As concerns grow over the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus, Germany on Monday became the largest Western country yet to announce that it will offer vaccine booster shots to a wide range of people considered potentially vulnerable. "The problem here is, we're just sort of going on immunological priors, rather than really great data to justify things one way or the other," said Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, professor and immunologist at the College of Medicine – Tucson.

The COVID-19 pandemic left many people with disrupted sleep patterns. The 4-7-8 technique developed by Andrew Weil, MD, founder of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, is based on ancient meditation and breathing techniques. Also known as the "Relaxing Breath," the method puts the practitioner in a relaxed state almost immediately.

Monsoon in Arizona comprises the wettest and most lightning-prone months of the year. Learn how to avoid being struck and what to do if you are.

Seven second-year College of Medicine – Tucson students from populations underrepresented in medicine gain hands-on experience during a four-week summer oncology internship.

A new program will train psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner students and psychology interns in real-world integrated health care settings.

Arizona has recorded more than 6,800 cases of valley fever so far this year, according to July data from the Arizona Department of Health Services. Valley fever is a lung disease caused by the inhalation of Coccidioides,​​ a fungus common in the alkaline soil of the Sonoran Desert. The Valley Fever Center for Excellence at the University of Arizona has a list of valley fever specialists.

Delivery of the J&J vaccine was paused earlier this year because six people developed blood clots after its use. The vaccine was later found to be safe. A person is “17 times more likely to get a blood clot from COVID-19 than from the Johnson & Johnson vaccine,” according to Ricardo Correa, MD, associate professor at the College of Medicine – Phoenix.

According to Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, an immunologist at the College of Medicine – Tucson, the virus must overcome "backup layer after backup layer" of defenses. So even if a virus continues to spread through a person's body, "each stage it has to get past takes a bigger chunk" out of it, Bhattacharya said.