Innovations in Healthy Aging, is a collaboration across campus to enhance the lives of older adults through integration, partnerships, research and education. Kathleen Insel, PhD, RN, a professor at the UArizona College of Nursing, said they are finding aging isn’t a period of decline but a positive experience.

Continuing coverage: Mohab Ibrahim, MD, PhD, medical director of the UArizona Health Sciences Comprehensive Pain and Addiction Center, said he is seeing mostly diffuse muscle and joint pain. Less common pain complaints have included headache and neuropathic pain.

Agnes Attakai, MPA, director of Health Disparities Outreach and Prevention Education at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, will speak at Health Affairs’s Racism & Health Virtual Symposium on Feb. 8.

COVID-19 infections due to the Omicron variant are slowing nationwide, but some states are still seeing high rates of hospitalizations, like Arizona. Frank LoVecchio, DO, MPH, a professor and emergency medicine physician from the College of Medicine – Phoenix, shares his experience working in the ER in Phoenix.

With the resurgence in COVID-19 cases across the U.S., some states and hospitals are implementing a limit to or postponement of nonessential and elective surgeries. Michael McKee, MD, orthopedic surgeon at Banner University Medical Center and professor and chair of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the College of Medicine – Phoenix, is quoted.

UArizona Health Sciences expert Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, discusses the omicron variant, COVID-19 vaccines and the best ways to stay healthy and safe.

According to the CDC, Arizona has the second-highest death rate in the nation. Joe Gerald, MD, PhD, associate professor of public health policy at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman and the team leader for the university's COVID-19 Modeling Group, is interviewed.

Mohab Ibrahim, MD, PhD, medical director of the UArizona Health Sciences Comprehensive Pain and Addiction Center, said he is seeing mostly diffuse muscle and joint pain. However, less common pain complaints have included headache and neuropathic pain.

Omicron’s increased transmissibility has led to a record number of coronavirus infections, bolstering immunity to help prevent future surges – but health experts still remain concerned about the potential of new variants and reduced immunity over time. Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, a professor and immunologist at the College of Medicine – Tucson is quoted.