Health Sciences In The Media

David H. Beyda, MD, chair and professor in the Department of Bioethics and Medical Humanism in the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, discusses how living with the pandemic for more than two years has impacted how we think about people.

Twenty percent of people infected with COVID-19 go on to develop serious chronic conditions that can permanently damage organs even when that initial infection doesn’t result in symptoms or a trip to the hospital, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study.

Most Americans now carry some immune protection, whether from vaccines, infection or both. Experts credit this immunity for the divergence between cases and deaths, two measures once yoked together.

Most Americans now carry some immune protection, from vaccines, infection or both, which experts credit for the divergence between cases and deaths, two measures once yoked together.

About 13.5 million children in the U.S. have had COVID-19, about 19 percent of all U.S. COVID-19 cases, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.

A Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Arizona Health Sciences and The University of Western Australia’s Medical School formalizes a framework for developing academic and cultural interchanges in teaching, research and other activities.

Anne-Michelle Ruha, MD, a professor of emergency medicine and internal medicine in the College of Medicine – Phoenix, discusses snakes, scorpions and other venomous creatures and why it is important to know the species that inhabit your area.

This article provides an update on construction development projects in Phoenix, including the new University of Arizona Health Sciences research facility called the Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological Therapies.

Researchers at the UArizona Cancer Center uncovered a potential epigenetic basis for the genomic instability that is a hallmark of many types of cancer.

Margie Balfour, MD, PhD, associate professor in the department of psychiatry in the College of Medicine – Tucson, writes about opportunities to address the future of behavioral health crisis care in the U.S.