Health Sciences In The Media States call on new graduates, retired medical staff to help fight coronavirus April 7, 2020 Medical students just starting out in the business also have been jumping in. The University of Arizona and several other schools have let their fourth-year medical students apply for early graduation. “They could be a big help, you could unleash up to 200 newly meted physicians to go out on the frontlines and help,” University of Arizona President Dr. Robert Robbins said. Fox News Health workers, aid groups step in to fill Spanish-language gap around COVID-19 April 3, 2020 More than 1 million people speak Spanish at home in Arizona, but experts say official coronavirus bilingual communication has lagged. Dr. Cecilia Rosales, a public health expert and the interim associate dean of community engagement at the University of Arizona's Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, leads a team that conducts mobile health screenings for Spanish-speaking communities in the state. Arizona Public Media Tucson Tech: UA spinoff looks to fast-track breathing device for coronavirus April 1, 2020 Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson have invented a new respiratory-assist device that provides fast, safe relief to those who experience difficulty breathing. Arizona Daily Star UArizona develop, deliver 500 more COVID-19 testing kits to Banner Health April 1, 2020 The University of Arizona Health Sciences delivered another 500 COVID-19 sample collection kits to Banner - University Medical Center Wednesday afternoon. KVOA-TV (NBC) Tucson University of Arizona to let med students graduate early March 30, 2020 University of Arizona medical students who want to join the front lines of the fight against the coronavirus pandemic can ask to graduate early. Associated Press University of Arizona makes 1,600 COVID-19 test kits, with thousands more expected March 23, 2020 Scientists across the University of Arizona are working to give American public health authorities the ability to test widely for COVID-19 by making more specimen collection kits available. The Arizona Republic How the coronavirus is changing our relationship with technology March 22, 2020 As the coronavirus pandemic is changing the lives of people around the world, this week’s Sunday Spotlight story reports on how people are adapting to their adjusted routines. Featuring three students from the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix on March 20, “Match Day” when they discovered where they matched for residency. TODAY (NBC) Chloroquine treats malaria: Will it work against coronavirus? The side effects are risky, experts say March 22, 2020 Doctors and scientists discuss the claims that two malaria drugs may be a potential antidote for COVID-19. "We definitely don’t want to harm people by using drugs that have known side effects in ways that we know are dangerous," said Raymond Woosley, MD, a pharmacologist and professor of Biomedical Informatics and Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix. USA Today Health experts explain how we should be cleaning our gadgets March 17, 2020 "Phones, laptops and other electronics travel with us everywhere, from bathrooms to buses to kitchens and restaurants," said Kelly Reynolds, a professor and environmental microbiologist in the College of Public Health at the University of Arizona and author of a study about hygienic prevention to prevent viral spread. "Like our hands, they pick up germs along the way. Frequently touched surfaces are vulnerable to increased contamination that can spread to hands, and then to entry points on the body where infection occurs, such as the eyes, nose and mouth." Engadget The Clinic that tested Graham County's first COVID-19 patient has a mask shortage March 17, 2020 While the largest known coronavirus outbreaks in the United States so far have occurred in densely packed cities, the case in Graham County highlights the risks of the global pandemic in rural communities. Arizona's 15 critical access hospitals are mostly Level IV or Level II trauma centers, meaning they don't typically have the equipment or staff to stabilize patients for long periods of time, according to Dr. Daniel Derksen, associate vice president for health equity, outreach and inter-professional activities at University of Arizona Health Sciences. Phoenix New Times Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page … 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 … Next › Next page Last » Last page
States call on new graduates, retired medical staff to help fight coronavirus April 7, 2020 Medical students just starting out in the business also have been jumping in. The University of Arizona and several other schools have let their fourth-year medical students apply for early graduation. “They could be a big help, you could unleash up to 200 newly meted physicians to go out on the frontlines and help,” University of Arizona President Dr. Robert Robbins said. Fox News
Health workers, aid groups step in to fill Spanish-language gap around COVID-19 April 3, 2020 More than 1 million people speak Spanish at home in Arizona, but experts say official coronavirus bilingual communication has lagged. Dr. Cecilia Rosales, a public health expert and the interim associate dean of community engagement at the University of Arizona's Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, leads a team that conducts mobile health screenings for Spanish-speaking communities in the state. Arizona Public Media
Tucson Tech: UA spinoff looks to fast-track breathing device for coronavirus April 1, 2020 Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson have invented a new respiratory-assist device that provides fast, safe relief to those who experience difficulty breathing. Arizona Daily Star
UArizona develop, deliver 500 more COVID-19 testing kits to Banner Health April 1, 2020 The University of Arizona Health Sciences delivered another 500 COVID-19 sample collection kits to Banner - University Medical Center Wednesday afternoon. KVOA-TV (NBC) Tucson
University of Arizona to let med students graduate early March 30, 2020 University of Arizona medical students who want to join the front lines of the fight against the coronavirus pandemic can ask to graduate early. Associated Press
University of Arizona makes 1,600 COVID-19 test kits, with thousands more expected March 23, 2020 Scientists across the University of Arizona are working to give American public health authorities the ability to test widely for COVID-19 by making more specimen collection kits available. The Arizona Republic
How the coronavirus is changing our relationship with technology March 22, 2020 As the coronavirus pandemic is changing the lives of people around the world, this week’s Sunday Spotlight story reports on how people are adapting to their adjusted routines. Featuring three students from the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix on March 20, “Match Day” when they discovered where they matched for residency. TODAY (NBC)
Chloroquine treats malaria: Will it work against coronavirus? The side effects are risky, experts say March 22, 2020 Doctors and scientists discuss the claims that two malaria drugs may be a potential antidote for COVID-19. "We definitely don’t want to harm people by using drugs that have known side effects in ways that we know are dangerous," said Raymond Woosley, MD, a pharmacologist and professor of Biomedical Informatics and Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix. USA Today
Health experts explain how we should be cleaning our gadgets March 17, 2020 "Phones, laptops and other electronics travel with us everywhere, from bathrooms to buses to kitchens and restaurants," said Kelly Reynolds, a professor and environmental microbiologist in the College of Public Health at the University of Arizona and author of a study about hygienic prevention to prevent viral spread. "Like our hands, they pick up germs along the way. Frequently touched surfaces are vulnerable to increased contamination that can spread to hands, and then to entry points on the body where infection occurs, such as the eyes, nose and mouth." Engadget
The Clinic that tested Graham County's first COVID-19 patient has a mask shortage March 17, 2020 While the largest known coronavirus outbreaks in the United States so far have occurred in densely packed cities, the case in Graham County highlights the risks of the global pandemic in rural communities. Arizona's 15 critical access hospitals are mostly Level IV or Level II trauma centers, meaning they don't typically have the equipment or staff to stabilize patients for long periods of time, according to Dr. Daniel Derksen, associate vice president for health equity, outreach and inter-professional activities at University of Arizona Health Sciences. Phoenix New Times