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‘AeroNabs’ Promise Powerful, Inhalable Protection Against COVID-19
UCSF scientists have devised a novel approach to halting the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease.
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How COVID Sends Some Bodies to War With Themselves
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Genomic Sequencing as a Standalone Newborn Screening Tool Falls Short, But May Help Diagnose Uncertain Cases
Researchers found that, when used alone, sequencing comes up short, missing some sick babies, while flagging many healthy ones for unnecessary follow-up testing. But sequencing can still be useful in cases that look suspicious but were not clearly identified by older screening technology.
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UCSF’s Global Health Institute Fights COVID-19 Around the World
People wear masks as they walk through an outdoor market in Brazil, a country that has seen skyrocketing numbers of COVID-19 cases. Getty Images UC San Francisco has spearheaded campaigns across
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UC Issues New Flu Vaccination Requirement for Students, Faculty and Staff
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Lindsey Criswell Named Director of National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Lindsey A. Criswell has been selected as the next director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases.
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Non-Invasive Nerve Stimulation Boosts Learning of Foreign Language Sounds
New research by neuroscientists at the University of Pittsburgh and UC San Francisco revealed that a simple, earbud-like device developed at UCSF that imperceptibly stimulates a key nerve leading to the brain could significantly improve the wearer’s ability to learn the sounds of a new language.
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Drug Prevents Multiple Sclerosis Relapses in Phase 3 Trial
A newly completed phase 3, multicenter clinical trial has found that an immune-modulating drug can silence inflammatory disease activity in a large majority of patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS) – the most common form of the illness, in which symptoms wax and wane.
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COVID-19 Pandemic Drives Telehealth Boom, But Older Adults Can’t Connect
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a significant increase in video visits between patients and their doctors, but for many older adults, the shift has cut them off from care, rather than connecting them.
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MEDIA ADVISORY: UCSF Health Serves as 2020 PGA Championship Medical Team
As the official medical provider of the 2020 PGA Championship in San Francisco, UCSF Sports Medicine staff will be on-site to provide general first aid and immediate medical assistance.
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One More Reason to Wear a Mask: You’ll Get Less Sick From COVID-19
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.
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Statement on Vendor Security Incident
A vendor that UCSF uses for trend analysis of donations to the university informed us it had experienced an IT security incident in May 2020 that exposed some UCSF information.
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San Francisco’s Lonely War Against COVID-19
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When Telehealth Came to the Tenderloin
Can people who are struggling with serious mental illness and poverty benefit from telehealth? The pandemic forces a UCSF team to find out.
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Transit-Based COVID-19 Monitoring Pilot Launched in Mission District
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.
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UCSF Medical Center Ranks Among Nation’s 10 Best Hospitals for 2020-21
UCSF Medical Center has been recognized as one of the nation’s finest hospitals in the U.S. News & World Report 2020-2021 Best Hospitals survey, ranking among the top 10 hospitals nationwide for the 22nd year.
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COVID-19 Risk in Schools: What You Should Know
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With Eating Disorders, Looks Can Be Deceiving
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Large Bay Area Blood Bank Still Turning Away Gay Bisexual Men Who Meet US Rules
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UCSF Wins 2020 CASE Circle of Excellence Award for Website Redesign
UCSF won a Silver award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) in this year’s international competition recognizing exceptional communications and outreach from educational institutions.
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Some ‘Inert’ Drug Ingredients May Be Biologically Active
Some supposedly inert ingredients in common drugs — such as dyes and preservatives — may potentially be biologically active and could lead to unanticipated side effects, according to a preliminary new study by researchers from the UCSF and the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research.
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The Kidney Project Wins KidneyX Award to Enable Simpler, Safer At-Home Dialysis
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‘COVID-Phobia’ Harming Skittish Patients Needing Care, Health Care Industry As a Whole
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‘Wasabi Receptor’ Reveals Its Eye-Watering Secrets
UCSF researchers have now determined how the TRPA1 molecule manages to sense such a diverse variety of dangerous chemicals – and do so with enough sensitivity to let you flee before suffering too much tissue damage.
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COVID-19 Frontliners: Lending a Hand in the Navajo Nation
Surgical charge nurse Alicia Catanese, RN, volunteered to help the Navajo Nation cope with its COVID surge.
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COVID-19 Frontliners: the Hospitalist
Hospitalist Sajan Patel, MD, remembers anxieties and revelations while caring for the Bay Area's first coronavirus patients.
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How I Survived COVID-19
Exceptional care was crucial, but I’m painfully aware that privilege also pulled me through.
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COVID-19 Frontliners: Order Out of Chaos
Custodian Abie Stillman shares his reflections on essential work and what he would like instead of another thank-you.
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COVID-19 Frontliners: Helping People Die from 3,000 Miles Away
Palliative care expert Alex Smith, MD, guides the families of COVID patients through the hardest decisions of their lives.
