The World Health Organization is investigating hearing loss and ringing in the ears as potential rare side effects of the COVID-19 vaccines. The WHO's work is "overdue" but "helpful," according to Shaowen Bao, PhD, an assistant professor of physiology at the College of Medicine – Tucson, who is studying the COVID-19 vaccine and tinnitus.

Working in a combat hospital in the Middle East and trauma centers in rural America prepared Kristie Hoch to train future CRNAs to provide anesthesia care for patients.

As the number of COVID hospitalizations reach record lows, doctors are shifting their focus to long COVID, including two UArizona Health Sciences-led studies focused on the topic. Kristen Pogreba-Brown, PhD, MPH, assistant professor and epidemiologist at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, is quoted.

Experts question whether regular boosting is a sustainable strategy to manage the coronavirus long-term. Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, professor of immunobiology at the College of Medicine – Tucson, is quoted.

U.S. colleges and universities have relaxed campus requirements for coronavirus testing of vaccinated people in recent weeks, chipping away at some of the last widespread surveillance testing programs and dismaying public health experts, who say that robust sources of transmission data will be lost. Saskia Popescu, PhD, infectious disease epidemiologist and infection prevention expert at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, is quoted.

Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix ranked No. 1 in a list of the Top 10 hospitals in Arizona, as featured in the 2022 edition of Ranking Arizona. The institution, which has trained thousands of doctors over decades as a teaching hospital, is the academic medical center for the College of Medicine – Phoenix.

By learning to increase our Emotional Intelligence (EI), we may strengthen our intuitive decision-making. Anna Alkozei, PhD, a visiting scholar in the department of psychiatry at the College of Medicine – Tucson, led a study providing evidence that ability EI can be improved through an online training program.

The U.S. could soon be living with daylight saving time year-round. Sleep experts say there are drawbacks to that plan and the alternatives. Denise Rodriguez Esquivel, PhD, an assistant professor of psychiatry at the College of Medicine – Tucson who specializes in the treatment of insomnia and circadian-rhythm disorders, is quoted.