Children infected with the coronavirus produce weaker antibodies and fewer types of them than adults do, suggesting they clear their infection much faster, according to a new study. "Having a ton of antibody isn't necessarily a marker of a good thing," said Deepta Bhattacharya, an immunologist at the University of Arizona. "It usually means that something went wrong early in the response."

Last week, the Arizona Department of Health Services announced it had updated its guidance on when schools should transition to virtual learning. The agency recommended the move be made if a county's COVID-19 benchmarks are in the red. But one of those indicators could be flawed. Saskia Popescu, an epidemiologist at the University of Arizona's Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, is interviewed.

The University of Arizona is reporting elevated COVID-19 cases reflective of a state-wide uptick after large gatherings occurred over the Halloween weekend, reported UA President Robert C. Robbins and campus reentry task force head Dr. Richard Carmona in a news conference Monday, Nov. 2.

As COVID-19 cases continue to surge across Arizona with 39 more deaths reported Wednesday morning, University of Arizona College of Medicine (Phoenix) Public Health Director and physician Dr. Shad Marvasti says school officials need to think about the impact the virus could have on schools as we the holiday and influenza season, suggesting they may need to go completely virtual.

Despite the incident at city hall in New Haven, Connecticut, the risk of contracting the coronavirus while voting in person is about the same as when ordering takeout, one epidemiologist previously told Business Insider. "There are so many safety protocols put into place for safe voting that it is really a lower-risk activity," Saskia Popescu, an epidemiologist and leading expert on coronavirus transmission at the University of Arizona told Business Insider.

The Health Sciences Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion has built a health care career pipeline for students from underrepresented communities.

Dr. Iman Hakim shares her views on the pandemic, changes in public health education, and her pride in the college.

For the first time since the start of the pandemic, more than 100,000 new cases of COVID-19 were reported across the U.S. on Wednesday, according to data collected by the COVID Tracking Project. "I'm increasingly concerned that this will be a rather steep and long third wave," Saskia Popescu, an epidemiologist at the University of Arizona and a member of the Federation of American Scientists' Coronavirus Task Force, told BuzzFeed News late last month.

A roundup covering ways to treat headaches caused by stress notes that, while sensitivity to light can be a trigger for some migraine sufferers, a recent University of Arizona study found exposure to green light one to two hours a day can reduce the number of headache days per month by an average of 60%.

The Association of Community Cancer Centers has honored the University of Arizona Cancer Center at Banner-University Medical Center Tucson with its 2020 Innovator Award.