Besides the health department recommendation to extend the mask mandate, some health professionals felt an extension would be a good idea because case numbers still high. Extending the mask mandate sends the right message, says Joe Gerald, MD, PhD, an associate professor of public health policy at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health.

Researchers from the University of Arizona Health Sciences found that people who suffer from migraine may benefit from green light therapy, which was shown to reduce the frequency and intensity of headaches and improve patient quality of life. This content originated with a Health Sciences news release.

The UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson Department of Urology awarded seed grants to support early research that may lead to advances in treatments.

Diversity, equity and inclusion efforts have spread beyond the Colleges of Medicine as the other Health Sciences colleges address racism in health care.

Michael Grandner, PhD, director of the Sleep and Heath Research Program at the College of Medicine – Tucson, explains the history of weighted blankets, originally an occupational therapy tool designed to help children with developmental disabilities who often sleep restlessly and benefit from movement restriction therapies.

Researchers are exploring a potential link between COVID-19 vaccination and tinnitus. Shaowen Bao, PhD, an associate professor of neuroscience, physiological sciences, and physiology at the College of Medicine – Tucson, discusses his research on the association between tinnitus and SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination, and whether patients who develop tinnitus after vaccination should receive a booster dose.

Researchers at the College of Medicine – Phoenix have received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to study how medications used to treat hypertension may provide insight into novel treatments to produce long-lasting protection against heart disease. Taben Hale, PhD, associate professor and director of the Hale Laboratory, will lead the study.

U.S. Representatives Kevin MacCarthy (R-CA) and David Schweikert (R-AZ), co-chairs of the Congressional Valley Fever Task Force, have previously called for research funding to combat the disease. Both congressmen were praised by the Valley Fever Center for Excellence at the University of Arizona and Valley Fever Institute at Kern Medical for their efforts.

Dr. Karen Lutrick of the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson was recognized for her work to further research on COVID-19 and vaccine effectiveness.