Skin rashes and eczema can be a sign of poor gut health because they develop when there is an imbalance in gut bacteria, according to Victoria Maizes, MD, executive director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine in the College of Medicine – Tucson.

The debut of omicron-specific vaccines raises a thorny question: How long should you wait between shots?

Dr. Sairam Parthasarathy is being honored for his dedication to educating communities about COVID-19 prevention and vaccination.

Phillip Kuo, MD, PhD, professor of medical imaging in the College of Medicine – Tucson, is recognized as a semifinalist for “Most Influential Radiology Researcher.”

The Food and Drug Administration has given its blessing to a new COVID-19 booster shot specifically targeting the BA-4 and BA-5 COVID variants, which are the dominant dominate strains in the United States and Arizona.

The Western Region Public Health Training Center, part of the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, was awarded $4.1 million by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration to continue training and continuing education programs for public health professionals in the western United States and U.S. Pacific Islands.

Copper Queen Community Hospital in Bisbee is in the planning stages of a $10 million project to expand its surgical department and seems to be bucking the national trend of rural hospital closures.

Dr. Ken Liechty is internationally recognized for his expertise in fetal medicine and his research in wound healing and regeneration.

Researchers argue that the clustering of mass shootings suggests this type of violence spreads like a virus and should be treated as one.

Ivo Abraham, PhD, professor of practice in the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, wrote about the pharmacoeconomics of biosimilars and the savings potential for practices and payers if they prioritize greater biosimilar adoption.