University of Arizona in the News

The World Health Organization continues to search for the possible origin of COVID-19 inside bat caves in China. "That kind of proximity of farmed animals and bats that could be carrying coronaviruses is exactly the kind of thing we worry about," said Michael Worobey, head of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona.

University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory professor Amy Mainzer comments on the approach of Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein: "One of the best things about this comet is that we've got a while until it makes its closest approach to the Sun, so we've got years to study how it brightens up as its surface gets exposed to the Sun's warmth. By watching the show as the comet creeps closer, we'll be able to tell more about which chemicals act like the propellant in the spray can, so to speak, pushing rocky particles and dust off its surface."

The White House last week rolled out a blueprint to address working conditions in extreme heat that prioritizes establishing a first-ever federal heat standard – a widely accepted temperature or series of conditions under which employees would be required to stop working for their safety. Shefali Milczarek-Desai, director of the Workers' Rights Clinic at the University of Arizona, said one way to grow capacity is more collaboration between OSHA and the state agencies responsible for enforcing safe work environments.

A study by University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers finds patients undergoing active chemotherapy have a lower immune response to two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, but a third dose increases the response.

University of Arizona president Robert C. Robbins said there is a distinction between team-wide name, image and likeness deals and those with athletic incentives – like a bonus for touchdowns scored or 3-pointers made. While the latter deals wade into "some very dicey territory" for universities, he said, he's all for team-wide NIL arrangements.

At least 140,000 children across the U.S. have lost a primary or secondary caregiver to COVID-19, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Pediatrics. What's more, researchers found children of color account for 65 percent of children orphaned from COVID-19through June. That's more than 91,000 children of color, compared to 51,000 white children. Indigenous children also suffer unique challenges compounding the deaths, said Hopi tribe member Dr.

A study by University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers finds patients undergoing active chemotherapy have a lower immune response to two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, but a third dose increases the response. "We wanted to make sure we understand the level of protection the COVID-19 vaccines are offering our cancer patients, especially as restrictions were being eased and more contagious variants were starting to spread," said Dr.

President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate as chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities University of Arizona alumna Shelly Lowe, the former graduate education program facilitator for the American Indian Studies Program.

Emily Stulz, director of social media at the University of Arizona, took the top prize in the inaugural Southwest Monsoon Fantasy Forecasts contest, an online summer-storm-prediction game created by a team of researchers at the University of Arizona.

PBS NewsHour highlighted many of the University of Arizona's COVID-19 mitigation strategies, including vaccinations, testing and wastewater-based epidemiology. University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins, Ian Pepper and undergraduate students in the College of Fine Arts are interviewed.