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Can You Tell If It’s the Flu or COVID-19? Doctors Say It’s Not So Clear
With influenza, COVID-19, and the usual cold-weather respiratory infections in circulation this winter, experts say it’s bound to be a confusing season for people to sort out what to do when they fall ill.
UCSF Partners With Community Groups to Bring COVID-19 Testing to Oakland
In a continuing effort to serve communities that are at high risk of getting COVID-19, UCSF is partnering with Oakland-based community groups to sponsor two days of free mass testing.
Video Offers Roadmap to Facilitate Family Conferences When Patient Prognosis is Poor
A new video offers a roadmap for structured meetings between clinicians and family members when a patient has a serious or life-threatening condition.
Customizable Synthetic Antibiotic Outmaneuvers Resistant Bacteria
Researchers at UCSF are tackling antibiotic resistance using a different approach: redesigning existing antibiotic molecules to evade a bacterium’s resistance mechanisms
Most Infants Are Well Even When Moms are Infected by COVID-19
Infants born to women with COVID-19 showed few adverse outcomes, according to the first report in the country of infant outcomes through eight weeks of age.
Hinshaw Receives National Academy of Medicine’s Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health
Hinshaw’s work spans developmental psychopathology, clinical interventions with children and adolescents, and program development related to reducing the pervasive stigmatization of mental illness.
‘Awe Walks’ Boost Emotional Well-Being
Older adults who took weekly 15-minute “awe walks” for eight weeks reported increased positive emotions and less distress in their daily lives.
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.
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.
Do Masks Provide a Just-Right Dose of Coronavirus?
Infectious diseases expert Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH, explores her hypothesis that one of the benefits of masks may be that they provide exposure to enough coronavirus to build immunity but not enough to cause illness.
