In February, President Trump claimed that reinforcing the border wall would prevent the virus from entering the U.S., but COVID-19 was already beginning to spread in the states. “I don’t think the virus checks on borders.”   Tim Steller, The Arizona Daily Star   Before the novel coronavirus claimed its...

The Star and its journalists are commended for their thorough investigations of Trump’s phony claims that his border wall would stop COVID-19 virus from entering the U.S. In fact, the opposite is true; the U.S. has been the source of the widespread and deadly infection now ongoing in northern Mexico....

We are so grateful to all of you who jumped on board and donated funds, time or materials to the Covid-19 pandemic response in the indigenous communities of coastal Sonora. I personally want to thank you not only for your donations, but for helping generate the hope that has now...

Americans have become acutely aware of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by a wild bat virus that found a home in the cells of the human respiratory system. The virus enters when we inhale respiratory droplets sneezed or coughed by an infected person. Mercifully, it cannot remain infectious for more than...

Arizona is seeing more COVID-19 cases statewide, but two small counties along the US-Mexico border are seeing particularly troubling trends. In the last month, Santa Cruz county has reported over 1,500 new cases and Yuma County has reported more than 3,000. That’s a stark change from numbers those areas have...