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Give to UCSFUCSF scientists have devised a novel approach to halting the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease.
People wear masks as they walk through an outdoor market in Brazil, a country that has seen skyrocketing numbers of COVID-19 cases. Getty ImagesUC San Francisco has spearheaded campaigns across the
It’s likely that face masks, by blocking even some of the coronavirus-carrying droplets you inhale, can reduce your risk of falling seriously ill from COVID-19, according to Monica Gandhi, an infectious disease specialist at UCSF.
Can people who are struggling with serious mental illness and poverty benefit from telehealth? The pandemic forces a UCSF team to find out.
In San Francisco’s Mission District, UCSF infectious disease specialists and community partners are launching what is believed to be a first-in-the-nation pilot program to provide low-barrier COVID-19 testing — free, simple, and convenient — at a central transit hub.
Pharmacist Katherine Yang, PharmD, raced to get a new, lifesaving drug approved for emergency treatment of COVID-19.
As the United States’ testing regime floundered early in the pandemic, scientists at UCSF and the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub created from scratch a diagnostic lab that became a model for the nation.
What’s it like – as a clinician, researcher, student, or hospital staffer – to confront a lethal disease unlike any you’ve seen before? In this special series, professionals across UCSF share first-person accounts of COVID-19 that reveal grit, ingenuity, and resolve in the face of fear.
How I learned to use social media to advance the public’s understanding of COVID-19.
Why are more men than women dying of COVID-19? Scientist Faranak Fattahi, PhD, has found a clue.
UCSF Fresno physician Kenny Bahn, MD, fights both COVID-19 and inequity in the San Joaquin Valley.
UCSF researchers are taking a closer look at COVID-19’s dizzying array of symptoms to get at the disease’s root causes.
Hospitalist Sajan Patel, MD, remembers anxieties and revelations while caring for the Bay Area's first coronavirus patients.
A look at past outbreaks offers guidance on bringing the current one to an end – and on thwarting the next one.
Homelessness expert Margot Kushel, MD, delves into what the COVID-19 crisis reveals about housing and health.
Communities of color have been hit hardest by COVID-19. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets in an outcry against police brutality. Both issues have roots in the same problem.
Kelly Timothy cares for some of the Bay Area’s sickest patients – and their families.
A skilled ventilator operator, respiratory therapist Max Rausch helps keep the sickest patients breathing.
We asked on social media for alumni to share their pandemic stories. Here’s a selection of submissions that came in from across the country.
The pandemic has led to a sudden rise in discrimination against people of Asian descent.
With campuses closed, Joseph Kidane serves with hundreds of his fellow medical students in a volunteer crisis workforce.
Clinical trial leader Annie Luetkemeyer, MD, tests promising therapies for COVID-19 – and soon a vaccine.