona State University, the University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University — all moved their classes online. Now they're each rolling out their plans for how they'll pick up again in the fall. The Show spoke with KJZZ's Rocio Hernandez, who has been covering all of this, about the upcoming semester.