Caroline Berger is a wife, mother, grandmother, University of Arizona Health Sciences employee – and a breast cancer survivor of 16 years. She shares her journey and why it’s so important to trust yourself and find advocates.

Nicola Finley, MD, a board-certified internal medicine physician and adjunct faculty member at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, will lead a panel on how the pandemic exposed inequities in both health care and wellness and how that will be tackled in the future.

Continuing coverage: Scientists at the University of Arizona and Arizona State University released a study in Science Advances that explains how and why molar teeth emerge in stages during your and why that happens so much more slowly compared to other living apes. “One of the mysteries of human biological development is how the precise synchrony between molar emergence and life history came about and how it is regulated," said lead author Halszka Glowacka, PhD, assistant professor and co-director of the clinical anatomy program at the College of Medicine – Phoenix.

A free event offers instruction on increasing coordination, balance, flexibility and strength through music and movement using different dance styles.

Former Wildcat football player Vance Johnson will discuss the stigma surrounding addiction and share his personal journey during the free event.

Congressional Valley Fever Task Force Co-Chair and Congressman Kevin McCarthy introduced a bipartisan bill, the Finding Orphan-disease Remedies with Antifungal Research and Development (FORWARD) Act of 2021, to combat Valley fever. “This year in Arizona, our data shows that for every four new diagnoses of COVID-19, an additional person with the same symptoms has Valley fever,” said John Galgiani, MD, director of the Valley Fever Center for Excellence at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson.

After battling health challenges several years ago, a Valley mom is now on the path to becoming a doctor in hopes of helping others. Amy Arias, first year medical student at the College of Medicine – Phoenix, was granted a spot in UArizona’s Primary Care Physician Scholarship program, hoping to use her medical degree and Spanish-speaking skills she picked up while living abroad in Ecuador, to help patients in Phoenix.

Researchers seek to reduce bias and remove barriers to equitable treatment for advanced heart disease through standardized health care protocols.

An FDA advisory panel unanimously voted to recommend Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine booster six months after initial vaccination for vulnerable Americans. Those included in the recommendation are people ages 65 and older, adults with underlying health conditions and those with an increased risk of contracting the virus due to their job. Shad Marvasti, MD, director of the public health, prevention and health promotion curriculum and associate professor at the College of Medicine – Phoenix, is interviewed.

University of Arizona medical students will soon deliver healthy meals to the homes of cancer patients in Phoenix as part of a partnership with a Valley-based nonprofit organization. The Joy Bus collects and cooks donated food for volunteers to deliver to cancer patients around the Valley, with first- and second-year medical students enrolled in the Culinary Medicine Capstone Course at the UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix. The nonprofit and medical students will not only deliver chef-inspired meals but also have impactful conversations with cancer patients.