A Community of Micro-homes Aims to Help Fight Homelessness May 31, 2022 The Homing Project, a local non-profit, aims to create a village of micro-homes with wraparound behavioral health and medical services. The organization's founder says the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health has offered volunteers. KGUN-TV (Tucson, AZ)
A First Lady Undeterred May 31, 2022 This story chronicles the recent political and personal journey of the first lady, Dr. Jill Biden, including a March meeting with health care professionals at San Xavier Health Center, where the University of Arizona Cancer Center has been working to expand colorectal cancer prevention and early-detection strategies. Harper's Bazaar
Campus Food Pantry Use Linked to Improved Health May 28, 2022 Access to on-campus food pantries is making a difference for college students in California, according to a study. The Davis Enterprise
Continuing a Legacy of Health Education and Outreach May 26, 2022 Sabrina Plattner comes from a family dedicated to health education and is building on that legacy with a focus on preventing childhood obesity. Read more Image
Mass Violence Takes Toll on Americans' Psyches May 26, 2022 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. The Washington Post
Arizona Man Hopes to Help Diversify Health Care System May 26, 2022 All of Us, a national research program working with Banner Health and the University of Arizona Health Sciences, aims to diversify the health care system. KTAR-FM (Phoenix, AZ)
UArizona Nursing School Murders May 26, 2022 Uvalde is the latest in a long history of school shootings. This story looks back on the mass shooting at the College of Nursing on Oct. 28, 2002. KGUN-TV (Tucson, AZ)
EPA-funded Study Will Measure Soil and Dust ingestion Levels in US Children May 26, 2022 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. SCIENMAG
EPA-funded Study Will Measure Soil and Dust Ingestion Levels in US Children May 25, 2022 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. Read more Image