Health Sciences In The Media Coronavirus Cases in California Rise for First Time in Months as Delta Variant Spreads July 8, 2021 There is widespread scientific consensus that fully vaccinated people have an excellent chance of being protected from severe illness or death from any coronavirus strain, including delta. Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, an immunobiologist at the College of Medicine – Tucson, wrote in a tweet: “Please, no more cries of wolf on variants/vaccine efficacy. The vaccines still work fine in the real world." Los Angeles Times New Cancer Treatments May Be on the Horizon Thanks to mRNA Vaccines July 8, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic brought mRNA vaccines into the limelight. But the technology may also prove to be a powerful weapon against hard-to-treat cancers. A head and neck cancer patient who was treated in a personalized cancer vaccine clinical trial offered at the University of Arizona Cancer Center is featured. National Geographic Some in US Pushing for More COVID Restrictions, Masking, as Delta Variant Spreads July 7, 2021 Shad Marvasti, MD, director of public health, prevention and health promotion at the College of Medicine – Phoenix, says it would be a good idea to bring back mask mandates. "We don’t want to wait until after the fact and get caught with this thing already ahead of us when we know that masks work," Marvasti said. Fox News Arizona’s Ban on Mask Mandates in Schools Criticized July 7, 2021 Health experts are concerned that Arizona’s recently approved budget, which bans public schools and universities from enforcing mask mandates and COVID-19 testing for unvaccinated students, is endangering public health across the state. “Banning schools from adopting a simple, cost-effective and scientifically proven safety measure like mask wearing while we are still in the midst of a pandemic makes absolutely no scientific or public health sense," said Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD, a professor and epidemiologist at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. Cronkite News Vaccine for Valley Fever Could Soon be Available for Pets July 6, 2021 Lisa Shubitz, DVM, a research scientist at the University of Arizona Valley Fever Center for Excellence, and her research team found a mutated gene of valley fever in a pathogen of corn. That became the first component of a potential canine vaccine for valley fever. KFOX-TV (El Paso, TX) Why You Should Pucker Up: Four Health Benefits to Kissing Your Loved One July 6, 2021 Kissing can help you lose weight: According to a 2013 report on philematology, Joseph S. Alpert, MD, a professor at the College of Medicine – Tucson, writes that a simple kiss can burn 2 to 3 calories per minute, whereas a passionate kiss can burn up to 5 to 26 calories per minute. USA Today UA Expert Recommends Parents Get Students COVID-19 Vaccine Before School Starts July 5, 2021 Shad Marvasti, MD, director of public health, prevention and health promotion at the College of Medicine – Phoenix, recommends parents get their children who are 12 or older vaccinated to protect them from COVID-19. “They can get sick and I think that not being able to have kids wear masks regardless of vaccination status, I think is ethically questionable and puts our children and teachers at unnecessary risk," Marvasti said. KJZZ-FM (NPR) Phoenix, AZ Spreading Delta Variant Moving Toward Dominance in Arizona July 3, 2021 Over the last 10 days in Arizona, COVID-19 cases have slowly started to increase after plateauing for a while. “Cases may continue to inch up just a little bit, but I don’t expect hospitalizations to change much,” said Joe Gerald, MD, PhD, an associate professor and director of the public health policy and management program at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. Arizona Daily Star Lack of Side Effects Doesn't Mean mRNA Vaccine Not Working; mRNA Shots Limit Breakthrough Infection Severity July 2, 2021 People who contract COVID-19 even after vaccination are likely to have a lower viral load, experience a shorter infection time and have milder symptoms than unvaccinated individuals, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. "If you get vaccinated, about 90% of the time you're not going to get COVID-19," said Jeff Burgess, MD, an associate professor at the University of Arizona Health Sciences. "Even if you do get it, there will be less of the virus in you and your illness is likely to be much milder." Reuters Tech Launch Arizona Funds Five App Projects to Benefit Society July 2, 2021 Tech Launch Arizona has awarded funding to five teams of students, faculty and community members to develop software or mobile apps and bring them to the public as impactful solutions to benefit society. The winners include College of Medicine – Phoenix students Jahnavi Shriram and Benjamin Conner, and faculty member M. Sriram Iyengar, PhD. BizTUCSON Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page … 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 … Next › Next page Last » Last page
Coronavirus Cases in California Rise for First Time in Months as Delta Variant Spreads July 8, 2021 There is widespread scientific consensus that fully vaccinated people have an excellent chance of being protected from severe illness or death from any coronavirus strain, including delta. Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, an immunobiologist at the College of Medicine – Tucson, wrote in a tweet: “Please, no more cries of wolf on variants/vaccine efficacy. The vaccines still work fine in the real world." Los Angeles Times
New Cancer Treatments May Be on the Horizon Thanks to mRNA Vaccines July 8, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic brought mRNA vaccines into the limelight. But the technology may also prove to be a powerful weapon against hard-to-treat cancers. A head and neck cancer patient who was treated in a personalized cancer vaccine clinical trial offered at the University of Arizona Cancer Center is featured. National Geographic
Some in US Pushing for More COVID Restrictions, Masking, as Delta Variant Spreads July 7, 2021 Shad Marvasti, MD, director of public health, prevention and health promotion at the College of Medicine – Phoenix, says it would be a good idea to bring back mask mandates. "We don’t want to wait until after the fact and get caught with this thing already ahead of us when we know that masks work," Marvasti said. Fox News
Arizona’s Ban on Mask Mandates in Schools Criticized July 7, 2021 Health experts are concerned that Arizona’s recently approved budget, which bans public schools and universities from enforcing mask mandates and COVID-19 testing for unvaccinated students, is endangering public health across the state. “Banning schools from adopting a simple, cost-effective and scientifically proven safety measure like mask wearing while we are still in the midst of a pandemic makes absolutely no scientific or public health sense," said Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD, a professor and epidemiologist at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. Cronkite News
Vaccine for Valley Fever Could Soon be Available for Pets July 6, 2021 Lisa Shubitz, DVM, a research scientist at the University of Arizona Valley Fever Center for Excellence, and her research team found a mutated gene of valley fever in a pathogen of corn. That became the first component of a potential canine vaccine for valley fever. KFOX-TV (El Paso, TX)
Why You Should Pucker Up: Four Health Benefits to Kissing Your Loved One July 6, 2021 Kissing can help you lose weight: According to a 2013 report on philematology, Joseph S. Alpert, MD, a professor at the College of Medicine – Tucson, writes that a simple kiss can burn 2 to 3 calories per minute, whereas a passionate kiss can burn up to 5 to 26 calories per minute. USA Today
UA Expert Recommends Parents Get Students COVID-19 Vaccine Before School Starts July 5, 2021 Shad Marvasti, MD, director of public health, prevention and health promotion at the College of Medicine – Phoenix, recommends parents get their children who are 12 or older vaccinated to protect them from COVID-19. “They can get sick and I think that not being able to have kids wear masks regardless of vaccination status, I think is ethically questionable and puts our children and teachers at unnecessary risk," Marvasti said. KJZZ-FM (NPR) Phoenix, AZ
Spreading Delta Variant Moving Toward Dominance in Arizona July 3, 2021 Over the last 10 days in Arizona, COVID-19 cases have slowly started to increase after plateauing for a while. “Cases may continue to inch up just a little bit, but I don’t expect hospitalizations to change much,” said Joe Gerald, MD, PhD, an associate professor and director of the public health policy and management program at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. Arizona Daily Star
Lack of Side Effects Doesn't Mean mRNA Vaccine Not Working; mRNA Shots Limit Breakthrough Infection Severity July 2, 2021 People who contract COVID-19 even after vaccination are likely to have a lower viral load, experience a shorter infection time and have milder symptoms than unvaccinated individuals, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. "If you get vaccinated, about 90% of the time you're not going to get COVID-19," said Jeff Burgess, MD, an associate professor at the University of Arizona Health Sciences. "Even if you do get it, there will be less of the virus in you and your illness is likely to be much milder." Reuters
Tech Launch Arizona Funds Five App Projects to Benefit Society July 2, 2021 Tech Launch Arizona has awarded funding to five teams of students, faculty and community members to develop software or mobile apps and bring them to the public as impactful solutions to benefit society. The winners include College of Medicine – Phoenix students Jahnavi Shriram and Benjamin Conner, and faculty member M. Sriram Iyengar, PhD. BizTUCSON