Cerebrospinal Fluid Offers Clues to Post-COVID ‘Brain Fog’
Many patients with COVID-19 develop brain fog and other cognitive symptoms months later. Their cerebrospinal fluid may hold clues to why this is happening.
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UCSF Infectious Disease Specialist Discusses COVID-19 Surge in Children
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Nose or Throat? The Best Way to Swab for At-Home COVID-19 Tests
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Human Proteins Behind COVID-19 Infection Revealed by Innovative CRISPR Technology
In the quest for new treatments for COVID-19, a team led by UCSF researchers identified a new potential drug target that may prevent infection of human cells by SARS-CoV-2.
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Medicine Meets Emotion: COVID Expert Shares What Happened When His Son Tested Positive
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Meet the Dermatologists Changing Their Field
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New Research Shows How the Pandemic Has Affected Teenagers’ Health
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Alpha Coronavirus Variant Evolved to Evade Immune System
A new study led by scientists at UCSF's Quantitative Biosciences Institute and University College London found that the Alpha variant of SARS-CoV-2 ramped up production of a protein that it uses to stifle infected cells’ immune-stimulating signals, helping it evade immune detection and accelerate its transmission.
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What CDC’s New COVID Isolation Rules Mean for Vaccinated, Boosted
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‘This Virus Will Ultimately Become Endemic’: Scientists Find Key in Alpha Variant To Fight Omicron
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As Omicron Surges, UCSF Experts Answer Questions About the COVID-19 Variant
There is some information that is known about the variant and other information that sti
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Rapidly Responding to Long COVID
Since the early months of the pandemic, physicians throughout UCSF have pitched in to help support hundreds of long COVID patients.
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Five Questions for Monica Gandhi
Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH, an infectious disease expert and professor of medicine, has been an ardent voice for science during the coronavirus pandemic.
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An All-Out Quest to Understand Long COVID
A concerted research effort gave UCSF scientists early insight into long COVID. It also showed patients that they weren’t in the fight alone.
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Four Big Questions About Omicron
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More Contagious But Less Severe? UCSF Discusses Omicron Variant
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New Antiviral Drugs Are Coming for COVID. Here’s What You Need To Know
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Why One UCSF Expert ‘Not Too Worried at This Moment’ About Omicron
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All U.S. Adults Can Now Get Pfizer and Moderna Boosters
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New Study Indicates Fluvoxamine, an Anti-depressant Pill, Could Help Reduce Hospitalizations
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COVID Patients on SSRI Antidepressants Are Less Likely to Die, UCSF-Stanford Study Finds
A UCSF and Stanford study of electronic health records linked SSRIs, the most widely prescribed antidepressants, to survival for COVID-19 patients.
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COVID Shots Are Under Way for Kids. So When Will California End Its School Mask Mandate?
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Dr. Peter Chin-Hong Answers Parents’ Questions on COVID Vaccine for Children
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UCSF Rises in US News Global Universities Rankings for 2022
UCSF’s research has been ranked among the top in the world, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report’s Best Global Universities 2022 rankings.
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COVID: Should I Choose Moderna, Pfizer or J&J for My Vaccine Booster?
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3 Teens with COVID-19 Developed Sudden Severe Psychiatric Symptoms. Why?
Three adolescents who had mild or asymptomatic COVID-19 developed sudden severe psychiatric symptoms. A recent study into their immune responses identifies a potential mechanism by which these symptoms emerge.
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What’s The Risk Of Dropping Your Mask Now That SF And Marin Are Loosening Mandates?
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Here’s What Bay Area Doctors Say About How COVID Affects the Brain
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Treating Anal Cancer Precursor Lesions Reduces Cancer Risk for People With HIV
A groundbreaking national study led by UCSF finds that treating anal cancer precursor lesions reduces cancer risk for people with HIV.
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Flu Shots and COVID: Do You Need to Worry About Vaccine Timing? What About a ‘Twindemic’?