Health Sciences In The Media Here are the winners of the 2023 AZBio Awards Sept. 28, 2023 The Arizona Bioindustry Association gave John Galgiani, MD, professor and director of the Valley Fever Center for Excellence at the College of Medicine – Tucson, the 2023 AZBio Pioneer Award for Lifetime Achievement. AZ Big Media A boost for genetic research Sept. 28, 2023 The Steele Children’s Research Center is using an $800,000 grant from Angel Charity for Children to renovate genetics labs. BizTucson Q&A: Vaccines, variants and COVID-19 trends Sept. 28, 2023 Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, professor of immunobiology at the College of Medicine – Tucson, discusses the newest COVID-19 vaccines and what the future might hold for COVID-19 immunizations. Medical Xpress Bringing health care to Tucson's west side - get your liver checked for free Sept. 27, 2023 Nearly half of Hispanics in the United States have non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Nosotros Comprometidos a Su Salud, a program in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, is providing free liver health checks in areas with high Hispanic populations. KGUN-TV (Tucson, AZ) Buildings: The unsung hero of public health Sept. 27, 2023 Richard Carmona, MD, MPH, distinguished laureate professor at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, co-authors an opinion piece about the health benefits of better building environments. Triple Pundit QuidelOrtho Global Health Scholarships awarded to UArizona Health Sciences students Sept. 27, 2023 Five students, each from a different college at the University of Arizona Health Sciences, were selected to receive scholarships funded by a gift from QuidelOrtho. Nation World News Experts: Slight 2022 Arizona health insurance gains likely to vanish in 2023 Sept. 26, 2023 The number of Arizonans with health insurance rose in 2022, a post-pandemic bump that experts say has likely turned sharply south in the year since, as COVID-19 benefits have been phased out. Cronkite News (Tempe, AZ) ‘Street medicine is important’: Phoenix groups prioritize access to skin care for unhoused folks Sept. 26, 2023 As Phoenix experienced record-breaking heat this summer that caused severe burns, deaths and other heat-related issues, homeless people face barriers to finding basic health care treatment. The Arizona Republic Arizona can’t keep up with the demand for doctors. Here’s why Sept. 26, 2023 Experts said Arizona could be short 2,000 primary care physicians by 2030 if the trend isn't reversed. “[We are] about 667 full-time equivalent primary care physicians short of where we should be, and that number will grow," said Dan Derksen, associate vice president at the University of Arizona Health Sciences. KPNX-TV (Phoenix, AZ) CMS issues new reimbursement code for PSMA PET agent Posulma Sept. 26, 2023 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a pass-through payment reimbursement code for the drug flotufolastat F 18, marketed as Posluma. Tthe code may make it easier for doctors to prescribe the drug for prostate cancer imaging for Medicare patients. Diagnostic Imaging Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page … 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 … Next › Next page Last » Last page
Here are the winners of the 2023 AZBio Awards Sept. 28, 2023 The Arizona Bioindustry Association gave John Galgiani, MD, professor and director of the Valley Fever Center for Excellence at the College of Medicine – Tucson, the 2023 AZBio Pioneer Award for Lifetime Achievement. AZ Big Media
A boost for genetic research Sept. 28, 2023 The Steele Children’s Research Center is using an $800,000 grant from Angel Charity for Children to renovate genetics labs. BizTucson
Q&A: Vaccines, variants and COVID-19 trends Sept. 28, 2023 Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, professor of immunobiology at the College of Medicine – Tucson, discusses the newest COVID-19 vaccines and what the future might hold for COVID-19 immunizations. Medical Xpress
Bringing health care to Tucson's west side - get your liver checked for free Sept. 27, 2023 Nearly half of Hispanics in the United States have non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Nosotros Comprometidos a Su Salud, a program in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, is providing free liver health checks in areas with high Hispanic populations. KGUN-TV (Tucson, AZ)
Buildings: The unsung hero of public health Sept. 27, 2023 Richard Carmona, MD, MPH, distinguished laureate professor at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, co-authors an opinion piece about the health benefits of better building environments. Triple Pundit
QuidelOrtho Global Health Scholarships awarded to UArizona Health Sciences students Sept. 27, 2023 Five students, each from a different college at the University of Arizona Health Sciences, were selected to receive scholarships funded by a gift from QuidelOrtho. Nation World News
Experts: Slight 2022 Arizona health insurance gains likely to vanish in 2023 Sept. 26, 2023 The number of Arizonans with health insurance rose in 2022, a post-pandemic bump that experts say has likely turned sharply south in the year since, as COVID-19 benefits have been phased out. Cronkite News (Tempe, AZ)
‘Street medicine is important’: Phoenix groups prioritize access to skin care for unhoused folks Sept. 26, 2023 As Phoenix experienced record-breaking heat this summer that caused severe burns, deaths and other heat-related issues, homeless people face barriers to finding basic health care treatment. The Arizona Republic
Arizona can’t keep up with the demand for doctors. Here’s why Sept. 26, 2023 Experts said Arizona could be short 2,000 primary care physicians by 2030 if the trend isn't reversed. “[We are] about 667 full-time equivalent primary care physicians short of where we should be, and that number will grow," said Dan Derksen, associate vice president at the University of Arizona Health Sciences. KPNX-TV (Phoenix, AZ)
CMS issues new reimbursement code for PSMA PET agent Posulma Sept. 26, 2023 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a pass-through payment reimbursement code for the drug flotufolastat F 18, marketed as Posluma. Tthe code may make it easier for doctors to prescribe the drug for prostate cancer imaging for Medicare patients. Diagnostic Imaging