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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.
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Minorities Benefit Less from Regionalizing Heart Attack Care
California’s Black and Hispanic communities may be falling further behind whites in the quality of care they receive for heart attacks, despite recent medical efforts aimed at improving the standards of care for these populations, according to a new study led by researchers at UC San Francisco.
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Scientists Look to Neutralize the SARS-CoV-2 Spike for Potential Therapies
SARS-CoV-2 uses its distinctive spike to latch onto a receptor called ACE2 on the surface of a human cell. Once there it prompts the human cell to ferry the virus inside. Then, the virus co-opts human enzymes to make copies of itself and spread to other cells.
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UCSF Task Force Recommends Holistic Approach to Creating a Safe Campus Environment
The UCSF Safety Task Force has made nine recommendations on how UCSF can improve upon its policies and practices.
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‘Proning’ Covid Patients Seems to Save Lives. But How Many?
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UC President Announces New Presidential Policy on Gender Recognition and Lived Name
President Michael V. Drake has announced a new presidential policy to ensure that all individuals are identified by their accurate gender identity and lived or preferred name on university-issued documents and in UC’s information systems.
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Rapid Test Can ID Unknown Causes of Infections Throughout the Body
UCSF scientists have developed a single clinical laboratory test capable of zeroing in on the microbial miscreant afflicting a patient in as little as six hours.
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Health Experts Want to Prioritize People of Color for a COVID-19 Vaccine. But How Should It Be Done?
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Shot to Prevent H.I.V. Works Better Than Daily Pill in Women
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3 UCSF Faculty Named to Biden-Harris Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have announced the establishment of a coronavirus advisory board, a panel of public health and scientific experts that will include three UCSF faculty members.
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UCSF Unveils New Home for Renowned Ophthalmology Programs
The building includes a 12-story tower that will include administrative and conference space for UCSF faculty and staff.
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UCSF Notifies Individuals Regarding Cybersecurity Incident
UC San Francisco is notifying individuals about a cybersecurity incident that may have impacted their personal information.
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Climate Change Will Give Rise to More Cancers
Climate change will bring an acute toll worldwide, with rising temperatures, wildfires and poor air quality, accompanied by higher rates of cancer, especially lung, skin and gastrointestinal cancers.
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Dr. Philip Lee Is Dead at 96; Engineered Introduction of Medicare
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Election Angst? In States that Back Losing Nominee, Residents’ Mental Health May Falter
Whether a Trump triumph or a Biden victory, millions of Americans may expect a decline in their mental health if they live in states that favor the losing candidate. And the higher the margin of victory for the losing candidate, the greater the number of days of stress and depression for residents in those states.
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ICE Detention Centers Saw Sustained Outbreaks of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, Says Study
More than a dozen U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers experienced large, repeated outbreaks of vaccine-preventable illnesses in the last three years, according to a new study by researchers at UCSF.
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There’s A Lot of Uncertainty Right Now – This is What Science Says That Does to Our Minds, Bodies
But what is uncertainty? What’s going on in the brain when we feel uncertain? And how might long-term uncertainty experienced by an entire population affect community health?
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2020 State of the University Address Highlights UCSF’s Resolve and Resilience During a Challenging Year
In his seventh annual State of the University address, Chancellor Sam Hawgood highlighted the extraordinary response of UCSF’s frontline care workers, researchers, educators, learners, and staff to the COVID-19 pandemic and the University’s renewed commitment to combatting systemic racism.
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Campaign Donations for Student Support Build ‘A More Equitable and Inclusive University’
UCSF: The Campaign garnered nearly $525 million in donations to support professional students at UCSF, as well as those pursuing careers in biomedical research through the University’s doctoral programs.
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Campaign’s Achievements Will Transform UCSF Research, Education, Patient Care
The multi-year fundraising initiative publicly launched in October 2017.
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UCSF Remembers Philip Lee, Former Chancellor and Health Care Reformer Who Served 2 US Presidents
Former UCSF Chancellor and Professor Emeritus of Social Medicine Philip Randolph Lee, MD, a visionary leader in health policy research and advocate for social justice, has died at 96.
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Doctors: Federal Family Separation Policy Amounts to ‘Torture’
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Genetic Testing Leads to ‘Awakening’ for Developmentally Delayed, ‘Nearly Catatonic’ Teen
Lisa had a rare mutation that meant she was not able to combine two words until she was 3, and she didn’t take part in imaginative play until she was 10. Could a drug for MS be repurposed to help her?
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New Study Points to Invisible Killer of Infants
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The Psychological Threats of Climate Change and Wildfires Are Now Here – This Site Can Help You Cope
To provide mental health resources for to deal with the climate crisis, UCSF’s Department of Psychiatry has created a new website dedicated to coping strategies.
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Do You Have the Heart for Marijuana?
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Taking Science to Washington: UCSF Experts and Advocates Help Shape Federal Science Policy
As a research-focused academic health center, UCSF has a vital stake in shaping science policy at every level, including in Washington.
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For Prisoners, Pandemic Hits with Greater Force
The COVID-19 crisis inside jails and prisons has laid bare the public health emergency created by mass incarceration in this country. UCSF experts say the health care system has an important role to play in helping to attenuate these harms.
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Combating Pandemic Fatigue