Problems with edible cannabis products in Arizona spiked in 2020 during the pandemic and have stayed at a heightened number since voters legalized recreational marijuana that year.

A new study found that reactions such as chills, fatigue, headache and malaise that can follow vaccination may be signs of a vigorous immune response.

Arizona health officials this week scaled back the state's COVID-19 dashboard and declared the disease "a common respiratory illness."

Presenting at the Alzheimer’s Research and Prevention Foundation’s annual conference in Phoenix, Roberta Diaz Brinton, PhD, director of the UArizona Center for Innovation in Brain Science, cited chronic conditions that could lead to Alzheimer's disease.

In an effort to meet the growing need for primary care physicians in Arizona, UArizona Health Sciences is working to develop a new generation of primary care physicians through the Primary Care Physician Scholarship Program, which awarded scholarships to 25 medical students this year.

A new study led by researchers in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, published in the journal Vaccine, identified why less than 20% of the eligible population received COVID-19 boosters in 2022.

Researchers with the ongoing Arizona CoVHORT research study at the Zuckerman College of Public Health were awarded $3.2 million by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for a study of gastrointestinal symptoms, specifically irritable bowel syndrome, as a condition of long COVID.

Phillip Kuo, MD, PhD, FACR, professor of medical imaging at the College of Medicine – Tucson, is interviewed about his research on the prostate cancer drug flotufolastat F 18, which was presented at the American Society for Radiation Oncology annual meeting in San Diego, California.

Andrew Weil, MD, founder and director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine at the College of Medicine – Tucson, recommends prioritizing sleep, managing stress, regular physical activity and eating an anti-inflammatory diet in order to make vaccinations more effective.