coronavirus Oklahoma

Now that lab testing for COVID is significantly rarer, it’s hard to know how many Oklahomans have the virus.

Oklahomans did not get an accurate picture of COVID’s toll on the state’s most vulnerable population because the state’s reporting method was unreliable. Federal data shows at least 512 residents who died are missing from state reports.

Residents have been missing out on cancer screenings, diabetes management and other services that prevent and detect disease.

Amid a raft of closures and pivots to distance learning, teachers reported stress levels so far unseen during the pandemic, according to a survey of Oklahoma Education Association members.

Indian Health Service facilities in Oklahoma are also seeing a spike in COVID-19 patients, but officials in the system say they're prepared.

Misinformation about the coronavirus and the vaccines to fight it has evolved throughout the pandemic. Oklahoma doctors and health officials are responding to the latest myths.

After months of what felt like a return to normal, the coronavirus is back with a vengeance, and this surge poses different threats than those of the past.

Nearly 200 school districts have pivoted at least one site to distance learning because of the coronavirus this week — a rate of closures so far unseen during the pandemic.

The state’s research universities will be requiring students to mask up in classrooms at least through their first two weeks back on campus.

Not sure how long after a COVID exposure to get a test? This question and others are answered in this Q&A with local health officials.