Health Sciences In The Media 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 COVID-19 Vaccines Reduce Viral Load, Severity in Breakthrough Cases, Studies Find July 1, 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, 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." Fox News How Does the Delta Variant Differ from Original Strain? July 1, 2021 The highly transmissible Delta variant rapidly spreading in the U.S. and spurring calls for masks regardless of vaccination status harbors over a dozen mutations, some of which are linked to vaccine escape and heightened spread from person to person. "The mutations allow the Delta variant virus to spread more quickly and make infected people sicker," said Janko Nikolich-Žugich, MD, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Immunobiology at College of Medicine – Tucson. "Importantly, those individuals receiving all the recommended doses of the approved vaccines seem well protected even against Delta.” Fox News Study Finds Breast Cancer’s Response to Tumour Stiffness May Predict Bone Metastasis July 1, 2021 A new study by University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers found that cancer cells become more aggressive when exposed to tissue stiffening and that these changes persist over time. Yahoo India Style Health Insider: Valley Doctor Weighs in on Concerns Over Delta Variant, New Mask Guidance June 30, 2021 Dr. Shad Marvasti, associate professor and director of public health prevention and health promotion curriculum at the College of Medicine – Phoenix, discusses why he thinks it is a good idea to bring back mask mandates to combat the Delta variant of COVID-19. KNXV-TV (Phoenix, AZ) Delta Variant Face Mask: CDC Director Breaks on WHO Guidance June 30, 2021 Some experts suggested the CDC should follow the World Health Organization's lead on requiring face masks to reduce the spread of the highly contagious variant. “The CDC needs to act quickly, without waiting, to follow the WHO guidelines and ask everyone to put the masks back on so we can stay open, protect folks, and keep the economy going,” Shad Fani Marvasti, MD, a professor at the College of Medicine – Phoenix, told Yahoo Finance Live. This article has appeared in 38 newspapers throughout the U.S. Miami Herald COVID-19 Was Always Going to Be a Struggle for the CDC June 30, 2021 Evidence-based medicine in general can have a tendency to delay decisions and wait for more evidence despite no clear point at which the new evidence will be sufficient. There’s an idea that staying conservative is what preserves trust. But it’s not surprising to experts to see that idea backfire – it just shows that risk analysis is a thing that even scientists have a hard time coming to grips with. “People want public health, including the CDC, to tell them exactly what they can and cannot do, and that’s not possible,” said Saskia Popescu, an adjunct professor of public health at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. FiveThirtyEight Pfizer, Moderna Vaccines Likely to Give Long-Lasting Protection, Study Finds June 30, 2021 A study published in Nature, found evidence that the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines induced a persistent immunity to COVID-19, and that those who received either vaccine may not need a booster shot. “Anything that would actually require a booster would be variant-based, not based on waning of immunity,” Deepta Bhattacharya, an immunologist at the College of Medicine - Tucson, told The New York Times. “I just don’t see that happening.” This article was picked up and published on 57 digital sites for local TV news stations throughout the U.S. NewsNation.Now Letter: Public Health on Campuses of Arizona Universities June 29, 2021 G. Marie Swanson, founding dean and professor emerita of the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, writes a letter to the editor about Gov. Doug Ducey's executive order prohibiting COVID-19 vaccine mandates and mask requirements at Arizona's public universities. Arizona Daily Star UArizona College of Medicine Launches Study to Help New Moms Quit Smoking June 25, 2021 Quitting smoking is a challenge for many Americans, but according to Dr. Alicia Allen, women in postpartum may have it the hardest. "Even though half, or maybe even 60% of pregnant women, quit smoking, almost all of them relapse within a year of having a baby. That's what we're trying to prevent," said Allen, an assistant professor at the College of Medicine – Tucson. Allen is leading up what is called the PEACH Project. KGUN-TV (Tucson, AZ) Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page … 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 … Next › Next page Last » Last page
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
COVID-19 Vaccines Reduce Viral Load, Severity in Breakthrough Cases, Studies Find July 1, 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, 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." Fox News
How Does the Delta Variant Differ from Original Strain? July 1, 2021 The highly transmissible Delta variant rapidly spreading in the U.S. and spurring calls for masks regardless of vaccination status harbors over a dozen mutations, some of which are linked to vaccine escape and heightened spread from person to person. "The mutations allow the Delta variant virus to spread more quickly and make infected people sicker," said Janko Nikolich-Žugich, MD, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Immunobiology at College of Medicine – Tucson. "Importantly, those individuals receiving all the recommended doses of the approved vaccines seem well protected even against Delta.” Fox News
Study Finds Breast Cancer’s Response to Tumour Stiffness May Predict Bone Metastasis July 1, 2021 A new study by University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers found that cancer cells become more aggressive when exposed to tissue stiffening and that these changes persist over time. Yahoo India Style
Health Insider: Valley Doctor Weighs in on Concerns Over Delta Variant, New Mask Guidance June 30, 2021 Dr. Shad Marvasti, associate professor and director of public health prevention and health promotion curriculum at the College of Medicine – Phoenix, discusses why he thinks it is a good idea to bring back mask mandates to combat the Delta variant of COVID-19. KNXV-TV (Phoenix, AZ)
Delta Variant Face Mask: CDC Director Breaks on WHO Guidance June 30, 2021 Some experts suggested the CDC should follow the World Health Organization's lead on requiring face masks to reduce the spread of the highly contagious variant. “The CDC needs to act quickly, without waiting, to follow the WHO guidelines and ask everyone to put the masks back on so we can stay open, protect folks, and keep the economy going,” Shad Fani Marvasti, MD, a professor at the College of Medicine – Phoenix, told Yahoo Finance Live. This article has appeared in 38 newspapers throughout the U.S. Miami Herald
COVID-19 Was Always Going to Be a Struggle for the CDC June 30, 2021 Evidence-based medicine in general can have a tendency to delay decisions and wait for more evidence despite no clear point at which the new evidence will be sufficient. There’s an idea that staying conservative is what preserves trust. But it’s not surprising to experts to see that idea backfire – it just shows that risk analysis is a thing that even scientists have a hard time coming to grips with. “People want public health, including the CDC, to tell them exactly what they can and cannot do, and that’s not possible,” said Saskia Popescu, an adjunct professor of public health at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. FiveThirtyEight
Pfizer, Moderna Vaccines Likely to Give Long-Lasting Protection, Study Finds June 30, 2021 A study published in Nature, found evidence that the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines induced a persistent immunity to COVID-19, and that those who received either vaccine may not need a booster shot. “Anything that would actually require a booster would be variant-based, not based on waning of immunity,” Deepta Bhattacharya, an immunologist at the College of Medicine - Tucson, told The New York Times. “I just don’t see that happening.” This article was picked up and published on 57 digital sites for local TV news stations throughout the U.S. NewsNation.Now
Letter: Public Health on Campuses of Arizona Universities June 29, 2021 G. Marie Swanson, founding dean and professor emerita of the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, writes a letter to the editor about Gov. Doug Ducey's executive order prohibiting COVID-19 vaccine mandates and mask requirements at Arizona's public universities. Arizona Daily Star
UArizona College of Medicine Launches Study to Help New Moms Quit Smoking June 25, 2021 Quitting smoking is a challenge for many Americans, but according to Dr. Alicia Allen, women in postpartum may have it the hardest. "Even though half, or maybe even 60% of pregnant women, quit smoking, almost all of them relapse within a year of having a baby. That's what we're trying to prevent," said Allen, an assistant professor at the College of Medicine – Tucson. Allen is leading up what is called the PEACH Project. KGUN-TV (Tucson, AZ)