University of Arizona in the News

"Stay-at-home is a blunt instrument," said Dr. Farshad Fani Marvasti, director of public health at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix. "But when you're leading the world in new cases and things don't seem to be getting better, you may have to use that blunt instrument."

"In the context of this escalating pandemic, weather is pretty far down on the list of things that influence spread," said Katherine Ellingson.

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 could get much worse than this. Imagine if New York or Italy at the height didn't shut down and they just decided to ride it. How many more people would die either from COVID-19 or other health emergencies because they couldn't get care?" said Dr. Shad Marvasti at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix.

Earyn McGee, a doctoral student studying wildlife conservation and management at the University of Arizona, helped co-found #BlackBirdersWeek on Twitter to boost visibility of Black nature enthusiasts and highlight the value of racial diversity in conservation.

Elliot Truslow went to a CVS drugstore in Tucson to get tested for the coronavirus on June 15. More than 22 days later, the University of Arizona graduate student was still waiting for the results.

The government's ability to enforce orders during an emergency is key, said Leila Barraza, an associate professor of public health at the University of Arizona.

Cases of the novel coronavirus are spiking in counties in the southern and western regions of the United States, and these hot spots are home to about 450 colleges, some of whose leaders have recently signaled that they might modify their plans for the fall as cases rise.

Over the week of June 30, Arizona reported 55 new coronavirus cases per 100,000 people per day. Infectious disease epidemiologist Saskia Popescu is interviewed.

A study from the University of Arizona finds that some mask materials are more protective against infection than others.