Four months ago, the U.S. was entering a battle that has now arguably turned into one of the country's greatest tragedies in the past hundred years. As of July 7, the U.S. lost almost 134,000 people to COVID-19, not to mention the financial and mental health burden the virus has placed on many, many more people. Read more
Four months ago, the U.S. was entering a battle that has now arguably turned into one of the country's greatest tragedies in the past hundred years. As of July 7, the U.S. lost almost 134,000 people to COVID-19, not to mention the financial and mental health burden the virus has placed on many, many more people. Read more
Nature versus nurture: A debate that may only be applicable to women when it comes to a love of affection. A new study found a "latent genetic factor" accounting for up to 48% variance in affection for women with null effects in men. Read more
The College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture recently donated a new station to house the University of Arizona Emergency Medical Services crews between calls. UAEMS is a student-run agency of emergency medical technicians that responds to 911 medical calls on UA's campus 24/7. They have stayed staffed, responding to calls throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
This morning, members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force met with officials in Arizona to address the rising trend in COVID-19 cases across the state and shortage of healthcare workers needed to combat the pandemic. Arizona saw a few single-day records today with 4,878 new confirmed cases and 88 new confirmed deaths. Read more
On June 29, Gov. Doug Ducey issued an executive order to pause the operation of bars, gyms, indoor movie theaters, water parks and tubing. The order was effective at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, June 29, and will apply through at least 30 days. Read more
Arizona, and the U.S. as a whole, saw a few record-setting days this week, not only in terms of confirmed cases and deaths but also looking at ICU bed capacity. Vice President Mike Pence, among other White House officials, paid a visit to Arizona to discuss the issues related to COVID-19 with the state. Gov. Ducey asked Pence and Washington for 500 more healthcare workers due to shortages around the state. Read more
Recently, environmental organizations have had to slow down much of their efforts to promote the safety of staff and an awareness of other pressing societal issues. Some believe that this is even resulting in opportunities for the government to sneak in and break apart environmental regulations, without the defense systems of environmental organizations. Read more
The University of Arizona startup, Botanisol Analytics, has won a $1.5 million contract to build systems for the Air Force Research Laboratory. The system they have built is a machine with sensors that can instantly analyze the chemical makeup of a virus test sample. The system was invented by Tom Milster who is an optical sciences professor at UA. Read more
On Thursday, June 25, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Robert Redfield, told reporters that he believes the actual number of COVID-19 cases is 10 times higher than what is currently reported, per The Washington Post. “Our best estimate right now is that for every case that’s reported, there actually are 10 other infections," Redfield said. Read more
Dr. Christian Bime is a pulmonary and critical care physician who has been working on the front lines since the inception of the COVID-19 pandemic. After finishing a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2013, Bime started working at Banner University Medical Center — Tucson. Read more
From the Bighorn Fire continuing to burn through the beloved Catalina Mountains to the human-caused Bush Fire near Phoenix, now deemed as the largest current fire in the U.S., fires are taking a toll on the wilderness of southern and central Arizona. Read more
As temperatures start to soar in Arizona, we can only hope that cases of COVID-19 don’t escalate with it in conjunction. However, the Arizona Department of Health Services announced that Arizona had a record-setting day of 2,519 new confirmed cases on June 18. So what effect does excessive heat have on the transmission of the virus? Read more
