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CA Governor Just Vetoed Price Caps on Insulin. Now What?

Suneil Koliwad weighs in on the state of insulin production after California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a law that would cap the price for consumers at $35 a month. California will focus instead on producing its own insulin for $30 per vial.

Vials of insulin in a production line.

Tragic Loss, Health Merge in New Work from UCSF Artist in Residence

Katina Bitsicas, UCSF’s newest Artist in Residence, is embarking on an immersive project aimed at creating “a visual representation of the destruction that’s happening in our bodies and ecosystems” connected to the common herbicide glyphosate.

Multiple walls show projections of abstract video media in a dark room.

Brief Dialysis May Be Best for Some Kidney Patients

Patients of acute kidney injury might not need as much dialysis as patients with end-stage kidney disease, and might benefit more from weaning off dialysis to avoid risk for heart disease, infection, organ damage and death.

A dialysis machine in a hospital.