‘Designer Virus’ is First New Polio Vaccine in 50 Years
A UCSF researcher is among the team that announced promising Phase 1 clinical results for the first new oral polio vaccine in 50 years.
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UCSF School of Pharmacy Faculty Member Describes Being a COVID-19 Patient
Marilyn Stebbins, a UCSF School of Pharmacy faculty member, shares a firsthand account of being a COVID-19 patient.
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UCSF Health Care Workers to Serve in Navajo Nation
The UCSF health care workers specialize in critical care, intensive care, acute care and hospital medicine.
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Older and Stuck at Home? Expert Advice on Fitness
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COVID-19 Arrived in Seattle. Where It Went From There Stunned the Scientists.
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COVID-19 Testing in Mission District, Bolinas to Inform Next Steps in Fight Against Disease
UCSF infectious disease researchers and community partners have launched an effort to provide comprehensive, voluntary COVID-19 testing to all residents of two distinctive Bay Area communities.
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Hand Sanitizer for the People: The Allyship of an Actor and PhD Student
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What We Know, and Don't Know, A Month into Bay Area's Coronavirus Shelter-in-Place Order
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Clinical Trial Testing If Common Anti-Inflammatory Drug Reduces Hospitalization, Death Caused by Coronavirus
UCSF is recruiting newly diagnosed COVID-19 patients for a large global clinical trial testing whether the common anti-inflammatory drug colchicine can reduce hospitalization and death caused by the illness.
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CRISPR and Spit Might Be Keys to Faster, Cheaper, Easier Tests for the Coronavirus
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CRISPR-Based ‘Discovery Engine’ for New Cell Therapies to Advance Cancer Treatments
UCSF researchers now have reported a new method to design and test cell therapies, one they expect will speed the development of new life-saving treatments not only for cancer, but for other diseases, too.
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UCSF Offering Free COVID-19 Test Analysis, Results to Public Health Departments of All 58 California Counties
UCSF is announcing that it will provide free COVID-19 sample analysis, indefinitely, to all California Departments of Public Health.
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Is Herd Immunity a Solution to the Coronavirus Pandemic?
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UCSF Team of Scientists Produces, Distributes Hand Sanitizer for Bay Area's Incarcerated, Most Vulnerable Populations
The Science Policy Group at UCSF has initiated a project to provide alcohol-based hand sanitizer to incarcerated populations, as well as people living in public or transitional housing or experiencing homelessness, with plans to distribute 15,000 bottles.
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New CRISPR-Based COVID-19 Test Kit Can Diagnose Infection in Less Than an Hour
While the widely used coronavirus PCR tests take about four hours to produce a result from a respiratory sample, the new DETECTR test developed by UCSF scientists takes only 45 minutes, rapidly accelerating the pace of diagnosis.
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Video: Emergency Care Doctor Explains When to Wear a Face Mask, How to Do It the Right Way
We asked UCSF emergency care physician Jeanne Noble to explain why everyone should wear a face mask and to demonstrate step-by-step how to safely don and doff masks of different types.
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More Steps Needed to Manage Current Care of Older Adults
The COVID-19 pandemic is a critical time to think about how best to manage the care of older adults, both for their sake and for the near- and longer-term costs and stresses to the health care system, according to a new commentary by a UCSF clinician.
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From Apps to Expert Advice, Invaluable Resources for Well-Being During the Coronavirus Pandemic
To help during these times, UCSF psychologist Elissa Epel worked with colleagues across the UCSF Department of Psychiatry to create a webpage of mental-health resources.
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UCSF Health Care Workers to Serve in New York City
A team of 20 UCSF health care workers – 12 physicians and eight nurses – will travel to New York City to begin a one month voluntary assignment.
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Confronting COVID-19: Donors’ Generosity Put to Use at Lightning Speed Across UCSF
Vigorously embracing their leadership roles, our faculty members are coming together to tackle this public health crisis from all angles.
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Air Pollution and Smoking May Increase Coronavirus Risks, Worsen Outcomes
Lung damage is the cause of most COVID-19 deaths, and lung damage also is a public health concern for smokers and anybody living under polluted skies.
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Could a Blood Test for Coronavirus Antibodies Get California Back to Normal? Lots of Questions Remain
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Virus Testing Is Fine, but It's Not a Panacea
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How San Francisco Plans to Trace Every Coronavirus Case and Contact
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New Research Links Air Pollution to Higher Coronavirus Death Rates
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UCSF Lab Accelerates Processing of Coronavirus Tests in Bay Area, All for No Cost
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UCSF to Offer Free COVID-19 Test Analysis, Results to Public Health Departments of Nine Bay Area Counties
UCSF will offer COVID-19 sample analysis for 30 days, free of charge, to all nine Bay Area counties’ Departments of Public Health.
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Lifesaving Face Shields for Health Care Workers are Newest 3D-Printing Project at UCSF
To meet the pressing need for personal protective equipment for frontline health care workers, a multidisciplinary team has mobilized UCSF’s 3D-printing infrastructure to engineer and produce thousands of face shields.
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What We Know and Don’t Know About Coronavirus and Pregnancy
Pregnant women are at higher risk for many infections, but the risks of COVID-19 to mother and baby are not yet clear. UCSF experts share what we know and don’t know about COVID-19’s effects on pregnancy, the possibility of in utero transmission, and advice for pregnant women.
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New UCSF Health Atlas Visualizes Population Health, COVID-19 Cases
