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UArizona part of statewide collaboration that compiled 100,000 sequenced COVID genomes
The Arizona COVID-19 Genomics Union, which includes UArizona, positions the state to play a role in the planned U.S. Pathogen Genomics Centers of Excellence.  Today University Communicationscoronavirus-dark-1200x800.jpeg Centers for Disease Control and PreventionHealthScience and TechnologyCollege of ScienceCOVID-19ResearchA massive effort to track the COVID-19 pandemic in Arizona over the past two years has resulted in the genomic sequencing of more than 100,000 samples of the COVID-19 virus by the Arizona COVID-19 Genomics Union, or ACGU.The ACGU includes the Phoenix-based nonprofitTranslational Genomics Research Ins...
Source: The University of Arizona: Health - May 3, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: stolte Source Type: research

More Answers to Your COVID-19 Vaccination Questions
Digital media& downloads More Answers to Your COVID-19 Vaccination Questions Vaccination efforts are racing against community spread of COVID-19. As more people become eligible for vaccination, a UArizona immunobiologist answers common questions about what to expect after the shot. Mikayla Mace Kelley Tuesday University Communications210119 Vaccine 1B Drive-Thru0006.JPG Volunteers assist drivers at COVID 19 Vaccine Point of Distribution at the University of Arizona ’s Campus Mall. Chris Richards/University of ArizonaHealthCOVID-19COVID-19 vaccine Media contact(s)Mikayla Mace Kelley University Communicationsm...
Source: The University of Arizona: Health - February 12, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: mikaylamace Source Type: research

More Answers to Your Questions About COVID-19 Vaccinations
Digital media& downloads More Answers to Your Questions About COVID-19 Vaccinations Vaccination efforts are racing against community spread of COVID-19. As more people become eligible for vaccination, a UArizona immunobiologist answers common questions about what to expect after the shot. Mikayla Mace Kelley Today University Communications210119 Vaccine 1B Drive-Thru0006.JPG Volunteers assist drivers at COVID 19 Vaccine Point of Distribution at the University of Arizona ’s Campus Mall. Chris Richards/University of ArizonaHealthCOVID-19COVID-19 vaccine Media contact(s)Mikayla Mace Kelley University Communicat...
Source: The University of Arizona: Health - February 12, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: mikaylamace Source Type: research

What You Need to Know About Pfizer ' s COVID-19 Vaccine, According to an Immunobiologist
What You Need to Know About Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine, According to an Immunobiologist University of Arizona immunobiologist Deepta Bhattacharya says the COVID-19 vaccine is safe, and he will take it when it becomes available. Mikayla Mace Today University Communications201208_TMC Mock Vaccine.jpg Cars line up during a COVID-19 vaccination distribution run-through at Tucson Medical Center. Pima CountyHealthCOVID-19 Media contact(s)Mikayla Mace Science Writer, University Communicationsmikaylamace@arizona.edu520-621-1878 Researcher contact(s)Deepta Bhattacharya Department of Immunobiologydeeptab@email.arizona....
Source: The University of Arizona: Health - December 15, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: mikaylamace Source Type: research

What You Need to Know About Pfizer ' s COVID-19 Vaccine
What You Need to Know About Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine University of Arizona immunobiologist Deepta Bhattacharya says the COVID-19 vaccine is safe, and he will take it when it becomes available. Mikayla Mace Tuesday University Communications201208_TMC Mock Vaccine.jpg Cars line up during a COVID-19 vaccination distribution run-through at Tucson Medical Center. Pima CountyHealthCOVID-19 Media contact(s)Mikayla Mace Science Writer, University Communicationsmikaylamace@arizona.edu520-621-1878 Researcher contact(s)Deepta Bhattacharya Department of Immunobiologydeeptab@email.arizona.edu520-626-8088Americans began ...
Source: The University of Arizona: Health - December 15, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: mikaylamace Source Type: research

Coronavirus disproportionately harms U.S. prison population
People incarcerated in U.S. prisons tested positive for COVID-19 at a rate 5.5 times higher than the general public, according to a new paper co-authored by theUCLA COVID-19 Behind Bars Data Project and researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.In theirreport, which was published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the researchers also found that the death rate of U.S. prisoners was 39 per 100,000 people, higher than the U.S. population rate of 29 deaths per 100,000. After adjusting for age and sex differences between the two groups, the death rate would be three times higher for ...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - July 8, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

UCLA faculty share expertise about COVID-19 with Los Angeles city health officials
Two professors from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health  shared their expertise on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) with the Los Angeles City Health Commission on March 9, opening an important dialogue between leading health officials and city leaders.Anne Rimoin, professor of epidemiology, and Gilbert Gee, professor of community health sciences, addressed the commission, which advises and makes recommendations to the Los Angeles City Council.Rimoin outlined the recent history of similar outbreaks, the origin of COVID-19 and what scientists and health experts know about how this new virus manifests and spreads. Ther...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - March 11, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

First childhood flu helps explain why virus hits some people harder than others
Why are some people better able to fight off the flu than others? Part of the answer, according to a new study, is related to the first flu strain we encounter in childhood.Scientists from UCLA and the University of Arizona have found that people ’s ability to fight off the flu virus is determined not only by the subtypes of flu they have had throughout their lives, but also by the sequence in which they are been infected by the viruses. Their study is published in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens.The research offers an explanation for why some people fare much worse than others when infected with the same strain...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - February 4, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news