Researchers at UC San Francisco have found that giving small amounts of formula in the first few days of life to infants experiencing high levels of early weight loss actually can increase the length of time their mothers end up breastfeeding.

UC San Francisco, a frequent high-performing team at AIDS Walk San Francisco, will again for the gold – the honor given to the top fundraising organizations participating in the annual event.

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union announced on May 10 that its patient care technical workers unit will strike on May 21 and 22 across the University of California system.

As part of efforts to reduce the cost of health care while also improving quality, the UCSF Center for Healthcare Value has announced winners of its "Caring Wisely" initiative.

Two UCSF scientists — brain researcher Michael Brainard, PhD, and cell biologist Dyche Mullins, PhD — have been selected to be Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators.

A genetic test that measures cell cycle progression — an indicator of how rapidly cancer cells are growing and dividing — can be a useful tool for predicting who will have a recurrence of prostate cancer, according to researchers at UCSF.