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As cases of COVID-19 continue to mount in Navajo Nation, UC San Francisco is sending a second team of health care workers — 13 nurses and six physicians — to Arizona to help provide urgently needed support to the largest hospitals serving Navajo patients.
For the UCSF class of 2020, the usual joy and excitement of graduation is mixed with unusual uncertainty. As we celebrate the #UCSFgrads of 2020, we asked them to share how they’re feeling at this moment, in their own words.
Ketogenic diets have a dramatic impact on the microbes residing in the human gut, collectively referred to as the microbiome, according to a new UCSF study.
UC President Janet Napolitano issued a letter about the response to the significant financial impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on UC and the ongoing budgetary uncertainties.
A new study from UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals suggests that for some hospitals, video visits may become a permanent feature of the patient-provider landscape.
Amid so little good news, early clinical trial results for the anti-viral drug remdesivir have offered hope. The drug appeared to help patients recover faster, from 15 days to 11 days. But the newest obstacle may be the uncertainty that surrounds how the drug will be distributed to patients.
A product containing healthy vaginal bacteria has proved effective against recurrent bacterial vaginosis (BV), an extremely common vaginal infection that is associated with preterm birth, HIV infection and problems with in vitro fertilization.
The “Bredesen protocol” has reeled in patients and their families seeking hope outside of the physician’s office for a disease that is currently incurable, according to a UCSF cognitive neurologist.
Smoking significantly worsens COVID-19, according to a new analysis by UCSF of the association between smoking and progression of the infectious disease.
Two UCSF faculty will lead the new institutes.
UCSF researchers have identified a powerful self-corrective mechanism within synapses that is activated by neurodegeneration and acts to slow down disease progression in animal models of ALS.
New research confirmed the higher rates of early life respiratory infections among Puerto Ricans.
The University of California’s hospitals announced a gradual resumption of essential services at all five medical centers across the state.
The testing was conducted by Unidos En Salud, a unique partnership between Mission community organizers in the Latino Task Force for COVID-19, UCSF researchers, the City and County of San Francisco, and the San Francisco Department of Public Health.
UCSF is launching a workforce training and technical assistance program in partnership with the California Department of Public Health to facilitate the training of thousands of individuals across the state in public health techniques and strategies, including contact tracing, case investigation and administration, to limit the ongoing spread of COVID-19.
