COVID-19 coronavirus in Oklahoma

Oklahoma officials have announced they are returning the state’s stockpile of hydroxychloroquine.

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StateImpact's Robby Korth didn't get a haircut for more than a year because of the coronavirus pandemic. But two weeks after becoming fully vaccinated, he takes us inside Carwin's Shave Shop in Oklahoma City to chop it all off.

Roughly half of all adults in Oklahoma have gotten at least one COVID shot, but reaching the level needed for community protection will require another shift in vaccine strategy.

The coronavirus pandemic has been hard on Oklahoma students. But the state’s educators are wanting to move past that. StateImpact’s Robby Korth reports on a new initiative for struggling students called Ready Together Oklahoma.

As of Friday, Oklahoma’s two largest cities have no mask mandate. City officials say they’re shifting their focus away from "stop the spread" and to vaccines.

Federal regulators have again signed off on the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, after a small number of clotting cases led to a pause. Oklahoma is back on board too.

Attending school remotely has been an inconvenience for students and parents, and a major burden for many. For children experiencing homelessness, it’s all but impossible. 25,000 Oklahoma children didn’t have a permanent home before the pandemic. StateImpact’s Robby Korth reports how the state's only school tailored specifically for homeless students is handling the crisis.

The local United Food and Commercial Workers union filed a complaint with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, arguing Seaboard Foods in…

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections is making more progress than many states vaccinating prisoners and employees against COVID-19. But some advocates…