People worldwide have received mRNA vaccines that provide powerful protection against severe COVID-19 caused by infection with SARS-CoV-2. For more than a decade, cancer researchers have been developing a type of treatment known as a personalized cancer vaccine using various technologies, including mRNA and protein fragments or peptides. Julie Bauman, MD, MPH, professor of medicine and deputy director of the UArizona Cancer Center, is quoted.

John N. Galgiani, MD, a professor and director of the Valley Fever Center for Excellence at the College of Medicine – Tucson, writes about the Arizona Board of Regents’ New Economy Initiativeand its support for a Valley Fever Collaborative among the state’s three public universities calling it a major step in recognizing Valley fever as a significant public-health and economic problem in Arizona.

Protection against COVID-19 infection has dropped significantly with Omicron, largely due to the dozens of mutations on the virus's spike protein, making it easier to spread through vaccinated and unvaccinated populations than with previous variants. Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, an immunologist and professor at the College of Medicine – Tucson, is quoted.

Wildcat Hockey will raise awareness for cancer with proceeds going to the UArizona Cancer Center when it faces ASU Thursday, Jan. 27, at the Tucson Arena.

UArizona Zuckerman College of Public Health students, alumni and faculty engage new audiences with podcasts and blogs

For primary care physicians actually seeing patients, Arizona ranks 40th, with only 74 doctors per 100,000 residents. “Arizona has a significant shortage of physicians from top to bottom,” said Daniel Derksen, MD, a professor of public health in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health.

Dr. Zong-Ming Li of the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson has been honored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for his work on human hands.

Dr. Laura Mercer was the driving force behind the passage of a new law expanding access to prescription birth control.

As we head into a third year of the pandemic, Kristen Pogreba-Brown, PhD, MPH, assistant professor and epidemiologist at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, says it's too early to tell if we are on the precipice of the coronavirus becoming endemic.