WCH Joins Observance of Rural Health Day Nov. 16, 2020 The Arizona Center for Rural Health at the University of Arizona joins Wickenburg Community Hospital and clinics in celebrating National Rural Health Day November 19, 2020. The Wickenburg Sun
Antibodies Might Provide Lasting COVID-19 Resistance Nov. 16, 2020 A recent study published in the journal “Immunity” shows people who recover from even mild COVID cases produce antibodies that are expected to protect against infection for at least five to seven months, and possibly much longer. The team of researchers, led by Deepta Bhattacharya, an immunobiologist at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, has tested nearly 30,000 people in Arizona since the research started April 30, according to a recent Healthline article. Talk Business & Politics
Dr. Shad Marvasti, Director of the University of Arizona's Public Health Program Nov. 16, 2020 Dr. Shad Marvasti is a guest on KTAR’s “Gaydos and Chad” show to talk about whether Arizona should enter another shutdown as Covid-19 cases continue to rise. Dr. Shad is an associate professor of family community and preventive medicine and director of public health, prevention and population health curriculum at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Phoenix. KTAR-FM Phoenix
What Do We Know About COVID-19 Immunity and Reinfection? Nov. 15, 2020 University of Arizona Heath Sciences researchers developed one of the most accurate COVID-19 antibody tests available and now have shown antibodies persist for months after infection, providing long-term immunity. Cambridge Independent (UK)
KC Nurse: ‘My World Is Crumbling.’ Health Care Workers’ COVID Burnout Raises Alarms Nov. 15, 2020 Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Nursing are collecting stories from front-line nurses across the country about what their jobs were like pre-pandemic, and what they are now. Kansas City Star
COVID-19 Inhibits the Mechanisms of Pain: An Arizona University Study Explains the Asymptomatic Nov. 15, 2020 SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can relieve pain, according to a new study by University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers. Emergency Live
Window to Prevent Crisis Narrows as COVID-19 Cases Spike in Arizona, Across Tucson Nov. 14, 2020 Public health experts continue to warn that hospitals may become overwhelmed in the coming weeks as the latest spike in cases leads to more hospitalizations – a situation reminiscent of the last statewide spike in cases over the summer. "If we don't do something to change the pace of this outbreak, we will again overburden our hospitals. It's coming," said Dr. Joe Gerald, an associate professor with the University of Arizona's Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Needs to Close Indoor Services at Bars and Restaurants, Health Expert Says Nov. 14, 2020 Dr. Shad Marvasti, with the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Phoenix, said we need to keep a statewide mask mandate in place, expand testing and also do more routine pool testing. Arizona's Family (3TV/CBS 5) Phoenix
Study: Black Patients Get Worse Care After Cardiac Arrest Nov. 13, 2020 Dr. Khadijah Breathett, an assistant professor of cardiology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, called the new findings "worrisome," partly because hospital care for these acute cardiac complications should be "fairly regimented and standardized." HealthDay
UArizona Expert: COVID Conditions Entering a ‘Crisis' Nov. 13, 2020 A health expert at the University of Arizona warns COVID-19 conditions in Arizona have the state entering a 'crisis.' In his weekly COVID-19 report, Dr. Joe Gerald, an associate professor in the Zuckerman College of Public Health at the University of Arizona writes: "Even though the same number of Covid-19 cases is yielding fewer hospitalizations and deaths today than in June, Arizona is still poised to overwhelm its hospital capacity unless action is quickly taken." KGUN-TV (ABC) Tucson