ARIZONA 360

NURSING SHORTAGES & POST-PANDEMIC HEALTH CARE: Arizona 360 learns more about why hospitals are struggling to retain and hire nurses, plus other ways they’ve adapted their care during the pandemic. Insight comes from Jim Hammond, publisher of the Hertel Report which follows the state’s health care industry closely, and Brian Sinotte (SIGN-ott), market CEO of Northwest Healthcare. VACCINES IN RURAL ARIZONA: As various groups and government health officials race to boost COVID vaccination rates in the state, we hear more about what those efforts look like in rural communities along the border from Dr. Cecilia Rosales, who oversees mobile vaccine units operated by the University of Arizona’s College of Public Health. TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS: Travel restrictions for Mexican residents will remain in effect at ports of entry for another month. Trade adviser Luis Ramirez discusses its ongoing impacts to border communities and why trade at Arizona’s ports continues to thrive. ARIZONA TOURISM: Tony Paniagua reports on how Arizona’s tourism industry is beginning to rebound after incurring steep losses during the height of the pandemic.