Americans can start ordering free COVID-19 tests this week at covidtests.gov. Shad Marvasti, MD, an associate professor of family and community medicine at the College of Medicine – Phoenix, encourages everyone to get the tests even if they haven't been exposed.

Joe Gerald, MD, PhD, an associate professor of public health policy at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, estimates COVID-19 hospitalizations will rise through the end of the month, peaking 7 to 14 days after cases peak.

Pavani Chalasani, MD, MPH, an associate professor of medicine in the division of hematology and oncology at the College of Medicine – Tucson, presents the case of a 56-year-old woman with a history of breast cancer and pain in her ribs and spine. The Skills Checkup series is a quick, case-style interactive quiz highlighting guidelines and evidence-based information to inform clinical practice.

If you can’t get back to sleep in the middle of the night, try to remember a dream, suggests Rubin Naiman, PhD, a clinical assistant professor, psychologist and sleep and dream specialist at the University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine.

Ricardo Correa, MD, an endocrinologist and director of the Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Fellowship Program at the College of Medicine – Phoenix, is co-author of this article about how the Latinx community has been affected by the pandemic.

Move consolidates master’s and bachelor’s programs available to students in the Phoenix metropolitan area.

There's no magic number, but the science behind how our immune system works means you might want to wait weeks or even months after an Omicron infection to reap the benefits of a booster shot. Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, a professor of immunobiology at the College of Medicine – Tucson, is quoted.

The peak of the Omicron variant is almost here according to some local and national experts. Joe Gerald, MD, PhD, an associate professor of public health policy at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, believes the peak could come between Jan. 16 and Jan. 23, and certainly by the end of the month.

Researchers are seeing lower birth weights and an increase in the number of stillbirths in women who have had COVID-19. To learn about everything from vaccines, immunity and Omicron, The Show spoke with Laura Mercer, MD, an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the College of Medicine – Phoenix.

The Billings Clinic has partnered with the College of Medicine – Phoenix to bring fourth-year surgery resident physicians to train in Montana and Wyoming. The program is the state's first general surgical residency rural track with a focus on rural care.