More people are applying to medical schools amid the COVID-19 pandemic. AT the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Phoenix, they usually see 6,000 applicants and this year it jumped to 7,000.

Health experts say that hospitals are expecting to reach capacity in the next couple of weeks and, at this point, nothing can be done to prevent it. Dr. Monica Kraft, a pulmonary physician at the University of Arizona College of Medicine and Banner – University Medical Center Tucson, paints a dire picture of what's going on in southern Arizona, where the Pima County Office of Emergency Management issued a public health advisory on Dec. 9 that hospitals have reached capacity.

People with training in local and indigenous healing traditions or working in underserved communities can benefit from the new award.

A six-month-long study found an increasing number of people, particularly those under stay-at-home orders, are experiencing high levels of loneliness.

Greg Branigan is a first-generation MD/PhD student driven by research linking a breast cancer drug with Alzheimer’s prevention.

As hospitals face a crisis because of the surging number of COVID-19 patients, most Arizonans have fewer restrictions on their day-to-day lives than they did during the first wave of the illness. "We're at a level of spread that is at or higher, arguably, depending on what variables you look at, as we were in our initial peak here in Arizona. At that time we had much more shutdown than we do now," said Dr. Farshad Fani Marvasti, a public health expert, physician and associate professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix.

University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers are conducting a multiyear research study – Arizona CoVHORT – to answer questions about risk factors for severe COVID-19 infection and how the virus impacts long-term health outcomes.

A new study has found that a novel T cell genetically engineered by University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers is able to target and attack pathogenic T cells that cause Type 1 diabetes, which could lead to new immunotherapy treatments.

The University of Arizona and the Phoenix VA will open a medical research space this month at the College of Medicine in downtown Phoenix to help veterans with their medical needs. KTAR has aired this story 6 times between Dec. 9 & 10.