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Convergent evolutionary mechanisms shared by COVID-19 variants allow them to overcome both adaptive and innate immune system barriers.
Recommendations are in place for the updated COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna.
Researchers have found that people who developed breast, ovary, skin and uterine cancers have significantly higher levels of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in their bodies.
The FDA recently approved the world’s first vaccines to prevent RSV for infants and elderly adults.
A new report from the Lancet Commission on tuberculosis releases recommendations, providing a path forward to turn the tide on this preventable, treatable and curable disease.
Three injectable medications, Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro, are often taken as weight management drugs. UCSF health experts weigh in on the benefits and risks of taking the medications for obesity.
UCSF Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital will welcome patients to a larger and modernized space on August 19 in UCSF Mount Zion Medical Center.
Long COVID symptoms can persist for a year after initial infection, or re-emerge months later after disappearing.
UCSF Medical Center has been ranked among the country’s best hospitals in adult care in U.S. News & World Report’s prestigious Best Hospitals survey.
Toxic dust from artificial stone slabs popular in kitchen countertops in the U.S. is causing a rising numbers in lung disease among stone workers.
UCSF study found that acute kidney injury was found in patients with chronic kidney disease.
A common mutation can help people infected with the COVID-19 virus avoid developing any symptoms.
A new clinic will match Black babies with Black healthcare providers to improve outcomes for both moms and kids.
Deaths among older adults with dementia fell starkly in nursing homes and long-term care centers after COVID-19 vaccinations became available, but remained high for those living at home.
A short course of antibiotics, Doxy-PEP, can prevent some STIs after condomless sex.
In the wake of long wait times and overcrowding in California emergency departments, emergency visits grew by 23% while the number of emergency departemtns and hospital beds declined.
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals are recognized among the nation’s best pediatric medical centers in all 10 specialties assessed in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Children’s Hospitals 2023-24.
After diagnosing a middle-aged man with an incredibly rare and almost always fatal infection, a medical team led by UCSF fellow Natasha Spottiswoode raced to find a treatment that could save his life.