Health Sciences In The Media

Recent research suggests that people who work out have stronger resistance to infectious diseases, including COVID-19, but experts say the findings need to be tested further. Richard Simpson, PhD, professor in the UArizona College of Agriculture and Life Sciences with appointments in the College of Medicine – Tucson, is quoted.

An increasing number of vaccine deniers coupled with one of the easiest opt-out provisions in the nation has left Arizona with close to 1 out of every 10 kindergartners unprotected against key childhood diseases.

Valley fever is a disease caused by fungal spores that live in the desert dirt. Scientists have been looking for a vaccine for 60 years.

When the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade was leaked in May, average daily online searches for the term “vasectomy” nearly doubled, according to Innerbody Research.

Canada approved an updated COVID-19 vaccine to target the highly contagious omicron variant BA.1, with doses expected to start rolling out within days.

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?

Parental intent to vaccinate children against COVID-19 and perceptions of vaccine safety and effectiveness decreased during a three-month period, according to CDC research.

New COVID-19 booster shots could be administered to Americans within days, and they target both the original strain of COVID and the newer omicron subvariants.

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.