Health Sciences In The Media

Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, professor of immunobiology at the College of Medicine – Tucson, discusses the newest COVID-19 vaccines and what the future might hold for COVID-19 immunizations.

Richard Carmona, MD, MPH, distinguished laureate professor at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, co-authors an opinion piece about the health benefits of better building environments.

Five students, each from a different college at the University of Arizona Health Sciences, were selected to receive scholarships funded by a gift from QuidelOrtho.

Nearly half of Hispanics in the United States have non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Nosotros Comprometidos a Su Salud, a program in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, is providing free liver health checks in areas with high Hispanic populations.

As Phoenix experienced record-breaking heat this summer that caused severe burns, deaths and other heat-related issues, homeless people face barriers to finding basic health care treatment.

Experts said Arizona could be short 2,000 primary care physicians by 2030 if the trend isn't reversed. “[We are] about 667 full-time equivalent primary care physicians short of where we should be, and that number will grow," said Dan Derksen, associate vice president at the University of Arizona Health Sciences.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a pass-through payment reimbursement code for the drug flotufolastat F 18, marketed as Posluma. Tthe code may make it easier for doctors to prescribe the drug for prostate cancer imaging for Medicare patients.

The number of Arizonans with health insurance rose in 2022, a post-pandemic bump that experts say has likely turned sharply south in the year since, as COVID-19 benefits have been phased out.

The list of influential women in the medical field includes Kenna Stephenson, MD, FAAFP, associate clinical professor in the Department of Family, Community and Preventive Medicine at the College of Medicine – Phoenix.

College of Medicine – Tucson researchers identified a protein that appears to help drive the body to reject biomedical implants. The findings were published in Nature Biomedical Engineering.