Health Sciences In The Media

Moderna says that a new version of its vaccine appears to provide strong protection against the omicron variant.

University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers will evaluate factors affecting the secondary transmission of COVID-19 and influenza within households during the Arizona Household Virus Study, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Respiratory Virus Transmission Network.

CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta writes about gun violence in the U.S. and the toll firearms take on the human body.

With germs and bacteria transferring from bodies onto bedding, experts debate the need for a top sheet.

Continuing coverage: Rucaparib monotherapy significantly prolonged PFS compared with placebo in the first-line maintenance setting among women with advanced ovarian cancer, regardless of BRCA mutation and homologous recombination deficiency status.

According to the Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center, more than half of those bitten intentionally provoked the snake in some way.

According to a new study, adults who share a bed with their partners sleep better than those who sleep alone.

One in 3 Hispanic men are diagnosed with cancer in their lifetimes and 1 in 5 will die from it, according to the American Cancer Society. Rosi Vogel, senior program coordinator for the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, is quoted.

Frequent snorers and individuals with a high risk of obstructive sleep apnea are less active than those who don’t snore, according to a new study to be presented at SLEEP 2022.

Researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences are hoping to catch stomach cancer before it develops in at-risk patients.