Health Sciences In The Media Throat Cancer Related to HPV Rising in Men Oct. 12, 2021 Steven Wang, MD, professor and chair of the department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at the College of Medicine – Tucson said transmission usually occurs at a very young age. "It's a long period of time specifically around 15 years or more between someone who is initially infected in their throat with the HPV virus, and if the cancer ever develops that's the reason why we think the typical patient that presents to me is someone who probably contracted oral HPV infection in their twenties or even earlier." Dr. Wang said the best prevention is getting vaccinated. KVOA-TV (Tucson, AZ) Q&A With Dr. Nathan Price: COVID-19 Vaccinations and Disease in Children and Adolescents Oct. 11, 2021 Nathan Price, MD, an associate professor of pediatrics at the College of Medicine – Tucson discusses the similarities and differences of COVID-19 infection in children and adults, the rise of the Delta Variant and the importance of vaccination. Arizona Daily Wildcat Halloween 2021: Trick-or-Treating Safely During COVID-19 Oct. 10, 2021 Shad Marvasti, MD, with the College of Medicine – Phoenix, said this year's Halloween still won't be like years past, but it can still be fun provided parents and kids are following the CDC’s trick-or-treating guidelines. “Making sure to keep your hands clean and sanitized is one part of it… making sure that we do things mostly outdoors and having either masks or distancing appropriately outdoors,” he said. KPNX-TV (Phoenix, AZ) New Data Suggests Canada’s ‘Gamble’ on Delaying, Mixing and Matching COVID-19 Vaccines Paid Off Oct. 9, 2021 Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, an immunologist at the College of Medicine – Tucson, who was not involved in the study, says the results are "very encouraging" and provide evidence of "improved real world protection" from delaying second doses. CBC News Rise in Rattler Calls Sends Tucson-Area Snake Crews Scrambling Oct. 9, 2021 The month of October is when young rattle snakes go looking to hibernate in places where homeowners might not want them. These calls have not coincided with an increase in the number of people getting bitten by snakes, according to the UArizona Poison and Drug Information Center, which collects such data for all of Arizona except for Maricopa County. As of October 6, 146 bites had been reported statewide. That’s down from 162 at this time in 2020. The Arizona Daily STar UArizona Nursing Gets Top Marks in Inaugural U.S. News & World Report Ranking Oct. 7, 2021 As part of its 2022 Best Colleges list, U.S. News & World Report for the first time ranked undergraduate nursing bachelor’s degrees on the Best Bachelor of Science in Nursing Programs list, and the UArizona College of Nursing excelled in several categories. Out of 694 schools, the College of Nursing’s BSN program ranked No. 23 overall, No. 16 among public universities and No. 1 in Arizona. BizTUCSON At Least 140K US Children Have Lost Caregivers to COVID-19. Children of Color Have Taken the Brunt of It. Oct. 7, 2021 Indigenous children also suffer unique challenges compounding the deaths, said Hopi tribe member Felina Cordova-Marks, DrPH, MPH, an assistant professor at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. “The loss of a caregiver will definitely impact mental health and all aspects of health among American Indian children, as it may compound historical trauma. As Native Indigenous people, we look at health holistically with a loss of life and loss of culture affecting all of these,” said Dr. Cordova-Marks, who founded the Southern Arizona Urban Native Indigenous COVID Relief program. USA Today Diesel to Electric: Local Officials Push for Funds to Change School Buses Oct. 7, 2021 City officials spoke today about the lasting impact that our school buses have on students’ health. They're pushing for state representatives to do something about it. According to the American Lung Association, Tucson’s air quality is among the worst in the nation. “Arizona and Tucson rank particularly poorly when it comes to poor air quality,” said Lynn Gerald, PhD, MSPH, a professor of public health at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. KGUN-TV (Tucson, AZ) A Study of Skull Growth and Tooth Emergence Reveals That Timing is Everything Oct. 6, 2021 Paleoanthropologists have wondered for a long time how and why humans evolved molars that emerge into the mouth at the ages of six, 12, and 18 and why those ages are so delayed compared to living apes. A study by scientists at the University of Arizona and Arizona State University that may finally cracked the case. "One of the mysteries of human biological development is how the precise synchrony between molar emergence and life history came about and how it is regulated," said lead author Halszka Glowacka, PhD, assistant professor and co-director of the clinical anatomy program at the College of Medicine – Phoenix. Phys.org Booster Shot Improves Immune Response of Chemotherapy Patients; Post-COVID Depression Helped by Widely Used Drugs Oct. 6, 2021 A new study helps quantify the improved protection against COVID-19 achieved with a third booster dose of the vaccine from Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE in cancer patients who are undergoing chemotherapy. “Chemotherapy can weaken the ability of cancer patients to fight off infections and to respond appropriately to vaccines,” said Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, and immunologist at the College of Medicine – Tucson and co-author of the study reported in Nature Medicine. 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Throat Cancer Related to HPV Rising in Men Oct. 12, 2021 Steven Wang, MD, professor and chair of the department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at the College of Medicine – Tucson said transmission usually occurs at a very young age. "It's a long period of time specifically around 15 years or more between someone who is initially infected in their throat with the HPV virus, and if the cancer ever develops that's the reason why we think the typical patient that presents to me is someone who probably contracted oral HPV infection in their twenties or even earlier." Dr. Wang said the best prevention is getting vaccinated. KVOA-TV (Tucson, AZ)
Q&A With Dr. Nathan Price: COVID-19 Vaccinations and Disease in Children and Adolescents Oct. 11, 2021 Nathan Price, MD, an associate professor of pediatrics at the College of Medicine – Tucson discusses the similarities and differences of COVID-19 infection in children and adults, the rise of the Delta Variant and the importance of vaccination. Arizona Daily Wildcat
Halloween 2021: Trick-or-Treating Safely During COVID-19 Oct. 10, 2021 Shad Marvasti, MD, with the College of Medicine – Phoenix, said this year's Halloween still won't be like years past, but it can still be fun provided parents and kids are following the CDC’s trick-or-treating guidelines. “Making sure to keep your hands clean and sanitized is one part of it… making sure that we do things mostly outdoors and having either masks or distancing appropriately outdoors,” he said. KPNX-TV (Phoenix, AZ)
New Data Suggests Canada’s ‘Gamble’ on Delaying, Mixing and Matching COVID-19 Vaccines Paid Off Oct. 9, 2021 Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, an immunologist at the College of Medicine – Tucson, who was not involved in the study, says the results are "very encouraging" and provide evidence of "improved real world protection" from delaying second doses. CBC News
Rise in Rattler Calls Sends Tucson-Area Snake Crews Scrambling Oct. 9, 2021 The month of October is when young rattle snakes go looking to hibernate in places where homeowners might not want them. These calls have not coincided with an increase in the number of people getting bitten by snakes, according to the UArizona Poison and Drug Information Center, which collects such data for all of Arizona except for Maricopa County. As of October 6, 146 bites had been reported statewide. That’s down from 162 at this time in 2020. The Arizona Daily STar
UArizona Nursing Gets Top Marks in Inaugural U.S. News & World Report Ranking Oct. 7, 2021 As part of its 2022 Best Colleges list, U.S. News & World Report for the first time ranked undergraduate nursing bachelor’s degrees on the Best Bachelor of Science in Nursing Programs list, and the UArizona College of Nursing excelled in several categories. Out of 694 schools, the College of Nursing’s BSN program ranked No. 23 overall, No. 16 among public universities and No. 1 in Arizona. BizTUCSON
At Least 140K US Children Have Lost Caregivers to COVID-19. Children of Color Have Taken the Brunt of It. Oct. 7, 2021 Indigenous children also suffer unique challenges compounding the deaths, said Hopi tribe member Felina Cordova-Marks, DrPH, MPH, an assistant professor at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. “The loss of a caregiver will definitely impact mental health and all aspects of health among American Indian children, as it may compound historical trauma. As Native Indigenous people, we look at health holistically with a loss of life and loss of culture affecting all of these,” said Dr. Cordova-Marks, who founded the Southern Arizona Urban Native Indigenous COVID Relief program. USA Today
Diesel to Electric: Local Officials Push for Funds to Change School Buses Oct. 7, 2021 City officials spoke today about the lasting impact that our school buses have on students’ health. They're pushing for state representatives to do something about it. According to the American Lung Association, Tucson’s air quality is among the worst in the nation. “Arizona and Tucson rank particularly poorly when it comes to poor air quality,” said Lynn Gerald, PhD, MSPH, a professor of public health at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. KGUN-TV (Tucson, AZ)
A Study of Skull Growth and Tooth Emergence Reveals That Timing is Everything Oct. 6, 2021 Paleoanthropologists have wondered for a long time how and why humans evolved molars that emerge into the mouth at the ages of six, 12, and 18 and why those ages are so delayed compared to living apes. A study by scientists at the University of Arizona and Arizona State University that may finally cracked the case. "One of the mysteries of human biological development is how the precise synchrony between molar emergence and life history came about and how it is regulated," said lead author Halszka Glowacka, PhD, assistant professor and co-director of the clinical anatomy program at the College of Medicine – Phoenix. Phys.org
Booster Shot Improves Immune Response of Chemotherapy Patients; Post-COVID Depression Helped by Widely Used Drugs Oct. 6, 2021 A new study helps quantify the improved protection against COVID-19 achieved with a third booster dose of the vaccine from Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE in cancer patients who are undergoing chemotherapy. “Chemotherapy can weaken the ability of cancer patients to fight off infections and to respond appropriately to vaccines,” said Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, and immunologist at the College of Medicine – Tucson and co-author of the study reported in Nature Medicine. Reuters