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Health Experts Want to Prioritize People of Color for a COVID-19 Vaccine. But How Should It Be Done?
3 UCSF Faculty Named to Biden-Harris Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have announced the establishment of a coronavirus advisory board, a panel of public health and scientific experts that will include three UCSF faculty members.
Climate Change Will Give Rise to More Cancers
Climate change will bring an acute toll worldwide, with rising temperatures, wildfires and poor air quality, accompanied by higher rates of cancer, especially lung, skin and gastrointestinal cancers.
ICE Detention Centers Saw Sustained Outbreaks of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, Says Study
More than a dozen U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers experienced large, repeated outbreaks of vaccine-preventable illnesses in the last three years, according to a new study by researchers at UCSF.
UCSF Remembers Philip Lee, Former Chancellor and Health Care Reformer Who Served 2 US Presidents
Former UCSF Chancellor and Professor Emeritus of Social Medicine Philip Randolph Lee, MD, a visionary leader in health policy research and advocate for social justice, has died at 96.
For Prisoners, Pandemic Hits with Greater Force
The COVID-19 crisis inside jails and prisons has laid bare the public health emergency created by mass incarceration in this country. UCSF experts say the health care system has an important role to play in helping to attenuate these harms.
UCSF Team Presents Ethical Framework for Effective COVID-19 Contact Tracing
In order for COVID-19 contact tracing to be effective in the United States, public health and government leaders must overcome deep ideological and cultural resistance among the public and deal with the ethical and technological challenges of using contact tracing apps.
Severe COVID-19 Impacts on Latinx, Maya Families Highlighted by Fruitvale Testing Initiative
A free testing campaign at the Fruitvale BART station found an overall PCR-positivity rate — indicating active infection — of 3.5 percent, but the infection rate was considerably higher in Latinx (5.2 percent) and Maya individuals (8 percent).
Shutdowns Mean More Go Hungry Among Spanish-Speaking Latinx Households in Bay Area
The number of primary Spanish-speaking Latinx families in the San Francisco Bay Area who cannot afford to eat balanced meals and go to bed hungry has more than doubled since the pandemic, according to a new study by UCSF.
