Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, professor of immunobiology in the College of Medicine – Tucson, writes a guest essay explaining science should be ready to make its next move with new vaccines that could provide long-lasting protection against infections and disease.

The NIH’s management of Long COVID research, an initiative dubbed RECOVER, for Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery, has come under fire from patient advocates and scientists who say it lacks transparency and is moving too slowly, a ponderous battleship when a fleet of hydroplanes are what’s needed.

The scientific lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic are changing the way researchers study emerging pathogens.

A new study published in the Journal of Health Economics suggests states that have legalized recreational use of marijuana show reduced demand for certain prescription drugs. A 2020 Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health study is mentioned.

The vast majority of the American West is struggling with enduring “mega drought” conditions some experts think will last until 2030 and that is creating perfect conditions for an incurable disease to spread.

According to a new study, adults who share a bed with their partners sleep better than those who sleep alone.

Dr. Francisco Moreno will direct the program’s vision and operations as the primary liaison between the UArizona-Banner team and the National Institutes of Health.

University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers will evaluate factors affecting the secondary transmission of COVID-19 and influenza within households during the Arizona Household Virus Study, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Respiratory Virus Transmission Network.

CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta writes about gun violence in the U.S. and the toll firearms take on the human body.