New state data shows vaccination rates are at the lowest they've been since vaccines became readily available, with younger people least likely to be vaccinated. "The same thing that's happening in the country is happening in Arizona – younger people, meaning less than 30 years old, are reluctant to get the vaccine," said Dr. Ricardo Correa, an endocrinologist at the College of Medicine – Phoenix.

The pre-travel testing for vaccinated people especially can be a financial hurdle if arrival countries require it,” said Saskia Popescu, an epidemiologist and adjunct professor who teaches at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. “Ideally, we should have rapid, high-quality testing readily available to people and that includes at no or low cost.”

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Melatonin is commonly used as a sleep remedy, but people often misunderstand it. “Melatonin doesn’t work like a prescription sleeping pill. It’s much more nuanced. Melatonin may help someone fall asleep a bit faster and it may help them stay asleep during the niHi ght, but a lot of supplement manufacturers overpromise," said Dr. Michael Grandner, director of the Sleep and Health Research Program and associate professor at the College of Medicine – Tucson.

Triatomine bugs, commonly known as kissing bugs, are vectors for a dangerous parasite that can cause a debilitating illness in humans called Chagas disease. Health experts say the disease is not only difficult to diagnose. “Clinicians should be better informed about Chagas as a potential underlying factor – even in the absence of non-ischemic cardiomyopathy, which occurs years even decades after infection,” said Kacey Ernst, a professor and program director of epidemiology at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health.