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Why Wait Times in the Emergency Room Are So Long in California
In the wake of long wait times and overcrowding in California emergency departments, emergency visits grew by 23% while the number of emergency departemtns and hospital beds declined.
UCSF Internal Medicine Specialist to be Celebrated for Diabetes Epidemiology Research
UCSF primary care physician and researcher Alka M. Kanaya, MD, is being recognized with the 2023 Kelly West Award for Outstanding Achievement in Epidemiology from the American Diabetes Association (ADA).
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals Rank Among Nation’s Best in 2023-24
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals are recognized among the nation’s best pediatric medical centers in all 10 specialties assessed in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Children’s Hospitals 2023-24.
Newborn Screening is Biggest Factor in ‘Bubble Baby Disease’ Survival in Last 40 Years
A new study shows that newborn screening for SCID is the only factor that actually boosts survival rates.
California Statewide Study Investigates Causes and Impacts of Homelessness
UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative has released the largest study of homelessness in the United States since the mid-1990s, providing a thorough look at the causes, consequences, and potential policy changes of homelessness in California.
Invisible Corps
There’s only one uniformed service in the world dedicated to public health: the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service. This PBS documentary explores its history and highlights some its officers, including former U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona, MD ’79, MPH, and former Chief Pharmacist Officer Pamela Schweitzer, PharmD ’87. Stream it on pbs.org.
Ted Wong, DDS ’84: Serving the Nation as a Dental Leader
Ted Wong, DDS ’84, became the first officer in the U.S. Army Dental Corps to lead two regional medical commands and two major medical centers.
Calling All Scientists to Fight the Next Pandemic
UCSF’s Nevan Krogan, PhD, is taking aim at the world’s deadliest diseases by uniting scientists and the biomedical industry to speed treatments.
COVID-19 Lessons Learned: ‘Why Aren’t We Working on All Diseases Like This?’
Quantitative Biosciences Institute’s Nevan Krogan reflects back on the COVID-19 pandemic and how internal and external communications, funding and international partnerships all contributed to a speedy COVID-19 response.
Two New Vaccines Join the Fight to Eradicate Polio
Two new oral polio vaccines will help limit the amount of new polio strains and outbreaks by genetically engineering weakened polio virus in the oral vaccine to reduce reversion to dangerous forms.
