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Give to UCSFUCSF scientists have devised a novel approach to halting the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease.
People wear masks as they walk through an outdoor market in Brazil, a country that has seen skyrocketing numbers of COVID-19 cases. Getty ImagesUC San Francisco has spearheaded campaigns across the
It’s likely that face masks, by blocking even some of the coronavirus-carrying droplets you inhale, can reduce your risk of falling seriously ill from COVID-19, according to Monica Gandhi, an infectious disease specialist at UCSF.
Can people who are struggling with serious mental illness and poverty benefit from telehealth? The pandemic forces a UCSF team to find out.
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.
Kelly Timothy cares for some of the Bay Area’s sickest patients – and their families.
A skilled ventilator operator, respiratory therapist Max Rausch helps keep the sickest patients breathing.
We asked on social media for alumni to share their pandemic stories. Here’s a selection of submissions that came in from across the country.
The pandemic has led to a sudden rise in discrimination against people of Asian descent.
With campuses closed, Joseph Kidane serves with hundreds of his fellow medical students in a volunteer crisis workforce.
Clinical trial leader Annie Luetkemeyer, MD, tests promising therapies for COVID-19 – and soon a vaccine.
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.
Call navigator Monique Posey fields questions about the pandemic. She shares her story – and some of her strategies for coping with stress.
As Emergency Medicine Chief, Maria Raven, MD, takes charge of the hospital’s first line of defense.
Custodian Abie Stillman shares his reflections on essential work and what he would like instead of another thank-you.
Between shifts at San Francisco’s public hospital, physician and podcast host Emily Silverman, MD, collects audio diaries from health workers across the nation.
Surgical charge nurse Alicia Catanese, RN, volunteered to help the Navajo Nation cope with its COVID surge.
When your child has a serious medical condition, social distancing is all too familiar. Five families have some advice for the rest of us.
Exceptional care was crucial, but I’m painfully aware that privilege also pulled me through.
Child life specialist Katie Craft helps young patients grapple with new fears.
Palliative care expert Alex Smith, MD, guides the families of COVID patients through the hardest decisions of their lives.
Joel Ernst, MD, addresses key questions about how vaccine development works and why vaccines are especially important in the case of COVID-19.