Frailty Is a Factor in Higher Mortality for Women Awaiting Liver Transplants
A study headed by UCSF and Columbia University highlights the role that frailty plays in this gender gap.
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Explanations for ‘Long COVID’ Remain Elusive. For Now, Believing Patients and Treating Symptoms Is the Best Doctors Can Do
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With Musical Life on Hiatus, a Horn Virtuoso Tackles the COVID Pandemic
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How Stanford’s Vaccine Algorithm Caused a Major Controversy and Left Frontline Workers at the Back of the Line
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Allergic Reactions to the Coronavirus Vaccine: Should I Be Concerned?
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UCSF Doctor Challenges Reports of High COVID-19 Rates in Black Community
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Should a ‘Vaccine Passport’ Be Required? Experts Weigh in on Future of Eating Out, Boarding Flights, and More
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Vaccination Begins at UCSF – A Watershed Moment in COVID-19 Pandemic
On a history-making day, UCSF began the first vaccinations of its critical health care workforce, including both clinical and non-clinical staff whose work places them at heightened risk of infection by COVID-19.
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Our Most Popular (Yes, Mostly COVID-19) Science and Health Stories of 2020
Take a look back at UCSF's most popular stories of 2020 - a chronicle of an extraordinary year.
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New Intervention to Help Children With Trauma Will Treat the Whole Family
Experts now believe it’s most effective to treat the whole family when traumas occur. UCSF researchers plan to develop a “Whole Family Wellness” intervention that integrates resources from Medi-Cal clinics with outside agencies and test it over a three-year period.
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Wearable Sensor May Signal You’re Developing COVID-19 – Even If Your Symptoms Are Subtle
The device, which may be a better illness indicator than a thermometer, could lead to earlier isolation and testing, curbing the spread of infectious diseases.
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How Safe Are the mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines? We Asked the Experts.
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Latinx Low-Income Workers Hardest Hit by SF COVID-19 Surge
COVID-19 infections are once again rising at an alarming rate in San Francisco’s Latinx community, predominantly among low-income essential workers, according to results of a massive community-based testing blitz conducted before and after the Thanksgiving holiday.
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Lyme Disease Ticks Produce Antibiotic That Protects Them From Human Skin Bacteria
Though ticks are notorious for transmitting pathogens such as the Lyme disease bacterium, how does their immune system keep them safe from contracting pathogens themselves?
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Most of California Locks Down Again as Coronavirus Strains Hospitals
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How Can We Be Sure the New COVID-19 Vaccines Are Safe?
We asked several UCSF experts for a personal take on what will convince them that a vaccine is safe.
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Post-Pandemic: When Will Life Return to Normal?
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New COVID-19 Testing Approach Measures Patients’ Immune Response for Better Diagnosis
This type of test could be used as a check against possible errors generated by the standard tests that directly detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the scientists said.
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UCSF Doc Explains What You Can Safely Do Amid New COVID-19 Surge
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Pandemic Patient With Swastika Tattoo Leaves Nor Cal Doctor Questioning His Compassion
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UCSF Contracts With Color to Expand Access to Free COVID-19 Testing for Employees and Students
UC San Francisco has contracted with the health technology company to expand access to free COVID-19 testing for employees and students.
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COVID Cravings Drive Us to the Fridge in Search of Comfort Food
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Navajo Nation’s Health Care System Strained by COVID-19
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The Third Wave Is Here, But We Still Need to Reopen Our Schools
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UCSF Health Joins Top U.S. Hospitals for National #MaskUp Campaign Amid COVID-19 Surge
UCSF Health has joined 100 of the nation’s top health care systems, representing thousands of hospitals nationwide, in launching a national campaign urging people to wear a face mask.
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Yes, Californians Should Be Worried About Thanksgiving, Too
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T-Shirt? Towel? Some Experts Say It’s Time to Get Beyond States’ Anything-Goes Approach to Masks
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Holiday Gatherings During COVID-19: What Doctors Say About Traveling and Family Events
After months of being separated, many families and friends are pondering whether they want to attempt spending the holidays together while doing their best to not spread coronavirus or if they should skip the gatherings altogether for the safety of themselves and others.
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President-Elect Biden Picked This Bay Area Doctor to Serve on His COVID Task Force. Here's Why
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What Is COVID Doing to Our Hearts?
Cardiologist Nisha Parikh, MD, MPH, discusses what we know so far about COVID-19’s impact on the body’s cardiovascular system, from affecting the heart’s rhythm to impairing its ability to pump blood throughout the body.
