How much dust do children swallow? Researchers at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health will try to answer that question as part of the Dust Ingestion Children Study, a national project funded by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Experts say unrelenting developments are taking a toll on our mental and physical health and how we interact as a society with the targeting of churches and schools as distressing to many people who have long regarded them as safe spaces.

Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health researchers will examine how much dust kids swallow and use the data to protect children from exposure.

Humans could lose up to two weeks of sleep a year by the end of the century, study finds.

Jennifer Whitehair, MD, an associate clinical assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the College of Medicine – Tucson, received the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Outstanding American Indian/Alaska Native Women’s Healthcare Clinician Award.

The College of Medicine – Phoenix’s new psychiatry chair sees great potential in research and music to provide precision solutions to aid mental health.

Suicide attempts among preteens are on the rise nationwide and in southern Arizona. Steven Dudley, PharmD, DABAT, director of the Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center, said his office has noticed an increase in intentional overdoses that spiked during the pandemic.