University of California San Francisco
Give to UCSFFurther studies may reveal different patterns, including the possibility that evidence of abuse may not be apparent for months to follow, or failure by clinicians to identify abuse.
Friends, family members and former colleagues, including former President Bill Clinton celebrated the life of former UC San Francisco Chancellor Phillip R. Lee in a virtual event.
As UCSF honored Black History Month, we asked some of our faculty, staff, and students to share their experiences, their inspirations, and where they find hope for the future.
New results from an ongoing collaborative effort to slow the spread of COVID-19 shows that the prevalence of a coronavirus lineage, characterized by the L452R substitution and two other mutations in the virus’s spike protein, has significantly increased in recent months.
As its supply of COVID-19 vaccines increases, UC San Francisco is expanding its vaccination efforts to those most at risk – the elderly and health care workers in the community
A UCSF pediatrician who is researching methods to control the spread of coronavirus shares why she’s optimistic that schools can reopen safely.
A team led by UCSF’s Richard Wang, surveyed the scientific community’s understanding of e-cigarettes and found that, in the form of mass-marketed consumer products, they do not lead smokers to quit.
Experts now believe it’s most effective to treat the whole family when traumas occur. UCSF researchers plan to develop a “Whole Family Wellness” intervention that integrates resources from Medi-Cal clinics with outside agencies and test it over a three-year period.
COVID-19 infections are once again rising at an alarming rate in San Francisco’s Latinx community, predominantly among low-income essential workers, according to results of a massive community-based testing blitz conducted before and after the Thanksgiving holiday.
We asked several UCSF experts for a personal take on what will convince them that a vaccine is safe.
UCSF Health has joined 100 of the nation’s top health care systems, representing thousands of hospitals nationwide, in launching a national campaign urging people to wear a face mask.
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have announced the establishment of a coronavirus advisory board, a panel of public health and scientific experts that will include three UCSF faculty members.
Climate change will bring an acute toll worldwide, with rising temperatures, wildfires and poor air quality, accompanied by higher rates of cancer, especially lung, skin and gastrointestinal cancers.
Whether a Trump triumph or a Biden victory, millions of Americans may expect a decline in their mental health if they live in states that favor the losing candidate. And the higher the margin of victory for the losing candidate, the greater the number of days of stress and depression for residents in those states.
More than a dozen U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers experienced large, repeated outbreaks of vaccine-preventable illnesses in the last three years, according to a new study by researchers at UCSF.
Former UCSF Chancellor and Professor Emeritus of Social Medicine Philip Randolph Lee, MD, a visionary leader in health policy research and advocate for social justice, has died at 96.