Despite warnings, millions traveled and gathered for Thanksgiving. As officials brace for the surge ahead, they say a new approach is needed. "Testing itself isn't a bad thing, but people started using it to justify doing whatever they wanted," said Saskia Popescu, an epidemiologist at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. "And people who really needed tests couldn't get them because sites were overwhelmed."

University of Arizona professors Bonnie LaFleur from the BIO5 Institute and Katherine Ellingson in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health discuss the availability and accuracy of rapid COVID-19 tests and how effective they are at slowing the spread of the virus in communities.

A new study led by a researcher at the found that sun beds and exposure to UVA ultraviolet light not only increase the chances of developing skin cancer, but can also be linked to a greater risk of developing endometriosis, according to new research led by Leslie Farland, an assistant professor at the University of Arizona College of Public Health.

Arizona reported a record 10,322 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday, more than twice the previous high, as cases surged ahead of a holiday season that one health expert said could be a "real scary time." Dr. Daniel Derksen, an associate vice president at the University of Arizona Health Sciences, said the holiday trips that many people took this weekend put the state in a dire circumstance in regard to the number of hospital beds.

Continuing coverage: University of Arizona professors Katherine Ellingson in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and Bonnie LaFleur from the BIO5 Institute, discuss the availability and accuracy of rapid COVID-19 tests and how effective they are at slowing the spread of the virus in communities.

Tanning beds and sunbathing may be linked to a greater risk of developing endometriosis, according to a new study. Leslie Farland, an assistant professor at the University of Arizona College of Public Health and the leader of the research, said the association between endometriosis and melanoma may reflect a common genetic background or an underlying association between sun exposure and risk of endometriosis.

Tanning beds and sunbathing may be linked to a greater risk of developing endometriosis, according to a new study led by a researcher at the University of Arizona College of Public Health.

A lot of what we hear about the pandemic and its impacts has focused on hospitalizations and deaths. As those numbers stack up, the implications of this virus become fearfully clear. But what about everyone else who has contracted COVID-19? Kristen Pogreba-Brown with the University of Arizona College of Public Health is leading a new study that looks at the rest of the people who get COVID-19.

Tucson Mayor Regina Romero is set to ask the City Council to consider establishing a mandatory nightly curfew in the city starting at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1. Pima County is already under a voluntary curfew. “The epidemiology of this outbreak is well known and described, and if we do nothing, there are enough susceptible Arizonans left to sustain this outbreak for many, many weeks past Christmas and achieving levels of transmission that pale in comparison to what we’re seeing today,” said Dr. Joe Gerald, an associate professor with the UA’s Zuckerman College of Public Health.

Despite warnings, millions traveled and gathered for Thanksgiving. As officials brace for the surge ahead, they say a new approach is needed. "Testing itself isn't a bad thing, but people started using it to justify doing whatever they wanted," said Saskia Popescu, an epidemiologist and adjunct professor at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. "And people who really needed tests couldn't get them because sites were overwhelmed."