Health Sciences In The Media

Immigrants are expected to play a growing role to make up for shortages in older adult care workers. Information from the Center for Rural Health at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health is cited.

How well a woman sleeps as she transitions through menopause may affect her projected risk for heart disease and stroke, new research suggests.

A new study, published in the American Journal of Public Health, shows that Hispanic and Black communities are hesitant to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

According to the Arizona Department of Health Services, there was a 20% rise in HIV cases in Arizona from 2021 to 2022.

Biotech company Ocugen has started the ArMaDa Phase 1/2 clinical trial of OCU410, a modfier gene therapy product candidate being developed for dry age-related macular degeneration.

Victoria Maizes, MD, executive director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine in the College of Medicine – Tucson, is interviewed about topics including coping with holiday stress.

UArizona Health Sciences has selected the design-build team of McCarthy + SmithGroup to develop the Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological Therapies, or CAMI.

Pfizer's stock dropped more than 44% in 2023, partly because fewer people than expected opted to receive COVID-19 booster shots.

Arizona Sens. Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema and Rep. David Schweikert, introduced the Finding Orphan-disease Remedies with Antifungal Research and Development Act, which supports research initiatives to combat Valley fever.

A study published in Progress in Neurobiology and led by College of Medicine – Tucson researchers has developed an improved method to study Parkinson’s disease in the lab.