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Combating Coronavirus

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Ask the Expert Summer 2023

What’s New in the Search for a Long COVID Cure?

An infectious disease specialist shares what he’s learning about this mysterious condition.

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Ask the Expert Summer 2023

Calling All Scientists to Fight the Next Pandemic

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Science Summer 2021

Your Immune System Could Turn COVID-19 Deadly

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Ask the Expert Winter 2023

Five Questions for Diane Havlir

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Science Summer 2020

We Thought It Was Just a Respiratory Virus

Three photo portraits of a woman are woven together. Portrait 1: the woman wears a face mask and shield. Portrait 2: the woman wears a lab coat. Portrait 3: the woman wears everyday clothes.

Science Winter 2022

The Long Haul

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Science Winter 2022

Rapidly Responding to Long COVID

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Ask the Expert Summer 2021

Uniting the Black Community to Defeat COVID

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Ask the Expert Summer 2021

How Can We Thwart the Next Pandemic?

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Science Winter 2021

Two Billion Nanobodies. One Global Pandemic. Go.

The Latest

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Ask the Expert Winter 2021

COVID-19 Predictions for 2021 and Beyond

Will we face a fourth surge? More mutations? A return to the office?

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Ask the Expert Winter 2021

What Is COVID Doing to Our Hearts?

The disease can affect the heart’s rhythm, impair its ability to pump blood, and much more.

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Ask the Expert Winter 2021

How Can We Be Sure the New COVID-19 Vaccines Are Safe?

Five experts share what will convince them that a vaccine is safe.

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Ask the Expert Winter 2021

Will Kids Be Safe When They Return to School? Will Everyone Else?

The science suggests yes, but only with proper planning and protocols.

Lessons & Reflections

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Ask the Expert Winter 2022

Five Questions for Monica Gandhi

Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH, an infectious disease expert and professor of medicine, has been an ardent voice for science during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Human Interest Summer 2020

How to Build a COVID Testing Lab in Eight Days

Scientists at UCSF and the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub created from scratch a diagnostic lab that became a model for the nation.

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Alumni Stories Summer 2022

The Man Who Would Not Be Silenced

ER physician Cleavon Gilman, MD ’16, fought – and won – battles against poverty, a speech defect, and Iraq War horrors. He wasn’t going to let COVID beat him.

Robert Wachter, MD, sitting in his home, working on a tablet, with a computer in his lap, and his dog by his side.

Perspectives Summer 2020

Tweeting a Pandemic

How a UCSF leader used social media to advance the public’s understanding.

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Perspectives Summer 2021

Capturing a Pandemic Moment

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Perspectives Summer 2020

How I Survived COVID-19

Writer F.T. Kola recounts her battle with COVID-19 and its aftermath.

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Human Interest Summer 2020

We Must Learn from Our Past

Insights from the world’s response are already taking shape.

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Health Summer 2020

An Epidemic of Inequality

Confronting the root of why people of color have been hit hardest by the coronavirus.

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Health Summer 2020

Backlash: Anti-Asian Racism Escalates During COVID-19

The pandemic has led to a sudden rise in discrimination against people of Asian descent.

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Ask the Expert Summer 2020

Homelessness in the Time of COVID-19

What the pandemic reveals about housing and health.

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Human Interest Summer 2020

When Telehealth Came to the Tenderloin

Staying connected helps people struggling with mental illness and poverty survive the pandemic.

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Health Summer 2020

Sheltering in Place Is Nothing New for These Families

When your child is seriously ill, social distancing is all too familiar. Five families share advice for the rest of us.

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Ask the Expert Summer 2020

Seeking Immunity Against COVID-19

What will it take to produce a coronavirus vaccine?

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Ask the Expert Summer 2020

Five Big Lessons from the Pandemic

Insights from the world’s response are already taking shape.

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Human Interest Winter 2021

Pandemic Brings an Unexpected Twist to Alum’s Protein Discovery

First recognized for stabilizing blood pressure, ACE2 also offers a deadly handshake to the coronavirus.

Meeting the Moment

Portrait of Annie Luetkemeyer.

Frontliners Summer 2020

The Clinical Trial Leader

Annie Luetkemeyer, MD, tests promising therapies for COVID-19 – and soon, a vaccine.

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Frontliners Summer 2020

The Hospitalist

Sajan Patel, MD, remembers anxieties and revelations while caring for the Bay Area’s first coronavirus patients.

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Frontliners Summer 2020

The Navajo Nation Volunteer

Surgical charge nurse Alicia Catanese, RN, volunteered to help the Navajo Nation cope with its COVID surge.

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Frontliners Summer 2020

The Custodian

Abie Stillman shares his reflections on essential work and what he would like from the public instead of another thank-you.

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Frontliners Summer 2020

The Stem Cell Biologist

Why are more men than women dying from COVID-19? Scientist Faranak Fattahi, PhD, has found a clue.

Portrait of Joseph Kidane.

Frontliners Summer 2020

The Medical Student

With campuses closed, Joseph Kidane serves with hundreds of his fellow medical students in a volunteer crisis workforce.

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Frontliners Summer 2020

The ICU Nurse

Kelly Timothy, RN, cares for some of the Bay Area’s sickest patients – and their families.

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Frontliners Summer 2020

The Emergency Medicine Chief

Maria Raven, MD, takes charge of the hospital’s first line of defense.

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Frontliners Summer 2020

The Fresno ER Doc

Kenny Banh, MD, fights both COVID-19 and inequity in the San Joaquin Valley.

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Frontliners Summer 2020

The Child Life Specialist

Katie Craft helps young patients grapple with new fears.

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Frontliners Summer 2020

The Palliative Care Expert

Alex Smith, MD, guides the families of COVID patients through the hardest decisions of their lives.

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Frontliners Summer 2020

The Call Navigator

Monique Posey fields questions about the pandemic. She shares her story – and some of her strategies for coping with stress.

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Frontliners Summer 2020

The Pharmacist

Katherine Yang, PharmD, raced to get a new, lifesaving drug approved for emergency treatment.

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Frontliners Summer 2020

The Respiratory Therapist

A skilled ventilator operator, respiratory therapist Max Rausch helps keep the sickest patients breathing.

Portrait of Emily Silverman.

Frontliners Summer 2020

The Physician-Storyteller

Between shifts at San Francisco’s public hospital, Emily Silverman, MD, collects audio diaries from health workers.

Alumni Stories

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  • Alumni Stories
  • Summer 2020

UCSF Alumni Confront COVID-19

We asked alumni to share their pandemic stories. Here’s a selection of submissions.

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Shared Mechanisms Allow SARS-CoV-2 Variants to Thrive Post-Vaccination

  • Research
  • September 21, 2023

New COVID-19 Vaccines: Is it Worth the Shot?

  • Patient Care
  • September 20, 2023

Long COVID Symptoms Can Emerge Months After Infection

  • Research
  • August 10, 2023

Gene Mutation May Explain Why Some Don’t Get Sick from COVID-19

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  • July 19, 2023

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