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Special Notice Concerning COVID-19

Learn about UCSF’s response to the coronavirus outbreak, important updates on campus safety precautions, and the latest policies and guidance on our COVID-19 resource website. You can also access information from the CDC. Learn more

UCSF Magazine

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Astonishing Animals That Illuminate Human Health

Meet nine scurrying, soaring, and slithering wonders.

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We Thought It Was Just a Respiratory Virus

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Climate Change is a Health Crisis

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The End of Infertility Is in Sight

Insights & Advice

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How Can We Be Sure the New COVID-19 Vaccines Are Safe?

Five experts share what will convince them that a vaccine is safe.

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Will Kids Be Safe When They Return to School? Will Everyone Else?

The science suggests yes, but only with proper planning and protocols.

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What Is COVID Doing to Our Hearts?

The disease can affect the heart’s rhythm, impair its ability to pump blood, and much more.

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COVID-19 Predictions for 2021 and Beyond

Will we face a fourth surge? More mutations? A return to the office?

Combating Coronavirus

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How to Build a COVID Testing Lab in Eight Days

As the nation’s testing regime floundered, one research team sprang into action.

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A Goldilocks Dose of Coronavirus

Do masks provide a just-right dose of COVID-19?

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First Person

How I Survived

Writer F.T. Kola recounts her battle with COVID-19 and its aftermath.

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Frontliners

Cracking the Coronavirus Gender Mystery

Why does COVID‑19 seem to take a greater toll on men than women?

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An Epidemic of Inequality

Confronting the root of why people of color have been hit hardest by the coronavirus.

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Summer 2020

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Winter 2020

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UCSF: The Campaign Alumni Award Winners

We honor some of UCSF’s most accomplished alumni, like Monica McLemore, PhD ’10, who is demanding quality reproductive health care for all.

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E-Cigarettes, as Consumer Products, Do Not Help People Quit Smoking, Study Finds 

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  • December 22, 2020

Seizure Risk Forecasted Days in Advance with Brain Implant Data

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  • December 17, 2020

Vaccination Begins at UCSF – A Watershed Moment in COVID-19 Pandemic

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  • December 16, 2020

Drug Reverses Age-Related Mental Decline Within Days

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  • December 1, 2020

UCSF, UCLA Gain FDA Approval for Prostate Cancer Imaging Technique

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  • December 1, 2020

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