AZ HEROES Study Receives $22M Grant for Continued Research on COVID-19 Immunity, Vaccine Effectiveness July 14, 2022 A University of Arizona Health Sciences study of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness and immunity among frontline workers, families and children has received $22 million from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to continue the research for another year. KNAU-FM (Flagstaff, AZ)
Experts Question the FDA's COVID Booster Strategy Ahead of Autumn July 14, 2022 COVID vaccine makers are developing new boosters for a fall campaign. But some experts question the FDA's decision to tell companies to make shots against the BA.4/5 subvariants. NPR
First-year Pharmacy Student Publishes Children’s Book About Pharmacy July 14, 2022 Katrina Zearley, a student in the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, discusses why she wrote a children’s book about pharmacy. Pharmacy Times
AZ HEROES Research Study Awarded $22M to Continue Evaluation of COVID-19 Immunity, Vaccine Effectiveness July 13, 2022 CDC funding will allow research on COVID-19 immunity and vaccine effectiveness to continue as new variants emerge. Read more Image
COVID Cases Rise in Arizona as BA-5 Variant Becomes Dominant Strain July 13, 2022 The new BA-5 variant of the coronavirus is now the dominant strain in Arizona, where it is responsible for slightly less than 60% of new cases. KOLD-TV (Tucson, AZ)
A Look at the 988 Soft Launch July 12, 2022 Margie Balfour, MD, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry in the College of Medicine – Tucson, co-authors a story on the upcoming “soft launch” of a new emergency number for behavioral health emergencies. Psychiatric Times
Patients Taking Methotrexate Face New Barriers Under Roe v Wade Decision July 12, 2022 A commonly prescribed cancer and arthritis drug sometimes used as an oral abortifacient is facing prescription roadblocks in wake of the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v Wade. Medscape
Medical Matters Weekly Features Expert in the Connection Between Environment and Wellbeing July 12, 2022 Esther M. Sternberg, MD, professor of medicine in the College of Medicine – Tucson, will be featured on the July 20 edition of Medical Matters Weekly, produced by Southwestern Vermont Health Care. Vermont Business Magazine