Health Sciences In The Media UArizona Clinical Trial Expanding After Early Results With Personalized Cancer Vaccine Nov. 21, 2020 Researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences are working to help treat head and neck cancer by using personalized vaccine. It works in combination with the immuno-therapy drug Pembrolizumab. Molly Cassidy, who was diagnosed with oral cancer and participated in the clinical trial, is interviewed. KOLD-TV (CBS) Tucson Thanksgiving Travel Isn't Recommended. But if You're Going to Sky Harbor, Here's a Guide Nov. 21, 2020 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises that Americans shouldn't travel for Thanksgiving, due to the spike in COVID-19 cases nationwide. "You want (your mask) to be comfortable, because if it's not, you are going to be tempted to try and lift it up a little bit to breathe or shifted around on your face or something like that," said Kacey Ernst, an epidemiologist with the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. Arizona Republic Passengers Crowd Sky Harbor as CDC Calls for Canceling Thanksgiving Travel Plans Nov. 20, 2020 Health experts say that if you do need to travel, they recommend that you wear both a face mask and a face shield. You should sanitize frequently and get tested for the coronavirus before you visit with others outside your household. "If there's any possibility of limiting contact with others and limiting it to outdoors as opposed to indoors, all these things would be preferable," said Dr. Shad Marvasti, an associate professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. Arizona's Family (3TV/CBS 5) Phoenix Citing the COVID-19 Spike, Arizona's Largest Health System Reinstates Visitor Restrictions Nov. 20, 2020 Arizona's largest health care system is reinstating visitor restrictions due to exponential increases in COVID-19 cases that could soon overwhelm hospitals across the state. Effective 6 p.m. If the rise of coronavirus transmission in Arizona is not quickly addressed, new COVID-19 cases "will overwhelm our capacity to provide optimal hospital care within a matter of weeks," according to a Nov. 18 report by Joe Gerald, an associate professor at the University of Arizona's Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health who has been tracking the pandemic’s spread in Arizona for months. Arizona Republic Tech Talk: Personalized Cancer Vaccines, Virtual STEM, and Biotech Startups Nov. 20, 2020 A clinical trial at the University of Arizona Health Sciences designed to study the safety and effectiveness of a personalized cancer vaccine in combination with the immunotherapy drug Pembrolizumab will expand its cohort after promising preliminary data was presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Immunotherapy of Cancer. Inside Tucson Business The SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Interferes With Pain Perception, but Does It Help Transmission? Nov. 20, 2020 SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can relieve pain, according to a new study by University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers. The finding may explain why nearly half of all people who get COVID-19 experience few or no symptoms, even though they are able to spread the disease, according to the study's corresponding author Rajesh Khanna, a professor in the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson's Department of Pharmacology. BioSpace State Health Experts Are Warning That Arizona Could Be Facing a Major Crisis in the Coming Months Nov. 20, 2020 The Centers for Disease Control is warning Americans to stay home during the holidays, after more than 250,000 people have died from COVID-19. In Arizona, the virus is surging. Thursday the Arizona Department of Public Health reported more than 4,100 new cases which is the highest number of cases in one day since mid-July. Modeling from both the ASU Biodesign Institute and the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health warn of dire days ahead if current COVID-19 trends remain constant. KVOA-TV (NBC) Tucson Health Care Heroes 2020: Physician Winner - Dr. Francisco Arabia, Banner Health Nov. 19, 2020 Francisco A. Arabia, MD, a professor of surgery and internal medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix and a Banner Health physician, received the 2020 Health Care Heroes Award by the Phoenix Business Journal. Phoenix Business Journal State Officials Discourage Holiday Gatherings for People in Assisted Living Facilities Nov. 19, 2020 With Thanksgiving approaching, families who have loved ones in assisted living centers may want to bring them home for the holiday. Dr. Melvin Hector, a geriatrics specialist and associate professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson, said the severity of mental health effects of isolation, like those seen during the shutdown, depend on the person's pre-existing health. Arizona Public Media COVID Patients' Crackpot Theories Take Toll on Healthcare Workers Nov. 19, 2020 It's not uncommon for healthcare workers to encounter patients who still think COVID-19 is a hoax -- even when they have the disease themselves. Researchers at the University of Arizona's College of Nursing have also been hearing from exasperated healthcare workers about this issue. Jessica Rainbow, PhD, RN, is monitoring a voicemail box she set up to capture their stories. "I hear a lot of hopelessness," Rainbow told MedPage Today. "There really isn't an end in sight, as far as when this will go away. It's continuing to build and they're already feeling so burned out." MedPage Today Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page … 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 … Next › Next page Last » Last page
UArizona Clinical Trial Expanding After Early Results With Personalized Cancer Vaccine Nov. 21, 2020 Researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences are working to help treat head and neck cancer by using personalized vaccine. It works in combination with the immuno-therapy drug Pembrolizumab. Molly Cassidy, who was diagnosed with oral cancer and participated in the clinical trial, is interviewed. KOLD-TV (CBS) Tucson
Thanksgiving Travel Isn't Recommended. But if You're Going to Sky Harbor, Here's a Guide Nov. 21, 2020 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises that Americans shouldn't travel for Thanksgiving, due to the spike in COVID-19 cases nationwide. "You want (your mask) to be comfortable, because if it's not, you are going to be tempted to try and lift it up a little bit to breathe or shifted around on your face or something like that," said Kacey Ernst, an epidemiologist with the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. Arizona Republic
Passengers Crowd Sky Harbor as CDC Calls for Canceling Thanksgiving Travel Plans Nov. 20, 2020 Health experts say that if you do need to travel, they recommend that you wear both a face mask and a face shield. You should sanitize frequently and get tested for the coronavirus before you visit with others outside your household. "If there's any possibility of limiting contact with others and limiting it to outdoors as opposed to indoors, all these things would be preferable," said Dr. Shad Marvasti, an associate professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. Arizona's Family (3TV/CBS 5) Phoenix
Citing the COVID-19 Spike, Arizona's Largest Health System Reinstates Visitor Restrictions Nov. 20, 2020 Arizona's largest health care system is reinstating visitor restrictions due to exponential increases in COVID-19 cases that could soon overwhelm hospitals across the state. Effective 6 p.m. If the rise of coronavirus transmission in Arizona is not quickly addressed, new COVID-19 cases "will overwhelm our capacity to provide optimal hospital care within a matter of weeks," according to a Nov. 18 report by Joe Gerald, an associate professor at the University of Arizona's Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health who has been tracking the pandemic’s spread in Arizona for months. Arizona Republic
Tech Talk: Personalized Cancer Vaccines, Virtual STEM, and Biotech Startups Nov. 20, 2020 A clinical trial at the University of Arizona Health Sciences designed to study the safety and effectiveness of a personalized cancer vaccine in combination with the immunotherapy drug Pembrolizumab will expand its cohort after promising preliminary data was presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Immunotherapy of Cancer. Inside Tucson Business
The SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Interferes With Pain Perception, but Does It Help Transmission? Nov. 20, 2020 SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can relieve pain, according to a new study by University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers. The finding may explain why nearly half of all people who get COVID-19 experience few or no symptoms, even though they are able to spread the disease, according to the study's corresponding author Rajesh Khanna, a professor in the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson's Department of Pharmacology. BioSpace
State Health Experts Are Warning That Arizona Could Be Facing a Major Crisis in the Coming Months Nov. 20, 2020 The Centers for Disease Control is warning Americans to stay home during the holidays, after more than 250,000 people have died from COVID-19. In Arizona, the virus is surging. Thursday the Arizona Department of Public Health reported more than 4,100 new cases which is the highest number of cases in one day since mid-July. Modeling from both the ASU Biodesign Institute and the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health warn of dire days ahead if current COVID-19 trends remain constant. KVOA-TV (NBC) Tucson
Health Care Heroes 2020: Physician Winner - Dr. Francisco Arabia, Banner Health Nov. 19, 2020 Francisco A. Arabia, MD, a professor of surgery and internal medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix and a Banner Health physician, received the 2020 Health Care Heroes Award by the Phoenix Business Journal. Phoenix Business Journal
State Officials Discourage Holiday Gatherings for People in Assisted Living Facilities Nov. 19, 2020 With Thanksgiving approaching, families who have loved ones in assisted living centers may want to bring them home for the holiday. Dr. Melvin Hector, a geriatrics specialist and associate professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson, said the severity of mental health effects of isolation, like those seen during the shutdown, depend on the person's pre-existing health. Arizona Public Media
COVID Patients' Crackpot Theories Take Toll on Healthcare Workers Nov. 19, 2020 It's not uncommon for healthcare workers to encounter patients who still think COVID-19 is a hoax -- even when they have the disease themselves. Researchers at the University of Arizona's College of Nursing have also been hearing from exasperated healthcare workers about this issue. Jessica Rainbow, PhD, RN, is monitoring a voicemail box she set up to capture their stories. "I hear a lot of hopelessness," Rainbow told MedPage Today. "There really isn't an end in sight, as far as when this will go away. It's continuing to build and they're already feeling so burned out." MedPage Today