For Checking Blood Pressure at Home, Basic Cuffs Are Just as Good
A new national study led by UCSF found that more sophisticated devices that pair with smartphones don’t lead to better blood pressure control than home-use blood pressure cuffs.
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San Francisco, San Mateo Co. Residents Urged to Share Long COVID Stories
UCSF, San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) and San Mateo County Health (SMC Health) are partnering with local community groups to learn about long COVID. Their project, Let’s Figure Out Long COVID – Tell Us Your Story, Bay Area, will call local residents of all ethnicities and backgrounds who previously had COVID.
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Preparing Kids for a Return to School at This Stage of the Pandemic
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California Leaders Meet on Monkeypox Outbreak, Blast Federal Preparedness
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UCSF Joins $200 Million Global Tuberculosis Consortium
UCSF researchers are part of a $200 million global consortium to develop new diagnostics, therapeutics, containment and control strategies to reduce the suffering from tuberculosis (TB) around the world.
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Access To Experimental Monkeypox Treatment Remains Uneven, Doctors Say
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With Mask Mandate Gone, How Can Uber and Lyft Drivers Reduce Their COVID Risk?
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People in Shelter-in-Place Hotels Used Less Acute Health Services
San Francisco’s pandemic policy of offering hotel rooms, meals, and medical services to unhoused populations saw the unintended benefit of dramatically lowering the use of emergency medical services.
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UCSF Medical Center Ranks Among Nation’s Best for 2022-23
UCSF Medical Center has been ranked among the country’s finest hospitals in adult care by U.S. News & World Report’s prestigious Best Hospitals survey.
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Accelerating Transformational Research into Cell Transplantation for Patients with Type 1 Diabetes
A $7 million gift from Mike Gordon, co-founder of Meritech Capital Partners, and his wife, Loren, will help UCSF surmount a key impediment to treating type 1 diabetes.
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Study: Asian Residents More Likely To Be Hospitalized With COVID Than Others in Bay Area
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Have New COVID Variants Changed What We Know About Surface Transmission?
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Doctors Explain 5 Reasons Why Omicron’s BA.5 Will Be the ‘Worst’ Subvariant Yet
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Scientists Map Networks of Disease-Associated Immune Genes
A new "subway map" of immune networks connects gene variation to risk for autoimmune disease.
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Monkeypox in the Bay Area: From Symptoms to How to Find a Vaccine, Here's What We Know
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In Colitis Patients, Skin Conditions May Originate in the Gut
A new UCSF study reveals how gut inflammation can disrupt not only the digestive system, but also the skin. It’s a tale in which the main players are specialized immune cells and the bacterial communities — called microbiomes — that dwell within the gut and skin.
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Overcrowding, Old Buildings Fueled COVID Surge in California Prisons
Overcrowding, antiquated buildings, rapidly changing conditions and the need for complex coordination helped drive a dramatic COVID-19 surge in California’s prisons, according to a new report from UCSF and UC Berkeley.
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Why UCSF’s Bob Wachter Says COVID Variant BA.5 Is ‘a Different Beast’
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COVID-19 Vaccines for Children Under 5: UCSF Explains What You Should Know
Parents of children under the age of five-years-old now have the option to vaccinate their infants and young children against COVID-19. Our expert looks at potential vaccine side effects, risks of COVID-19, access and vaccine effectiveness in children.
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2022 Precision Medicine World Conference Back In Person, Features Extensive UCSF Presence
For the seventh consecutive year, UCSF is co-sponsoring the Precision Medicine World Conference (PMWC) from June 28-30, 2022 to share the latest in this rapidly evolving space.
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FDA Advisors Approve Pfizer, Moderna Vaccines for Young Children
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What’s Changed and What Hasn’t Since the End of California’s COVID Lockdown
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Why Do Some People Never Test Positive for COVID, Even After Exposure and Symptoms?
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Monkeypox Symptoms and Rash: What To Look Out for as Cases Crop Up Around World
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Can I Stop Isolating If I’m Still Testing Positive for the Virus?
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How Dangerous Is Monkeypox? UCSF’s Seth Blumberg Explains
Seth Blumberg, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of medicine, is clinical specialist in infectious disease, including Monkeypox. He offers insight in the recent outbreak in a Q&A.
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Using Antibiotics To Prevent STIs Found Effective in Early S.F. Study Results
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Doxycycline After Unprotected Sex Significantly Reduced STIs
A significant proportion of bacterial sexually transmitted infections – gonorrhea, chlamydia, or syphilis – were prevented with a dose of doxycycline after unprotected sex, according to preliminary results of a clinical trial.
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In Long COVID, Blood Markers Are Linked to Neuropsychiatric Ills
In a new study of long COVID, UCSF researchers identified biomarkers present at elevated levels that may persist for many months in the blood of study participants who had long COVID with neuropsychiatric symptoms.
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UCSF Readying Itself to Tackle Future Pandemics