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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Give to UCSFNew testing data from the 24th Street BART plaza shows continued unmet demand for access to testing.
Only one in three U.S. adults received the flu vaccine in 2018, a number that has critical implications for the impending flu season, which threatens to overwhelm medical resources and lead to tens of thousands of deaths at a time when Americans are still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic.
UCSF scientists now have evidence from research that women with Alzheimer’s live longer than men with the disease because they have genetic protection from the ravages of the disease.
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.
UCSF Osher Center faculty member Ashley Mason, PhD, has received a $5.1M award to expand TemPredict, a study she directs in collaboration with Rick Hecht, MD, and Benjamin Smarr, PhD.
A new study from UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals shows that public data and a simple equation may be all that is required to estimate the number of students infected with COVID-19 who might be in a classroom.
We talked to UC San Francisco pediatricians about what we know about COVID-19 in children, the safety precautions schools need to take, and their perspective on how to balance the risks and benefits of reopening schools.
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UCSF 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 Images UC San Francisco has spearheaded campaigns across
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.
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.
As Emergency Medicine Chief, Maria Raven, MD, takes charge of the hospital’s first line of defense.
Clinical trial leader Annie Luetkemeyer, MD, tests promising therapies for COVID-19 – and soon a vaccine.
When your child has a serious medical condition, social distancing is all too familiar. Five families have some advice for the rest of us.
UCSF researchers are taking a closer look at COVID-19’s dizzying array of symptoms to get at the disease’s root causes.