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Omicron Boosters: Do I Need One, and if So, When?
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Americans May Need Yearly Shots to Protect Against COVID-19
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What to Know About the New Booster Shots
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‘This Is What Equity Looks Like’: Roving Teams Deliver COVID Vaccines Around the Tenderloin
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So You Got COVID-19 in the Surge. Here’s What You Need to Know About Long COVID Now
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Polio Threat Virtually Nonexistent To Vaccinated People in Bay Area
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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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Can Monkeypox Spread Through the Air or on Surfaces? Here’s What To Know
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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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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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Monkeypox in the Bay Area: From Symptoms to How to Find a Vaccine, Here's What We Know
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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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What’s Changed and What Hasn’t Since the End of California’s COVID Lockdown
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FDA Advisors Approve Pfizer, Moderna Vaccines for Young Children
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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