Health Sciences In The Media ‘I Am Taken Aback’: Here’s Why Arizona’s COVID-19 Trajectory is Concerning June 16, 2020 From the perspective of Arizona emergency room physician Dr. Murtaza Akhter, the COVID-19 pandemic here could be even worse than the state's numbers are showing. “I am taken aback. I walked into the hospital today, and I was like, ‘Oh my God’,” said Akhter, a clinical assistant professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, who works at both Florence Hospital and Valleywise Health Medical Center. "We are getting all sorts of patients who look quite sick.” The Arizona Republic State Researchers Say Loneliness, Lack of Sleep Contribute to Mental Health Issues Amid Pandemic June 15, 2020 Continuing coverage: A team of University of Arizona researchers led by William “Scott” Killgore, psychiatry professor in the College of Medicine – Tucson, says loneliness and insomnia triggered by fears of COVID-19 may be driving an increase in thoughts of suicide. KNXV-TV (ABC) Phoenix Is it Safe to Stay in a Hotel, Cabin or Rental Home Yet? June 11, 2020 Paloma Beamer, an associate professor of environmental health sciences at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, writes about ways to minimize risk of coronavirus infection in hotel rooms. The Conversation Arizona’s COVID-19 Spread is ‘Alarming' and Action is Needed, Experts Warn June 10, 2020 Experts around the country and in Arizona are raising alarms about Arizona's COVID-19 situation because cases and hospitalizations have increased for the past two weeks. Kacey Ernst, an infectious disease epidemiologist and Dr. at the University of Arizona, said all signs seem to point to increasing transmission of the disease. Increased testing could explain increased cases, but not increased hospitalizations, she said. Arizona does appear to be increasing more than other states, she said. USA Today UA Expands COVID-19 Antibody Testing to More Groups June 10, 2020 The University of Arizona and the state of Arizona are expanding COVID-19 antibody testing eligibility across the state to include all hospital employees, as well as health care professionals licensed by the boards of naturopathy, homeopathy, podiatry, chiropractic examiners, optometry and nine other health care categories. In addition, eligibility will include corrections officers and child safety workers employed by the state. Testing capacity also is expanding to include a new site in Nogales. Arizona Public Media University Of Arizona Begins Statewide Antibody Testing Program For COVID-19 June 1, 2020 The University of Arizona and state of Arizona antibody testing initiative will include 31 sites across the state as it expands to all 15 counties. Dr. Janko Nikolich-Žugich, professor and head of the Department of Immunobiology at the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson says the testing will show how widespread the disease is, and how many people contracted it without showing any symptoms. KNAU-FM (NPR) Flagstaff Should You Fly Yet? Here's What an Epidemiologist and an Exposure Scientist Say June 1, 2020 Kacey Ernst and Paloma Beamer, researchers from the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, write about what people should consider and how to minimize risk when flying. CNN College Students Ask University Presidents: ‘Will We Be Safe?’ May 29, 2020 University of Arizona President Dr. Robert C. Robbins took part in a roundtable discussion with Dr. Wayne A.I. Frederick, president of Howard University, where college students asked about what steps are necessary for universities as they try to keep students and staff safe during a global pandemic. Meet the Press UA Researcher Identifies 4 Compounds that can Halt Coronavirus in Cells May 28, 2020 As the spread of COVID-19 affects people around the world, scientists have been working overtime to develop potential treatments. Among them is a Jun Wang, Ph.D., an assistant professor of pharmacology and toxicology at the University of Arizona who recently identified four compounds that can block the replication of the virus within a cell, providing a promising starting point for the development of drugs that can treat the disease. Arizona Daily Star Contact Tracing for COVID-19 Will Be the Most Complex Health Investigation Ever May 24, 2020 Contact tracing is an indispensable part of breaking the chain of a pathogen's transmission and getting society back on track, according to most health officials including those at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This process can seem intrusive, but public health agencies have honed it over decades. “We get people to tell us who their public contacts are when they have syphilis,” said Kristen Pogreba-Brown, an assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. “We know how to do this.” National Geographic Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page … 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 … Next › Next page Last » Last page
‘I Am Taken Aback’: Here’s Why Arizona’s COVID-19 Trajectory is Concerning June 16, 2020 From the perspective of Arizona emergency room physician Dr. Murtaza Akhter, the COVID-19 pandemic here could be even worse than the state's numbers are showing. “I am taken aback. I walked into the hospital today, and I was like, ‘Oh my God’,” said Akhter, a clinical assistant professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, who works at both Florence Hospital and Valleywise Health Medical Center. "We are getting all sorts of patients who look quite sick.” The Arizona Republic
State Researchers Say Loneliness, Lack of Sleep Contribute to Mental Health Issues Amid Pandemic June 15, 2020 Continuing coverage: A team of University of Arizona researchers led by William “Scott” Killgore, psychiatry professor in the College of Medicine – Tucson, says loneliness and insomnia triggered by fears of COVID-19 may be driving an increase in thoughts of suicide. KNXV-TV (ABC) Phoenix
Is it Safe to Stay in a Hotel, Cabin or Rental Home Yet? June 11, 2020 Paloma Beamer, an associate professor of environmental health sciences at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, writes about ways to minimize risk of coronavirus infection in hotel rooms. The Conversation
Arizona’s COVID-19 Spread is ‘Alarming' and Action is Needed, Experts Warn June 10, 2020 Experts around the country and in Arizona are raising alarms about Arizona's COVID-19 situation because cases and hospitalizations have increased for the past two weeks. Kacey Ernst, an infectious disease epidemiologist and Dr. at the University of Arizona, said all signs seem to point to increasing transmission of the disease. Increased testing could explain increased cases, but not increased hospitalizations, she said. Arizona does appear to be increasing more than other states, she said. USA Today
UA Expands COVID-19 Antibody Testing to More Groups June 10, 2020 The University of Arizona and the state of Arizona are expanding COVID-19 antibody testing eligibility across the state to include all hospital employees, as well as health care professionals licensed by the boards of naturopathy, homeopathy, podiatry, chiropractic examiners, optometry and nine other health care categories. In addition, eligibility will include corrections officers and child safety workers employed by the state. Testing capacity also is expanding to include a new site in Nogales. Arizona Public Media
University Of Arizona Begins Statewide Antibody Testing Program For COVID-19 June 1, 2020 The University of Arizona and state of Arizona antibody testing initiative will include 31 sites across the state as it expands to all 15 counties. Dr. Janko Nikolich-Žugich, professor and head of the Department of Immunobiology at the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson says the testing will show how widespread the disease is, and how many people contracted it without showing any symptoms. KNAU-FM (NPR) Flagstaff
Should You Fly Yet? Here's What an Epidemiologist and an Exposure Scientist Say June 1, 2020 Kacey Ernst and Paloma Beamer, researchers from the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, write about what people should consider and how to minimize risk when flying. CNN
College Students Ask University Presidents: ‘Will We Be Safe?’ May 29, 2020 University of Arizona President Dr. Robert C. Robbins took part in a roundtable discussion with Dr. Wayne A.I. Frederick, president of Howard University, where college students asked about what steps are necessary for universities as they try to keep students and staff safe during a global pandemic. Meet the Press
UA Researcher Identifies 4 Compounds that can Halt Coronavirus in Cells May 28, 2020 As the spread of COVID-19 affects people around the world, scientists have been working overtime to develop potential treatments. Among them is a Jun Wang, Ph.D., an assistant professor of pharmacology and toxicology at the University of Arizona who recently identified four compounds that can block the replication of the virus within a cell, providing a promising starting point for the development of drugs that can treat the disease. Arizona Daily Star
Contact Tracing for COVID-19 Will Be the Most Complex Health Investigation Ever May 24, 2020 Contact tracing is an indispensable part of breaking the chain of a pathogen's transmission and getting society back on track, according to most health officials including those at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This process can seem intrusive, but public health agencies have honed it over decades. “We get people to tell us who their public contacts are when they have syphilis,” said Kristen Pogreba-Brown, an assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. “We know how to do this.” National Geographic