As concerns grow over the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus, Germany on Monday became the largest Western country yet to announce that it will offer vaccine booster shots to a wide range of people considered potentially vulnerable. "The problem here is, we're just sort of going on immunological priors, rather than really great data to justify things one way or the other," said Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, professor and immunologist at the College of Medicine – Tucson.

Maiya Block, a graduate assistant at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, is holding an online chat Wednesday to help people who want to have productive conversations with others who are hesitant to get the COVID-19 vaccine. "We're just trying to equip people with just some basic conversation skills that they can be able to have an effective conversation and talk about the issues in a clear way that won't make it into a heated discussion or continue to pass on any myths," she said.

The COVID-19 pandemic left many people with disrupted sleep patterns. The 4-7-8 technique developed by Andrew Weil, MD, founder of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, is based on ancient meditation and breathing techniques. Also known as the "Relaxing Breath," the method puts the practitioner in a relaxed state almost immediately.

Monsoon in Arizona comprises the wettest and most lightning-prone months of the year. Learn how to avoid being struck and what to do if you are.

Seven second-year College of Medicine – Tucson students from populations underrepresented in medicine gain hands-on experience during a four-week summer oncology internship.

A new program will train psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner students and psychology interns in real-world integrated health care settings.

Arizona has recorded more than 6,800 cases of valley fever so far this year, according to July data from the Arizona Department of Health Services. Valley fever is a lung disease caused by the inhalation of Coccidioides,​​ a fungus common in the alkaline soil of the Sonoran Desert. The Valley Fever Center for Excellence at the University of Arizona has a list of valley fever specialists.

Delivery of the J&J vaccine was paused earlier this year because six people developed blood clots after its use. The vaccine was later found to be safe. A person is “17 times more likely to get a blood clot from COVID-19 than from the Johnson & Johnson vaccine,” according to Ricardo Correa, MD, associate professor at the College of Medicine – Phoenix.