Health Sciences In The Media

Infectious disease experts share their thoughts on the CDC’s updated guidance for wearing masks. Elizabeth Connick, MD, professor and chief of the division of infectious diseases at the College of Medicine – Tucson and member of Healio's Infectious Disease News Editorial Board, is quoted.

As we head into a third year of the pandemic, Kristen Pogreba-Brown, PhD, MPH, assistant professor and epidemiologist at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, says it's too early to tell if we are on the precipice of the coronavirus becoming endemic.

University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers discovered a potential treatment to reduce the risk of post-stroke dementia, which may be influenced by the immune response to dead brain tissue left in the wake of a stroke, according to a study published in the Journal of Neuroscience.

Arizona continues to average more than 20,000 COVID-19 infections per day — more than double the average number of daily cases reported during last winter's peak. Joe Gerald, MD, PhD, associate professor of public health policy at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, said the record-high case numbers are probably a fraction of cases actually out there.

People who contract Omicron will have even broader immune responses, said Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, an immunologist at the College of Medicine – Tucson. Though its constellation of mutations is unique, it is made up of individual changes that have been seen in other variants. “

Americans can start ordering free COVID-19 tests this week at covidtests.gov. Shad Marvasti, MD, an associate professor of family and community medicine at the College of Medicine – Phoenix, encourages everyone to get the tests even if they haven't been exposed.

Long-haul COVID-19 symptoms seemingly affect everyone differently. Kristen Pogreba-Brown, PhD, MPH, a lead investigator for the Arizona CoVHORT study, and an assistant professor with the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, is interviewed.

Joe Gerald, MD, PhD, an associate professor of public health policy at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, estimates COVID-19 hospitalizations will rise through the end of the month, peaking 7 to 14 days after cases peak.

If you can’t get back to sleep in the middle of the night, try to remember a dream, suggests Rubin Naiman, PhD, a clinical assistant professor, psychologist and sleep and dream specialist at the University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine.

Ricardo Correa, MD, an endocrinologist and director of the Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Fellowship Program at the College of Medicine – Phoenix, is co-author of this article about how the Latinx community has been affected by the pandemic.