The CDC is beginning to look at death certificates indicating more than 100 people who died had long COVID despite a muddied diagnosis process that has made it harder for researchers to study long Covid.

A community's sleep health is the most significant health predictor of children's opportunities for positive growth and success, according to an analysis to be presented at SLEEP 2022.

At the Innovations in Healthy Aging Summit, scholars and leaders in the aging field will explore how to best serve the needs of an older population.

Dr. Julie Ledford will help lead the Clinical Translational Sciences Graduate Program, which prepares students for careers in research relevant to human health and disease.

Sean Elliott, MD, FAAP, a pediatric infectious disease specialist and emeritus professor of pediatrics at the College of Medicine – Tucson, writes a guest column explaining why it is important for parents, caretakers and families to take kids to the doctor’s office once a year.

Dr. Kathleen Insel will lead the University of Arizona College of Nursing while a national search for a new dean is conducted.

In April, kids around the Phoenix valley hosted lemonade stands to raise money for Steele Children’s Research Center. The effort was organized by the Phoenix Women’s Board of the Steele Children’s Research Center known as PANDA (People Acting Now Discover Answers), created 23 years ago to bring awareness to the new (at the time) Steele Children’s Research Center.

A 2016 study found the overuse of albuterol – a common inhaler medication – was associated with more frequent asthma symptoms, worse asthma control and depression.