University of Arizona Health Sciences has come a long way since the College of Medicine's founding in 1967 and is uniquely poised to help address Arizona's long-term health care needs, President Robert C. Robbins said in a presentation to the Arizona Board of Regents.

Price Fishback, Takeshi Inomata, Chris Segrin, Kathy Short and Todd Vanderah are the University of Arizona's newest Regents Professors. The university's highest faculty rank honors exceptional achievements that merit national and international recognition.

The CDC didn’t find a link between the vaccines and hundreds of new cases of tinnitus, a debilitating ringing in the ears, but some scientists say it must do more to investigate.

University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers are using organoids to design novel therapies and better understand cancer and rare diseases.

Efforts to develop a cure for Valley fever could involve the use of live attenuated vaccines, which elicit a robust immune response – including T cells – but also run the risk of replicating uncontrollably in people with compromised immune systems. Preventing that is now possible.

An article cites a study of the most hygienic hand-drying methods that was led by Kelly Reynolds, PhD, MSPH, professor and chair of the Department of Community, Environment and Policy in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force did not include people age 65 and older in its recommendation last year to screen adults for anxiety. The task force noted that questionnaires used to screen for anxiety may be unreliable for older adults.