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Rebekah Dowling processes COVID-19 test samples under a hood in a microbiology lab, Oct 4, 2021, at TGen North in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Rebekah Dowling processes COVID-19 test samples under a hood in a microbiology lab, Oct 4, 2021, at TGen North in Flagstaff, Arizona.

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May 6, 2022
Arizona scientists have mapped 100,000 coronavirus genomes, but say the work isn't done
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May 5, 2022
Why do people get long COVID? A virus called EBV, which causes multiple sclerosis, may hold clues
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Melanie Street deals with the aftereffects of COVID-19
May 5, 2022
He got throat cancer even though he was never a smoker. The cause? An HPV infection
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Robert Mock sit in a chair
May 4, 2022
'It’s terrifying': Arizona's COVID-19 long-haulers face exhaustion and uncertainty
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Mike Zissis, 58, of Gilbert, tested positive for COVID-19 in January 2021 and has struggled with on-and-off symptoms ever since
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Family Caregiving How-To Video Series

April 11, 2022

The “How-To” videos and resource guides for family caregivers are on specific medical/nursing tasks – including preparing special diets, managing incontinence, wound care, mobility, and managing medications. The videos and resource guides, many of which are available in both English and Spanish, are free of charge.

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University of Arizona Launches End-of-Life Training for Medical Professionals

Nov. 29, 2021
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You're Invited: Founders Day Lecture

Nov. 4, 2021
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Tomorrow is here.

Nov. 2, 2021
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UArizona Health Sciences Immunologist Nikolich-Žugich Named Researcher of the Year

Sept. 28, 2021
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The U.S. Is Repeating Its Deadliest Pandemic Mistake

July 6, 2020

More than 40 percent of all coronavirus deaths in America have been in nursing homes. Here’s how it got so bad, and why there might still be more to come as cases surge in the Sun Belt.

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Music and Alzheimer's Disease: Alzheimer's Education Virtual Happy Hour Session

June 24, 2020

Enjoy live music while learning about the effect music has on your brain

Interested in the relationship between music and Alzheimer’s? Music can help with brain health. Enjoy live music during this hour-long brain-themed Happy Hour.

When: Thursday, June 25 at 4 p.m.
 

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Dr. Fain Receives 2020 Mentoring Award

June 15, 2020

Mindy Fain, MD

Title: Professor, Department of Medicine

Described as: A role model

What her nominators said: Dr. Fain listened to what I loved to do, and then she helped tailor a position that would allow me to embrace my passions, while also prodding me to venture into other areas in which I had no prior experience. She has connected and guided, challenged and encouraged, and grounded and elevated a multitude of professionals.

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Alzheimer's Awareness Month

June 1, 2020

Grab a cold drink and join us for these interactive events!
At each event we will dive into a different topic of interest related to healthy brain aging, caregiving, and Alzheimer’s disease.

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Jen Uhrlaub working in the lab

UArizona Health Sciences Developing Antibody Test That Could Help Fight COVID-19

April 15, 2020

The virus that causes COVID-19 is new and mysterious, presenting more questions than answers. But University of Arizona Health Sciences immunobiologists are laying the groundwork to answer some of those questions. Janko Nikolich-Žugich, MD, PhD, lead a team devoted to developing a COVID-19 antibody test, which is different from the test that detects if someone is infected with the virus.

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Arizona to Test 250,000 First Responders, Healthcare Workers for COVID-19

April 14, 2020

(Reuters) - Arizona on Tuesday said it would provide coronavirus antibody tests for 250,000 health-care workers and first responders in the largest such testing in the United States to date.

The blood tests show who has been exposed to the novel coronavirus and successfully built immunity, the University of Arizona, which will produce and carry out the tests, said in a statement.

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SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 in older adults: what we may expect regarding pathogenesis, immune responses, and outcomes

April 10, 2020

SARS-CoV-2 virus, the causative agent of the coronavirus infectious disease-19 (COVID-19), is taking the globe by storm, approaching 500,000 confirmed cases and over 21,000 deaths as of March 25, 2020. While under control in some affected Asian countries (Taiwan, Singapore, Vietnam), the virus demonstrated an exponential phase of infectivity in several large countries (China in late January and February and many European countries and the USA in March), with cases exploding by 30–50,000/day in the third and fourth weeks of March, 2020. SARS-CoV-2 has proven to be particularly deadly to older adults and those with certain underlying medical conditions, many of whom are of advanced age.

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