Health Sciences In The Media

New health guidelines put a spotlight on the link between a good night’s sleep and a healthy heart.

The CDC now lists sleep problems and fatigue as symptoms of long COVID.

Hydrocortisone ointment is one of several common items in a first aid kit that may have an expiration date.

Jeff Burgess, MD, MPH, professor in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, discusses a recent announcement from the World Health Organization officially declaring firefighting a cancer-causing profession.

Since the COVID-19 vaccines first began rolling out last winter, recipients have noticed unexpected menstrual bleeding after getting the shots. A recent survey of tens of thousands of adults confirms that this experience is relatively common.

COVID vaccine makers are developing new boosters for a fall campaign. But some experts question the FDA's decision to tell companies to make shots against the BA.4/5 subvariants.

Katrina Zearley, a student in the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, discusses why she wrote a children’s book about pharmacy.

A University of Arizona Health Sciences study of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness and immunity among frontline workers, families and children has received $22 million from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to continue the research for another year.

The new BA-5 variant of the coronavirus is now the dominant strain in Arizona, where it is responsible for slightly less than 60% of new cases.

A commonly prescribed cancer and arthritis drug sometimes used as an oral abortifacient is facing prescription roadblocks in wake of the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v Wade.