Study Finds Permanent Supportive Housing is Effective for Highest Risk Chronically Homeless People
“The bottom line is that even really high-risk folks can be housed,” said Margot Kushel, MD.
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Maternal Stress During Pregnancy Linked to Infant Illness
Greater maternal stress during pregnancy is linked with significant increases in the number and variety of infant illness during the first year of life, independent of the level of stress after birth.
UCSF’s Covidseeker to Track the Coronavirus with Cellphone Data
Movement timelines from cellphone data can help people who have just received a positive test result recall where they have been and who they came into contact with when they were most infectious.
Why COVID-19 Means You Need a Flu Shot This Year
Health experts are warning that the addition of another respiratory illness on top of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic could overburden the health care system, strain testing capacity, and increase the risk of catching both diseases at once.
First ‘Plug and Play’ Brain Prosthesis Demonstrated in Paralyzed Person
The achievement of “plug and play” performance demonstrates the value of so-called ECoG electrode arrays for BCI applications.
Mapping Genetic Diversity of Lung Tumors Over Time May Lead to More Effective Therapies
Researchers have figured out how to assemble genetic profiles of individual lung cancer cells obtained from patients at different times during the course of their treatment.
Danica Fujimori Receives $1.25M Bowes Biomedical Investigator Award
The award provides unrestricted funding of $1.25 million over five years to support Fujimori’s teaching and leadership roles and advance her quest to understand life’s fundamental chemistry.
COVID-19 Testing at Transit Hub Finds Ongoing High Transmission in Latinx Essential Workers
New testing data from the 24th Street BART plaza shows continued unmet demand for access to testing.
To Treat Frontotemporal Dementia, Treat the Brain’s Immune Cells
Though FTD is not as well known as Alzheimer’s disease, it’s the second most common cause of dementia in people under 65, and there’s currently no treatment.
