Face Masks: These Are the Best and Worst Materials for Protecting Against Coronavirus July 8, 2020 Amanda Wilson, an environmental health sciences doctoral candidate in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, is lead author on a recent study published in the Journal of Hospital Infection that assessed the ability of a variety of nontraditional mask materials to protect a person from infection after 30 seconds and after 20 minutes of exposure in a highly contaminated environment. CNET
Dr. Helen Amerongen Recognized with College of Medicine – Tucson Mentoring Award July 7, 2020 Read more Image
Guest Column: Is it Safe to Rent a Hotel, Cabin or Home Yet? July 7, 2020 You may need a vacation, but the virus that causes COVID-19 isn’t taking one. How to evaluate the risks of travel in a pandemic. Read more Image
Health Sciences Researcher Inspired to Solve Deadly Illnesses July 7, 2020 Dr. Chen wants to unlock the secrets of the lungs to treat health issues afflicting people for millennia, as well as the one devastating our world now. Read more Image
UArizona Public Health Researchers Weigh in on the Best (and Worst) Materials for Masks July 6, 2020 Researchers study the effectiveness of different materials for homemade facemasks to provide guidance for the public. Read more Image
‘It’s Very Troubling’: Alarm Grows Over COVID-19 Spike Among Young Americans July 2, 2020 Doctors say they are seeing a sharp increase in young patients with COVID-19, and health experts are urging young people to take the virus seriously. Some state and federal officials have put the rise in U.S. cases down to increased testing. But Katherine Ellingson, an infectious disease epidemiologist at the University of Arizona, said this is definitely not the case in Arizona, where she said "the rise in COVID testing has not kept pace with the rise in cases." The Guardian
Superfund Research Center Receives $10.6M to Study Mining Waste, Arsenic-Diabetes Link June 30, 2020 The center, with leadership from CALS Department of Environmental Science and the College of Pharmacy, has helped address the state's most pressing environmental contamination sites since 1989. Read more Image
Arizona and COVID-19: A Doctor on the Front Lines June 30, 2020 Dr. Frank LoVecchio, a professor of emergency medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, works in multiple emergency rooms in the Phoenix metropolitan area. He shares a first-hand account of what he is seeing on the frontlines every day. NPR
UArizona Researchers Team Up to Change Outcomes in Traumatic Brain Injuries June 26, 2020 University of Arizona and Louisiana Tech scientists have collaborated to improve memory and emotional problems caused by blunt head trauma — their findings appear in Scientific Reports. Read more Image
UArizona’s Dr. Allen Prettyman Named Doctor of Nursing Practice Program Director June 26, 2020 University of Arizona College of Nursing faculty member Dr. Allen Prettyman was appointed to the role, effective June 1, after a nationwide search. Read more Image