Five Questions for Diane Havlir
Diane Havlir, MD, UCSF’s Weiss Professor, an AIDS pioneer, and an infectious disease leader, is partnering with the local Latinx community to protect vulnerable San Franciscans from COVID-19 and other diseases.
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‘Most Transmissible’ COVID Variant Yet Is Spreading in California. What We Know About XBB.1.5
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COVID-19 Vaccines, Prior Infection Reduce Transmission of Omicron
California prisons saw more than 20,000 COVID-19 Omicron cases over a five-month period. However, vaccination and boosting kept hospitalization and death rates low.
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UC Launches Pandemic Recovery and Readiness Research Initiative
The California Collaborative for Pandemic Recovery and Readiness Research (CPR3) at UCSF will investigate the effects of the pandemic on California communities and individuals.
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How To Stay Safe as COVID-19, Flu and RSV Cases Spike
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A Blueprint for More Equitable Care in Public Health Crises
Since March 2020, UCSF has partnered with government and community groups to address racial, economic and cultural barriers to provide equitable care to vulnerable people during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID Cases Are Expected to Rise This Winter – How Likely Is Reinfection? Here’s What Experts Say
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Around 85% Of Recent COVID Deaths Were Among People Over 65. Why Have So Few Gotten Boosted?
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Fewer Patients with PTSD Survive COVID
Risk of death or hospitalization from COVID-19 were found to be greater for patients with PTSD.
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5 Unusual Covid Symptoms – and What to Do About Them
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Long COVID Clinics Are Wrestling With How To Treat Their Patients
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What is Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)?
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals experts weigh in on what RSV is and why we’re seeing so many cases.
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With COVID, Flu and RSV, Is the Bay Area Facing a Winter Virus ‘Tripledemic’?
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Why Has October Been So Bad for a Virus Known as RSV?
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UCSF, Institut Pasteur Develop Center on Emerging Infectious Disease
Nevan Krogan, PhD, director of UC San Francisco’s (UCSF) Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI) and founder of QBI’s Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG), has been awarded the Legion of Honor, France’s highest honor, in a ceremony in Paris.
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UCSF’s Nevan Krogan Wins France’s Highest Honor
Nevan Krogan, PhD, director UCSF’s Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI) and founder of QBI’s Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG), has been awarded the Legion of Honor, France’s highest honor, in a ceremony in Paris.
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Machine Learning Enables Diagnosis of Sepsis, the Elusive Global Killer
A new diagnostic method that applies machine learning to advanced genomics data from both microbe and host to identify and predict sepsis cases was developed by researchers at UCSF, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and CZ Biohub.
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Fatty Liver Linked to Survival in E. Coli Infection
Scientists at UCSF have developed a new way of looking at sex-biased diseases that is rooted in evolutionary biology.
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Long COVID May Set You Back a Decade in Exercise Gains
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Feeling Winded After Your Workout? Long COVID May Claim Another Symptom
A new study points to another persistent effect of COVID-19, identified months after infection: reduced exercise capacity.
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The Power of Paxlovid
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Omicron’s Evolution and the New Bivalent COVID-19 Booster
Last month new “bivalent” booster vaccines made by Moderna and Pfizer became available that protect against currently circulating Omicron variants as well as earlier strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. This Q&A features Joel Ernst, MD, a UCSF professor of medicine whose research aims to understand how pathogens evade the immune system.
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When Should You Get Your 2022 Flu Shot?
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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.
