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Firefighters wash each other off on a street in between their vehicles.

New study identifies key predictors of PFAS levels in US career firefighters

Findings provide vital insights into the factors that influence PFAS body burdens in firefighters and is a critical step toward protecting their long-term health.

An older woman suffering from apparent heat-related distress sits and holds a container of water as a man presses a cloth to her forehead and a second woman fans her with a wide-brimmed hat.

Study finds increase in EMS calls due to extreme heat among vulnerable populations

An illustration shows the lymphatic system of a man's upper torso.

ARPA-H award will fund creation of portable lymphatic imaging scanner

'Trojan horse' may deliver toxic dose of copper to bacterial colonies, including drug-resistant MRSA infections

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Portrait of Mark Smolinski, MD, MPH.

Disease-prevention pioneer Smolinski is back where he started

Mari Ricker, MD, stands in front of a roomful of people at a table with different ingredients set on it.

How to succeed with New Year’s resolutions

Photo of four smiling women crouched by a box covered in Christmas wrapping paper, holding toys and stockings.

Student club spreads holiday cheer to the needy in Mexico

Outdoor portrait of Stephen A. Klotz, MD.

U of A physician-scientist sets the record straight on kissing bugs

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New student-led AI and public health club launches

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College of Nursing’s INCATS program boosts Indigenous health care

A nursing instructor stands next to a manikin and points out parts of its body as she instructs five students. All the students and the instructor are wearing white lab coats.

Shaping tomorrow’s nurses: New DNP specialty trains the educators and leaders health care needs most

Tery’ance Horace sits at a table with textbooks in front of him talking to a woman in front of a VETS Military Connected Student Center sign.

Air Force veteran finds new home with MEPN program

Amy Barber squats next to Scout, a yellow Lab, with one hand on the dog’s back.

Making a difference one pet therapy visit at a time

Photo of Stewart Goldman, MD, standing next to Vlad Kalinichenko, MD, PhD. Both are wearing white doctors coats.

U of A works to build a pediatric powerhouse with institute

Medical students Jerry Ruvalcaba and Katie Simic stand side by side outdoors, smiling in their white lab coats embroidered with titles from the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix.

Couple commits to caring for Phoenix together

Jennifer Barton, PhD, wearing a red blazer and glasses is working in a laboratory, holding a small object. A computer screen displaying a microscopic image is visible in the background, along with a microscope, other lab equipment and shelves.

Falloposcope cancer screening tool testing advances to next steps