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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
‘Race Norming’ Blamed for Denying Payouts to Ex-NFL Players With Dementia
A UCSF clinical psychologist has taken aim at the NFL for “race-norming” Black players diagnosed with dementia, a practice that is depriving them of the monetary awards allocated to former footballers with neurodegenerative disorders.
Latinx Low-Income Workers Hardest Hit by SF COVID-19 Surge
COVID-19 infections are once again rising at an alarming rate in San Francisco’s Latinx community, predominantly among low-income essential workers, according to results of a massive community-based testing blitz conducted before and after the Thanksgiving holiday.
Minorities Benefit Less from Regionalizing Heart Attack Care
California’s Black and Hispanic communities may be falling further behind whites in the quality of care they receive for heart attacks, despite recent medical efforts aimed at improving the standards of care for these populations, according to a new study led by researchers at UC San Francisco.
UCSF Task Force Recommends Holistic Approach to Creating a Safe Campus Environment
The UCSF Safety Task Force has made nine recommendations on how UCSF can improve upon its policies and practices.
UC President Announces New Presidential Policy on Gender Recognition and Lived Name
President Michael V. Drake has announced a new presidential policy to ensure that all individuals are identified by their accurate gender identity and lived or preferred name on university-issued documents and in UC’s information systems.
Health Experts Want to Prioritize People of Color for a COVID-19 Vaccine. But How Should It Be Done?
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 Hires Conservation Firm to Move Zakheim Murals from Seismically Vulnerable Building
UCSF has selected a historic preservation firm for the delicate task of relocating a series of 10 New Deal-era murals from a seismically vulnerable building on the University’s Parnassus Heights campus.
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).
