Tweeting a Pandemic
How I learned to use social media to advance the public’s understanding of COVID-19.
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Seeking Immunity Against COVID-19
Joel Ernst, MD, addresses key questions about how vaccine development works and why vaccines are especially important in the case of COVID-19.
Five Big Lessons from the Pandemic
When future historians look back on this moment, they will draw many conclusions from our response to this crisis. Here are five big lessons that UCSF experts already see taking shape.
Anti-Asian Racism Escalates During COVID-19
The pandemic has led to a sudden rise in discrimination against people of Asian descent.
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: Searching for the Silver Bullet
Clinical trial leader Annie Luetkemeyer, MD, tests promising therapies for COVID-19 – and soon a vaccine.
COVID-19 Frontliners: the Hospitalist
Hospitalist Sajan Patel, MD, remembers anxieties and revelations while caring for the Bay Area's first coronavirus patients.
COVID-19 Frontliners: Lending a Hand in the Navajo Nation
Surgical charge nurse Alicia Catanese, RN, volunteered to help the Navajo Nation cope with its COVID surge.
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 Stem Cell Biologist
Why are more men than women dying of COVID-19? Scientist Faranak Fattahi, PhD, has found a clue.
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.
COVID-19 Frontliners: ER, the Hospital’s First Line of Defense
As Emergency Medicine Chief, Maria Raven, MD, takes charge of the hospital’s first line of defense.
COVID-19 Frontliners: Healing the San Joaquin Valley
UCSF Fresno physician Kenny Bahn, MD, fights both COVID-19 and inequity in the San Joaquin Valley.
