Students will have new health care career opportunities thanks to the Arizona Board of Regents’s approval of three new degree programs.

According to the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy, there are 17 different species of rattlesnakes in Arizona, all venomous.

Like the virus’s runny nose and sore throat-causing cousins, experts agree that SARS-CoV-2 may settle into a seasonal pattern, surfacing during certain months then retreating into the dark again.

The UArizona Health Sciences gender and sexual violence studies expert found her son’s inclusive scouting troop an apt model for effecting institutional change for prevention programs.

The University of Arizona Health Sciences this month will feature the work of its Comprehensive Pain and Addiction Center as part of National Cannabis Awareness Month.

Federal officials threw a lifeline this week to as many as 500,000 Arizonans, days before they were about to lose the Medicaid coverage received under the COVID-19 public health emergency.

The Arizona Department of Health Services has stopped reporting some information on COVID-19 hospitalizations but data that is still available suggests Arizona’s outbreak is continuing to improve.

Overdose deaths in adolescents nearly doubled in 2020 from the year before and increased substantially in 2021 after nearly a decade of fairly stable rates, according to data published in a JAMA research letter. A Health Sciences assistant professor is quoted.

The second COVID-19 booster shot is available for those who are 50 or older or have underlying health problems, but many are left wondering if they should get it.