Share Your Work-From-Home Moments, and Other Ways to Stay Connected March 26, 2020 Help us keep the Health Sciences community connected as we adapt to a “new normal” of working from home. Read more Image
Arizona Telemedicine Program Provides Vital Training During Coronavirus Pandemic March 26, 2020 Nearly 1,000 participants including nurses, physicians, senior health-care executives, rural hospital CEOs and experts from the information technology sector, were trained on providing care via telemedicine and integrating telemedicine into their practice. Read more Image
Health Sciences and BIO5 Teams Creating Thousands of COVID-19 Sample Collection Kits to Offset Statewide Shortage March 25, 2020 College of Medicine – Tucson and BIO5 scientists quickly respond so Arizona health care providers can increase testing. Read more Image
Health Sciences Collaborations Help Prepare for Potential Increase in Opioid Abuse March 23, 2020 Read more Image
Amid Shortage of COVID-19 Collection Kits, UArizona Scientists Race to Make More March 23, 2020 University researchers produced 1,600 COVID-19 specimen collection kits over the weekend. Read more Image
UArizona Med Student Residencies Unveiled Amid COVID-19 Pandemic March 23, 2020 More than 200 students at UArizona Colleges of Medicine in Tucson and Phoenix are advancing to the next phase of their professional journey. Read more Image
Health Sciences Toolkit Helps Parents Explain Coronavirus to Kids March 23, 2020 Researchers in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health have created a resource for helping the youngest generation understand the pandemic. Read more Image
University of Arizona makes 1,600 COVID-19 test kits, with thousands more expected March 23, 2020 Scientists across the University of Arizona are working to give American public health authorities the ability to test widely for COVID-19 by making more specimen collection kits available. The Arizona Republic
How the coronavirus is changing our relationship with technology March 22, 2020 As the coronavirus pandemic is changing the lives of people around the world, this week’s Sunday Spotlight story reports on how people are adapting to their adjusted routines. Featuring three students from the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix on March 20, “Match Day” when they discovered where they matched for residency. TODAY (NBC)
Chloroquine treats malaria: Will it work against coronavirus? The side effects are risky, experts say March 22, 2020 Doctors and scientists discuss the claims that two malaria drugs may be a potential antidote for COVID-19. "We definitely don’t want to harm people by using drugs that have known side effects in ways that we know are dangerous," said Raymond Woosley, MD, a pharmacologist and professor of Biomedical Informatics and Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix. USA Today