Malawi health officials have declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus type 1 after a case was confirmed in a three-year-old girl, the first case in Africa in five years, according to the World Health Organization. Kacey C. Ernst, PhD, MPH, a professor and infectious disease epidemiologist at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health in Tucson, is interviewed.

The infant formula Abbott recall was announced after four infants developed bacterial infections after consuming the formula. “In infants, Salmonella can cause infection of the gut, bloodstream infection, infection of the bones/joints, and meningitis,” said Kareem Shehab, MD, associate professor of pediatrics at the College of Medicine – Tucson.

The article cites a study by researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences that found the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is 92% effective at preventing COVID-19 in children between the ages of 12 and 17. The lead author Karen Lutrick, PhD, an assistant professor at the College of Medicine – Tucson, is quoted.

Metabolite technology developed in the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson has been licensed to MetFora, a startup launched through Tech Launch Arizona .

While the isolation and stress of the pandemic has affected overall mental health, Health Sciences experts say teenagers have been hit particularly hard.

The inaugural chest pain guideline from the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association redefines how physicians discuss chest pain with patients and provides a detailed clinical decision pathway for diagnosis and management. Joseph S. Alpert, MD, a professor of medicine and cardiologist at the UArizona Sarver Heart Center and College of Medicine – Tucson, is quoted.

Researchers at the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson have developed a new way to provide earlier diagnosis of lung disease. The method involves analyzing metabolites, small molecules that are produced through cellular metabolic reactions.

The UArizona Poison and Drug Information Center and Banner Poison Control Center have reported a significant increase in calls related to marijuana from health care professionals. Steven Dudley, PharmD, DABAT, a clinical toxicologist in the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy and director of the UArizona Poison and Drug Information Center, is quoted.

The All of Us Research Program UArizona-Banner will allow researchers to better address health disparities in underrepresented populations.