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Canada approved an updated COVID-19 vaccine to target the highly contagious omicron variant BA.1, with doses expected to start rolling out within days.

The debut of omicron-specific vaccines raises a thorny question: How long should you wait between shots?

Parental intent to vaccinate children against COVID-19 and perceptions of vaccine safety and effectiveness decreased during a three-month period, according to CDC research.

New COVID-19 booster shots could be administered to Americans within days, and they target both the original strain of COVID and the newer omicron subvariants.

Skin rashes and eczema can be a sign of poor gut health because they develop when there is an imbalance in gut bacteria, according to Victoria Maizes, MD, executive director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine in the College of Medicine – Tucson.

The Western Region Public Health Training Center, part of the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, was awarded $4.1 million by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration to continue training and continuing education programs for public health professionals in the western United States and U.S. Pacific Islands.

Copper Queen Community Hospital in Bisbee is in the planning stages of a $10 million project to expand its surgical department and seems to be bucking the national trend of rural hospital closures.

Phillip Kuo, MD, PhD, professor of medical imaging in the College of Medicine – Tucson, is recognized as a semifinalist for “Most Influential Radiology Researcher.”

The Food and Drug Administration has given its blessing to a new COVID-19 booster shot specifically targeting the BA-4 and BA-5 COVID variants, which are the dominant dominate strains in the United States and Arizona.

Researchers argue that the clustering of mass shootings suggests this type of violence spreads like a virus and should be treated as one.