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.

Arizona is seeing more influenza cases than the state has ever recorded this early in the season.

Research members at the UArizona Cancer Center collaborated in a phase 2 clinical trial that is the first to show the feasibility and acceptability of immunotherapy for prostate cancer in patients on active surveillance.

COVID-19 was the third-leading cause of death in 2020 and 2021 behind heart disease and cancer, Arizona data shows, but some health experts say that isn't telling the full story of its lethal effects in the state.

The Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological Therapies, impactful research studies and a visit from first lady Jill Biden made headlines at the University of Arizona Health Sciences in 2022.

According to two related studies presented at the Radiological Society of North America 2022 Annual Meeting, corticosteroid injections may worsen progression of knee osteoarthritis and injecting hyaluronic acid instead, or managing the condition without injections, may better preserve knee structure and cartilage.

Over the last 160 years, bishops from the Catholic church have recognized 70 medical miracles connected to The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in southern France, which attracts more than 3 million pilgrims annually.