UA Expert: Recent Dust Storm Could Triple Fever Cases

  • UANews
  • July 13, 2011
Dr. John Galgiani, director of the UA Valley Fever Center for Excellence, said doctors should be on the lookout for patients with pneumonia-like symptoms. Valley fever can produce a range of ailments, and can be fatal in some instances.

Arizona Prof Gets Grant to Fight Obesity

  • Fox 11 Arizona
  • July 13, 2011
Merrill Eisenberg, an assistant professor in the UA Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, said adults have many options for a healthier lifestyle. Eisenberg helped Pima County land a $16 million grant and is now working to help communities to eat healthier and get better exercise. 

‘Unofficial 100th KEYS Student' has a Knack for Research

  • UANews
  • July 13, 2011
The Keep Engaging Youth in Science program connects Arizona high school students with UA researchers and staff, helping them to gain a better understading of the world of research, and their place in it.

If It’s Summer, It’s Also Scorpion Season

  • UANews
  • July 11, 2011
Summer in Southern Arizona brings out the shiny auto sunshades, the supersized water bottles – and the scorpions. The Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center at the UA reminds desert citizens that venomous scorpions share the habitat.

UA Participating in Seafood Review After Spill

  • Bloomberg
  • July 8, 2011
A $7.8 million grant will be used by researchers – including those at the UA – to examine the safety and human consumption of seafood following oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico. Researchers will seek to determine the vulnerability of affected coastal communities following the April 2010 spill.

UA Study Plays Key Role in International Lung Research

  • UANews
  • July 7, 2011
A long-running UA respiratory study of thousands of Tucson volunteers that began in 1972 continues to yield results and may hold the key to conquering Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, the fourth-leading cause of death in the U.S.

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