During the summer of 2020, Arizona’s health authorities activated crisis standards of care, and hospitals began rationing medical supplies. The situation has improved, but the persistently high levels of cases and deaths following a long period of low community transmission are concerning, according to a recent report written by Joe K. Gerald, MD, PhD, associate professor at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, and Patrick Wightman, PhD, MPP, a researcher at the Center for Population Science and Discovery. This article originally published in The Washington Post.

AZ HEROES study finds first responders have higher incidence of COVID-19 infection, supporting need for increased vaccination and mitigation measures.

Faculty and staff from across UArizona Health Sciences are collaborating to develop new curriculum to enhance student training in end-of-life care.

Dan Derksen, MD, director of the UArizona Center for Rural Health, discusses the low vaccination rates in rural Arizona. Maiya Block, PhD, lead researcher for the UArizona Alliance for Vaccine Literacy, discusses the concerns people have about flu and COVID-19 vaccinations.

The UArizona Sarver Heart Center recently welcomed four cardiologists: Michel Corban, MD, Craig Hoover, MD, and Saad Kubba, MD, joined the Division of Cardiology; and Robert L. Hooker, MD, joined the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery. All are faculty members in the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson’s Department of Medicine, and all are seeing patients at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson.

Faculty have expertise in interventional cardiology, structural heart disease, advanced heart disease, transplant cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery.

The Arizona Telemedicine Program celebrates its 25th year as telehealth is growing in demand around the country spurred by increased use tied to COVID-19.

On the cusp of a new role to reduce statewide COVID-19 disparities, Dr. Mona Arora discusses public health preparedness, climate change and the pandemic.

The Dance for Parkinson’s community event was held on Thursday at the Health Sciences Innovation Building in Tucson. Dance for PD was born from the idea that people with Parkinson’s disease could benefit from the insight and specific techniques and methods used by dancers to guide their own bodies and minds.