University of Arizona in the News

If you're feeling anxious, depressed or exhausted in the wake of COVID-19, you're not alone, says University of Arizona psychologist David Sbarra.

Labs have started to reopen at the University of Arizona, even while COVID-19 cases surge in the state. A little more than half of all active research activity has resumed, according to Betsy Cantwell, senior vice president for research and innovation.

"Young people are not living in a vacuum," said Dr. Farshad Fani Marvasti, director of public health at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix. "They're interacting with people who are more susceptible."

Saskia Popescu, an infectious disease epidemiologist at the University of Arizona, writes that the coronavirus pandemic is a telling example of how investing in public health and health-care readiness is vital – but also how it can only be so effective with a fractured and indifferent national leadership.

The U.S. continues to shatter its own daily record for new COVID-19 cases. Over 67,000 single-day infections were reported in the U.S. on July 14, according to Johns Hopkins University. Saskia Popescu, an infectious disease epidemiologist at the University of Arizona, is interviewed.

University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins discusses what it will be like for students who come back to campus for the fall semester.

"It's really hard not to see this as some kind of interference or snub (to) the CDC," said University of Arizona epidemiologist Saskia Popescu. "With so many concerns over the politicization of data right now, this is concerning."

Saskia Popescu, an infectious disease epidemiologist at the University of Arizona, said the plea from the Centers for Disease Control shows the U.S. needs to unite to make a collective effort on masking.

An article examines how the COVID-19 pandemic is complicating the 2020 census. A February report by Jason Jurjevich, an associate professor at the University of Arizona, is cited.

Sen. Karen Fann, Rep. Charlene Fernandez, Sen. David Bradley and Rep. Rusty Bowers write that as a global health crisis has tested the state of Arizona, the state's institutions of higher learning have shown that investing in Arizona's universities serves every citizen in ways we can appreciate best when it is needed the most.