Experts from the COVID-19 modeling team at the University of Arizona are calling for a shelter-in-place order, mask mandate and emergency economic relief measures statewide as coronavirus metrics increase to alarming levels. Dr. Joe Gerald, a professor at University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, who creates weekly coronavirus epidemiology reports based on ADHS data, also called for further COVID-19 mitigation tactics as his latest report shows an alarming spread of the virus throughout the state.

Partnership between College of Medicine – Phoenix and North Country HealthCare brings students to Flagstaff and underserved remote areas.

New research from the University of Arizona Health Sciences shows getting a good night’s sleep could be another tool to help people successfully quit smoking.

In a letter to the editor, Kyle Higashidani and MPH students at University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health respond to the Nov. 24 article “Pima County issues voluntary nightly curfew to curb virus spread.”

There is concern from East Valley parents over a “winter formal” being planned at a Gilbert home this Saturday, since high school dances have been canceled at school due to COVID-19. Dr. Shad Marvasti from the University of Arizona College of Medicine said having an event like this can become a super-spreader event in an instant.

Tanning bed use in early adulthood is associated with an increased risk for endometriosis, according to a study by researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences.

One of the biggest concerns for health experts is the rapid rise in per capita number of cases in rural counties. “If you’re in a motor vehicle accident, you have a heart attack, you have a stroke … you still need that capacity to take care of people. It’s very difficult to be in that position of a doctor or a nurse, trying to make that triage decision about who gets care and who doesn’t because every single bed and cubicle and ICU bed is full,” said Dr. Daniel Derksen, director of the Arizona Center for Rural Health at the University of Arizona.

As faculty, staff and students return to campus life, the Health Sciences community is leading by example by wearing face coverings and making safety the priority.

Analyzing genes and other variables can match patients to effective treatments. But the data must be representative of the entire population.