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.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Joins UCSF Town Hall to Discuss COVID-19, The Role of Science in Turbulent Times
In a special virtual town hall, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined UC San Francisco Chancellor Sam Hawgood, MBBS, to discuss the role of science and science advocacy in shaping federal policy during a global pandemic, her leadership during these turbulent times, and lessons learned during her long tenure as the first and only female Speaker of the House of Representatives.
When Telehealth Came to the Tenderloin
Can people who are struggling with serious mental illness and poverty benefit from telehealth? The pandemic forces a UCSF team to find out.
Transit-Based COVID-19 Monitoring Pilot Launched in Mission District
In San Francisco’s Mission District, UCSF infectious disease specialists and community partners are launching what is believed to be a first-in-the-nation pilot program to provide low-barrier COVID-19 testing — free, simple, and convenient — at a central transit hub.
We Must Learn from Our Past
A look at past outbreaks offers guidance on bringing the current one to an end – and on thwarting the next one.
Tweeting a Pandemic
How I learned to use social media to advance the public’s understanding of COVID-19.
An Epidemic of Inequality
Communities of color have been hit hardest by COVID-19. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets in an outcry against police brutality. Both issues have roots in the same problem.
Homelessness in the Time of COVID-19
Homelessness expert Margot Kushel, MD, delves into what the COVID-19 crisis reveals about housing and health.
COVID-19 Frontliners: Order Out of Chaos
Custodian Abie Stillman shares his reflections on essential work and what he would like instead of another thank-you.
COVID-19 Frontliners: the Medical Student
With campuses closed, Joseph Kidane serves with hundreds of his fellow medical students in a volunteer crisis workforce.
COVID-19 Frontliners: A Tremendous Responsibility
Kelly Timothy cares for some of the Bay Area’s sickest patients – and their families.
How San Francisco’s AIDS Epidemic Response Prepared the City for COVID-19
In 2020, as the world faces another new virus stoking fear and uncertainty, San Francisco may be uniquely up to the challenge. Strong ties between UCSF, local government agencies and community groups, forged in the fire of the AIDS epidemic, and a deep bench of infectious disease expertise, has helped the city flatten the curve and better understand this new disease.
