Public health experts are divided over how many people are getting long COVID, a potentially debilitating condition that comes after a patient has recovered from COVID-19.

Health Sciences senior vice president Michael D. Dake, MD, to discuss development of Arizona’s newest biomedical research hub at public forum.

After two years of pandemic-related virtual or small in-person ceremonies, 2022 ceremonies were back in a big way.

As the nation reaches one million deaths from the Coronavirus, nearly 120 graduates received their diplomas from the College of Medicine – Tucson on Thursday. The graduates will be heading off to start their residencies 63 hospitals in 28 states. Recent graduates are quoted.

Immunotherapy is fast becoming the go-to treatment for many cancers. The University of Arizona Health Sciences expanded a study after releasing positive Phase 1 results in 2020. Five of 10 patients with head and neck cancer experienced a clinical response and two patients showed no detectable disease after treatment.

Most people have made changes to their hand hygiene practices since the start of the pandemic. This story reviews the efficacy of a commercial hand dryer. University of Arizona Health Sciences research found a non-appreciable difference in hygiene between air- and towel-drying one's hands.

Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, will discuss how research findings connected to COVID-19 are opening new potential pathways to create defenses against disease.

Recently, there has been a groundswell of interest in addressing health disparities and working toward health equity, including in environmental health sciences.