Vaccination rates among schoolchildren in Arizona have steadily declined since 2012, but the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the drop across the state.

It’s not always easy to identify a COVID-19 death. If someone dies at home, if they have symptoms not typically associated with the disease or if they die when local health systems are overwhelmed, their death certificate might say “heart disease” or “natural causes” when COVID-19 is, in fact, at fault.

This article highlights five of the latest findings using cell and gene therapy techniques that could be used in the development or design of new therapies including new developments in CAR T-cell therapy from UArizona Health Sciences, where a research team discovered that CD4 plays a more active role in regulating T-cell receptor signaling.

People who study infectious diseases and who work in public health have long known a bad pandemic would one day come. They knew such an event would overwhelm hospitals, strain supply chains, and place stresses on society that we would be ill-equipped to meet.

Winter is the perfect time to refresh your bedding so that it’s super cozy. Draping yourself in a heated, weighted blanket can make the simple act of relaxing in bed feel even more luxurious.

The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline has some kinks that need to be ironed out, but coordinating services from mental health professionals, peer supporters, local health care facilities and law enforcement can go a long way toward ensuring that callers get the help they need.

The Arizona Poison System, the College of Medicine – Phoenix and Arizona Public Health and Safety agencies are warning Arizona health care providers about the risks of illicit drugs being contaminated with xylazine.

Mucosal vaccines designed for COVID-19 are beginning to be used around the world. Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, professor of immunobiology in the College of Medicine – Tucson, is quoted.

A collaboration between the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine in the College of Medicine – Tucson and Maharishi International University’s College of Integrative Medicine announced the first Master of Science with a Fellowship in Integrative Medicine and Ayurveda for medical professionals.

Saira S. Kalia, MD, associate professor of psychiatry at the College of Medicine – Tucson, and Kathryn Emerick, MD, clinical assistant professor at the College of Medicine – Tucson, are working to launch a statewide hotline that will connect health care providers directly to psychiatrists to facilitate consultations about a patient’s mental health.