COVID-19

An epidemiologist says the latest numbers aren’t raising alarm bells.

Exemption rates during the 2022-23 school year rose to 4.7% of Oklahoma kindergartners, which is 1.2% more than the year before.

After its recent FDA approval, the CDC recommended everyone six months and older get an updated COVID vaccine. But insurance snags and supply issues are giving some Oklahomans trouble accessing it.

The Oklahoma State Department of Health started receiving the doses of the COVID-19 booster shots on Tuesday, and is now recommending the booster to anyone who hasn’t had a shot or the virus in four to six months.

Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. spoke to thousands of Nation citizens virtually for the "State of the Nation" address after testing positive for COVID-19 at the end of August.

The Tulsa Health Department is now offering the Novavax vaccine to those wanting to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Oklahoma and 20 other states have sued to halt the federal government's pandemic requirement that people wear masks on planes, trains and other public transport.

As is the case nationwide, the mental health of those living in the Sooner State has been (and continues to be) seriously affected by the COVID pandemic and its various related crises.

As is the case nationwide, the mental health of those living in the Sooner State has been (and continues to be) seriously affected by the COVID pandemic and its various related crises.

The Oklahoma State Department of Health says it’s at the beginning of a major overhaul.