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The number of positive test results on campus decreased following a 14-day shelter-in-place recommendation.

A $2.2 million federal grant will allow Dr. Eugene Chang, a sinus surgeon at the UArizona College of Medicine - Tucson, to investigate human genetic viral interactions in the development of sinus disease.

University of Arizona Health Sciences passes $200 million milestone in research funding in fiscal year 2020, addressing some of the world?s most challenging health conditions, including COVID-19.

Sixteen first-year students are among 32 new PCP Scholarship recipients this academic year at the UArizona Colleges of Medicine in Tucson and Phoenix ? both schools still have scholarships available.

While the campus has seen a spike in cases over the last few weeks, Friday?s positivity rate was down from last week, and no new students were admitted to isolation housing over the weekend.

Funded by the National Institutes of Health, the All of Us Research Program is a historic effort to collect and study data from at least 1 million people in the United States.

Just because the days are shorter and it?s not as hot out doesn?t mean we shouldn?t still be taking measures to protect ourselves from exposure to the sun and its potential health consequences, such as melanoma and other types of skin cancers. Skin surgical oncologist Dr. James Warneke discusses why we should be concerned about skin cancer and how to prevent it.

UArizona President Dr. Robert C. Robbins said the university expected to see an increase in COVID-19 cases, but it has become too much, necessitating a shelter-in-place recommendation similar to what the state faced in the spring.

The university will conduct 5,000 COVID-19 tests per week as part of continued efforts to slow the spread of the virus.

Dr. Theresa Dr. Cullen, director of the Pima County Health Department, said the county, university and other partners are working together on a ?layered approach? to COVID-19 mitigation.