COVID-19 has inflicted a serious mental health toll on many U.S. workers. Patricia L. Haynes, PhD, an associate professor and clinical psychologist with an expertise in sleep psychology, depression, anxiety and intervention research, at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, provides five strategies companies can use to address workplace mental health.

Shad Marvasti, MD, associate professor of family and community medicine at the College of Medicine – Phoenix, discusses the Omicron variant and vaccine equity.

Researchers at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health are partnering with organizations across the state to implement interventions aimed at protecting Arizonans from heat hazards with $2 million in funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Arizona has seen daily case and hospitalization numbers decline, though deaths are still on the rise, climbing from an average of about 61 a day last week to almost 79 as of Tuesday. "We have reason to be hopeful, but we are by no means out of the woods," tweeted Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD, a professor of epidemiology at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health.

A postdoctoral researcher looks for ways to switch off the mechanism that allows a common yet potentially deadly virus to reproduce and thrive.

Researchers will partner with the Arizona Department of Health Services to prepare for adverse effects of climate change, especially heat-related health hazards.

The Fourth Annual LGBTQIA+ National Symposium and Community Fair aims to address inequities in care that affect the health outcomes of the LGBTQIA+ community.

Researchers at the University of Arizona are working on a promising treatment to reduce the risk of dementia in patients who have had a stroke. Kristian Doyle, associate professor of immunobiology, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson, said they are investigating a drug that helps the brain safely store cholesterol after a stroke without provoking an inflammatory response.

Researchers will use a $1.6 million National Eye Institute grant to study age-related lens cell changes that can lead to cataracts.

The two poison centers in Arizona have seen a significant increase in poisonings related to fentanyl from illicit M30 tablets. These counterfeit pills are very dangerous and can be so toxic they cause death. Steve Dudley, PharmD, DABAT, clinical toxicologist and director of the UArizona Poison and Drug Information Center, is quoted.