University of Arizona in the News

"We have to get more time so this doesn't become a catastrophe," said Stacy Butler, director of the Innovation for Justice Program at the University of Arizona's James E. Rogers College of Law.

The comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE made its once-in-a-lifetime close approach to the sun on July 3 and will cross outside the Earth's orbit on its way back to the outer parts of the solar system by mid-August.

"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.

Dr. Francisco Moreno, associate vice president of diversity and inclusion for the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson and director of the University of Arizona’s Hispanic Center for Excellence, is interviewed.

Elliot Truslow went to a CVS drugstore in Tucson to get tested for the coronavirus on June 15. The drive-thru nasal swab test took less than 15 minutes. More than 26 days later, the University of Arizona graduate student was still waiting for the results. Truslow's experience is an extreme example of the growing wait times that accompany a coronavirus test in the United States.

The comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE made its once-in-a-lifetime close approach to the sun on July 3 and will cross outside the Earth's orbit on its way back to the outer parts of the solar system by mid-August.

The hope is that mucosal vaccines will do all that their intramuscular competitors can and more, mounting a multipronged attack on the coronavirus from the moment it tries to breach the body's barriers, said Deepta Bhattacharya, an immunologist at the University of Arizona.

The University of Arizona joined a coalition of 20 universities to sue the federal government for its order issued last week requiring international students to attend classes in person or face the risk of deportation.