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Archive: Dr. John Murray, Ex-SF General Physician Killed by COVID-19 Complications
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Archive: Even at a (Social) Distance, UCSF School of Medicine Class of 2020 Match Day is Virtually Perfect
This year, due to the coronavirus pandemic and the need to practice social distancing, Match Day's tearing open of envelopes was replaced by a special email that hit inboxes at 9 a.m., prompting online celebrations.
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Archive: UCSF Health Collaborates with City and Local Hospitals to Increase Inpatient Capacity
As part of its broader COVID-19 response, UCSF Health is working with hospitals across the City of San Francisco to expand inpatient and critical care capacity to meet the anticipated surge in demand due to the novel coronavirus disease.
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Archive: UCSF Health Increases Inpatient Capacity at UCSF Mount Zion Campus
UCSF Health is preparing to open 46 inpatient acute care beds and seven ICU beds at its Mount Zion medical campus to help meet the anticipated surge in demand across the health system due to the novel coronavirus disease.
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Archive: Remembering Pulmonologist John F. Murray
Murray was tirelessly dedicated to what was then called San Francisco General Hospital (now, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital & Trauma Center), where he was chief of pulmonology from 1966 until 1989.
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Archive: Unveiling How Coronavirus Hijacks Our Cells to Help Rush New Drugs to Patients
Though many hopes are hanging on the development of a vaccine or drug that targets the novel coronavirus directly, a UCSF-led team is taking an unconventional approach: target the host – in other words, you.
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Archive: 7 Medical Leaders to Politicians: Save Lives, Not Wall Street
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Archive: UCSF Health Sets Up Drive-Through Testing for Pre-Screened, High-Risk Employees
UCSF Health has erected a limited-use, drive-through test facility at the UCSF Laurel Heights campus on California Street that will open on Wednesday, March 25.
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Archive: Coronavirus Is Sickening Young Adults and Spreading Through Them, Experts Say
A new report from the CDC confirms that COVID-19 does not spare millennials and Gen Z. Among the first 4,226 cases in the U.S., more than half of patients who were hospitalized were under the age of 65, and one in five were aged 20 to 44.
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Archive: Predicting Coronavirus? SF Emergency Workers Wear State-of-the-Art Rings in New Study
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Archive: Is There Actually a Link Between Vaping and Coronavirus?
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Archive: The man behind the sequencing of the coronavirus could have keys to the disease
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Archive: Scientists Identify 69 Drugs to Test Against the Coronavirus
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Archive: Hundreds of Scientists Scramble to Find a Coronavirus Treatment
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Archive: Donors Rally to Support UCSF Doctors and Scientists Working to Conquer COVID-19
Thousands of UCSF health care workers are mobilizing to prepare for the potential influx of patients sickened by COVID-19, even as hundreds of UCSF scientists race against time to defeat the deadly respiratory virus impacting communities around the world.
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Archive: Statement on UCSF Health’s Drive to Increase Testing Capacity for Coronavirus
To meet the increased need for COVID-19 testing that is likely to emerge in the Bay Area in the coming weeks, UCSF Health, with support from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) and CZ Biohub, is now working to significantly expand our testing capacity for our patients.
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Archive: Urine Test Can Detect Likelihood of Kidney Transplant Rejection
A simple urine test can diagnose and predict acute rejection in kidney transplants, leading to an opportunity for earlier detection and treatment, according to a new study by researchers at UCSF.
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Archive: Letter to the UC Community from President Janet Napolitano About COVID-19
Our campuses and the UC Office of the President have made alternative arrangements and provisions to enable students and employees to reduce the risk of community spread by minimizing face-to-face interactions, reducing commuting and travel, and enabling social distancing.
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Archive: UCSF Schools Shine in 2021 U.S. News Best Graduate Schools Rankings
UCSF’s schools of medicine, nursing and pharmacy all received high rankings in this year’s U.S. News & World Report survey of best graduate and professional schools.
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Archive: UCSF Issues Escalated COVID-19 Policies and Guidance
The overriding goal of this action is the critical need to limit community transmission.
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Archive: Statement on COVID-19 Panel Discussion Notes That Were Attributed to UCSF
To allay some confusion about a document on the COVID-19 pandemic that was attributed to UCSF last week on social media and in the press – in many cases carrying our official university logo – we’d like to provide some background.
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Archive: UCSF Health Expands Visitor Restrictions in Hospital and Clinics Amid COVID-19 Outbreak
In accordance with an order from San Francisco Health Officer Tomas Aragon, UCSF Health will restrict visitors and UCSF personnel not directly involved with providing patient care and maintaining the UCSF Health infrastructure from its San Francisco hospitals effective March 14.
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Archive: Why Experts Are Urging Social Distancing to Combat Coronavirus Outbreak
As number of COVID-19 cases grows in the U.S., cities are canceling events and closing schools and businesses are urging employees to work from home if possible. UCSF epidemiologists Jeff Martin, MD, MPH, and George Rutherford, III, MD, explained why these measures are being taken and what each of us can do to slow the outbreak and help to save lives.
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Archive: UCSF Health Statement on Coronavirus Test Availability
The current capacity allows UCSF Health to cover the current needs for our hospitalized patients and those entering through the Emergency Department each day, with some additional testing for patients at the UCSF outpatient Respiratory Screening Clinic who are suspected of having the virus.
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Archive: Worried About Coronavirus? If Your Loved One Is Over 60, Read This
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Archive: Experts Shine Light on Kidney Disease, Share Hopes for the Future
We asked a team of UCSF kidney experts – including nephrologist, a transplant surgeon, a transplant pharmacist and a bioengineer – to shine a light on the problem of kidney disease and share their hopes for the future.
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Archive: We Should Send Women on a Mars Mission
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Archive: 5 Things a Chief of Emergency Medicine Wants You to Do Right Now During the Coronavirus Outbreak
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Archive: UCSF Health Responds to COVID-19 Needs
UCSF Health is actively preparing for a potential increase in patients arriving at our hospitals due to COVID-19.
