A research team at the University of Arizona Health Sciences and Data Science Institute has launched a crowd-source texting system to gather vital public health data to help fight COVID-19 in Arizona.

Antibody testing will help health experts better assess how many people contracted the novel coronavirus. "As they grow, they'll start to produce the spike protein," University of Arizona immunologist Deepta Bhattacharya said. "You can basically trick the cells into making what you want."

The telehealth certificate program at the University of Arizona College of Nursing provides vital clinical experience for students in the Family Nurse Practitioner program.

The state investment will allow UArizona to test 250,000 of Arizona’s front-line workforce.

Immunobiologists aim to use antibody testing to fight the virus that causes COVID-19 and answer lingering questions about the virus.

We Asked, You Shared: See How Your Health Sciences Colleagues Are Working From Home

Reports developed by a Public Health associate professor helped inform Arizona policy makers during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

With experts saying that up to 50% of people exposed to COVID-19 experience few to no symptoms, determining who has developed virus-fighting antibodies is critical to restarting social interaction, said Dr. Michael Dake, senior vice president for the University of Arizona Health Sciences.

The free, interactive 30-minute lunchtime webinars feature University of Arizona Health Sciences-affiliated faculty and staff members as presenters and provide information and tools to help support individuals as they navigate the new reality of Arizona’s stay-at-home orders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.