Thank you to the Health Sciences veterans who submitted photos for our Veterans Day gallery, and thanks to all our veterans for serving our country.

Researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences are closer to developing a safe and effective non-opioid pain reliever after a study showed that a new compound they created reduces the sensation of pain by regulating a biological channel linked to pain.

A University of Arizona Health Sciences-led study uncovered disparities in breast cancer treatments that may lead to poorer health outcomes in Indigenous women, who currently have the worst breast cancer survival outcomes of any racial group in the U.S.

A recent COVID-19 interprofessional education exercise put lessons learned at the forefront and fostered collaboration for Health Sciences students.

Native and Indigenous women had a higher percentage of mastectomy and a lower percentage of lumpectomy compared with white women.

A $50 million gift establishes six new endowed chairs, four new endowed professorships, 42 new endowed scholarships and equipment and facility upgrades.

Richard Carmona, MD, the 17th Surgeon General of the United States, advisor to Gov. Doug Ducey on the state's COVID-19 response, and distinguished professor of public health at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, separates fact from fiction about the COVID-19 vaccine.

The state has recorded 3,000 new cases for five of the past six days. Hospitals are going into this current surge with beds already filled to near capacity.