According to the CDC, Arizona has the second-highest COVID-19 death rate of any state, behind Mississippi. Joe Gerald, MD, PhD, associate professor at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, is quoted.

Continuing coverage: First lady met health care professionals at San Xavier Health Center, where the University of Arizona Cancer Center has been working to expand colorectal cancer prevention and early-detection strategies. The Health Sciences Office of Communications assisted with this story.

The University of Arizona Health Sciences received more than $133 million in National Institutes of Health funding in 2020-2021, with several colleges showing improvements in the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research national rankings.

First lady Jill Biden’s visit with the UArizona Cancer Center and the Tohono O’odham Nation will focus on the Cancer Moonshot initiative.

Researchers from the UArizona Asthma and Airways Disease Research Center, including Monica Kraft, PhD, Brian Hallmark, PhD, and Dean Billheimer, co-author this article discussing their longitudinal and observational analysis of the role of small airway dysfunction in asthma control and exacerbations.

Despite all of the suspicion of vaccines, treatments and government proclamations about the disease, many physicians say in the two years since the pandemic began, science has performed admirably and accomplished remarkable work through the pandemic. Janko Nikolich-Zugich, MD, PhD, professor and head of the Department of Immunobiology at the College of Medicine – Tucson, is quoted.

First lady Jill Biden's visit to Arizona began Monday in Chandler with a message: workforce development programs and investments in industries of the future are key to building a stronger country. On Tuesday afternoon, Biden will tour the San Xavier Health Center, with a focus on the Tohono O’odham Nation’s cancer services, including a partnership with the University of Arizona Cancer Center.

Shad Marvasti, MD, associate professor of family and community medicine at the College of Medicine – Phoenix, says diet links directly to some of the major diseases of our time like cancer, diabetes, low blood sugar, and heart disease.

A team of researchers say they better understand why some people with COVID-19 also experience dizziness, ringing in the ears or other hearing issues. At the College of Medicine – Tucson, Shaowen Bao, PhD, an assistant professor of physiology, is currently working on a research survey of people who reported tinnitus after receiving the vaccine. He hopes to publish his findings in a scientific journal later this year.