The Arizona Center for Rural Health at the University of Arizona joins Wickenburg Community Hospital and clinics in celebrating National Rural Health Day November 19, 2020.

A recent study published in the journal “Immunity” shows people who recover from even mild COVID cases produce antibodies that are expected to protect against infection for at least five to seven months, and possibly much longer. The team of researchers, led by Deepta Bhattacharya, an immunobiologist at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, has tested nearly 30,000 people in Arizona since the research started April 30, according to a recent Healthline article.

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can relieve pain, according to a new study by University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers.

University of Arizona Heath Sciences researchers developed one of the most accurate COVID-19 antibody tests available and now have shown antibodies persist for months after infection, providing long-term immunity.

Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Nursing are collecting stories from front-line nurses across the country about what their jobs were like pre-pandemic, and what they are now.

Public health experts continue to warn that hospitals may become overwhelmed in the coming weeks as the latest spike in cases leads to more hospitalizations – a situation reminiscent of the last statewide spike in cases over the summer. "If we don't do something to change the pace of this outbreak, we will again overburden our hospitals. It's coming," said Dr. Joe Gerald, an associate professor with the University of Arizona's Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health.

Dr. Shad Marvasti, with the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Phoenix, said we need to keep a statewide mask mandate in place, expand testing and also do more routine pool testing.

Spine surgeon Ali Baaj, MD, is named chief of spine surgery at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix and Banner-University Medical Center Phoenix.

As new COVID-19 cases continue to surge across the state, the Paradise Valley Unified School District has decided to return to virtual learning-only starting Nov. 23. "Everything is moving in the wrong direction. The holidays are coming. We have folks coming in from out of town. It's wise at this point. We're not anticipating it's going to be closed for one or two weeks and then open back up. We should think about a strategy for the winter," said Dr. Shad Marvasti, director of public health, prevention and health promotion with the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix.

Dr. Khadijah Breathett, an assistant professor of cardiology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, called the new findings "worrisome," partly because hospital care for these acute cardiac complications should be "fairly regimented and standardized."