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UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals Rank Among the Nation’s Best in 2021-2022 US News & World Report

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals have been recognized among the nation’s best pediatric medical centers in all 10 specialties assessed in U.S. News & World Report’s annual survey of Best Children’s Hospitals for 2021-2022.

The Disease Detective

Everything to Know About Catching a Cold After Not Being Sick for a Year

Older Women Who Are Socially Engaged More Likely to Be Emotionally Abused or Mistreated

Living Therapeutics Initiative Will Accelerate Development and Delivery of Revolutionary Treatments

UCSF is launching a new initiative to propel the development of living therapeutics – a category of treatments broadly defined as human and microbial living cells that are selected, modified, or engineered to treat or cure disease – and bring them quickly to patients.

Space Travel Weakens Our Immune Systems – Now Scientists May Know Why

Scientists now have shown that the weakening of an astronaut’s immune system during space travel is likely due in part to abnormal activation of immune cells called T regulator cells.

For Newborns with Seizures, Stopping Treatment Sooner May Be Safer

Continuing medication for newborns with seizures for months after they are discharged from the hospital does not prevent epilepsy and may cause neurotoxic side effects.

To Prevent Delirium, Increase Mobility, Connection and Sleep

UCSF researchers wanted to see if simple tweaks, like avoiding nighttime interruptions to promote sleep, nixing certain prescription drugs, and promoting exercise and social engagement, could decrease delirium in hospitalized older adults.

AIDS at 40: Forty Years of One Pandemic and Then Another

This story is one in a series of first-person perspectives from those who are working on the frontlines to better understand, treat and prevent transmission of HIV and AIDS as well as COVID-19. You can read more about the 40 years of AIDS in SF and how it has shaped the COVID-19 response.

AIDS at 40: ‘Those Our Nation Values Least, Suffer Most’

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