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Richard Carmona, MD, MPH, distinguished laureate professor of public health at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, writes that the COVID-19 vaccine is another in a long, well-researched and well developed history of lifesaving vaccines.

Tiktok has quickly become a virtual wellspring of sleep advice with the hashtag #sleephacks garnering over 200 million views on the app. But do these trending sleep hacks have any scientific standing? Michael Grandner, PhD, director of the Sleep and Health Research Program at the College of Medicine – Tucson, is quoted.

Geoffrey Ahern, MD, PhD, who held the Bruce and Lorraine Cumming Endowed Chair in Alzheimer’s Research and was a professor of neurology and psychiatry at the College of Medicine – Tucson, as well as a professor of psychology and a member of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute, recently passed away.

Three free webinars will focus on isolation and loneliness, integrative health and sleep as they relate to aging.

Innovations in Healthy Aging, an initiative of the University of Arizona Health Sciences, is hosting a new lecture series featuring several topics important to aging, including isolation and loneliness, integrative health and sleep. The lectures will be presented as webinars that are free and open to the public.

A new collaboration is combining the strengths of Arizona’s three public universities to advance Valley fever research and clinical care.

The Mobile Outreach Vaccination and Education for Underserved Populations (MOVE UP) program, a coordinated effort at the University of Arizona Health Sciences, responded to the specific needs and opportunities to distribute COVID-19 vaccines in border communities. Cecilia Rosales, MD, associate dean of community engagement and outreach at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and leader of the MOVE UP program, is quoted.