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Symptoms Generally Ease After a Month, But Can Persist Longer for 25 Percent of Pregnant Women By Elizabeth Fernandez Symptoms for pregnant women with COVID-19 can be prolonged, lasting two months or longer for a quarter of the women who...

By Nina Bai A mutated version of the novel coronavirus has been making the news for being more contagious. First detected in the United Kingdom in September, the variant now has been detected in several U.S. states, including California...

More Exercise, More Protein May Narrow the Gender Gap, Researchers Say By Suzanne Leigh Women awaiting liver transplants in the United States are known to be about one-third more likely than men to become too ill to undergo surgery or die...

Smart Ring May Flag Early Illnesses, UCSF-UCSD Study Shows The Oura Ring is a wearable sensor that continuously measures sleep and wakefulness, heart and respiratory rates and temperature. Photo courtesy of Oura A smart ring that generates...

Rapid Rejuvenation of Mental Faculties in Aged Mice Implicates Reversible Physiological ‘Blockage’ Behind Age-Related Cognitive Losses By Nicholas Weiler A cryo-electron microscope rendering of an ISRIB molecule. Image by the Adam Frost...

$9M Grant Aims to Expand Diversity in Screening and Prevention Nationwide By Elizabeth Fernandez Laura Esserman, MD, MBA, who leads the WISDOM study. Photo by Barbara Ries A national study evaluating a personalized approach to breast...

Gap in Response Times, Outcomes, Grows for Blacks, Hispanics in California By Elizabeth Fernandez California’s Black and Hispanic communities may be falling further behind whites in the quality of care they receive for heart attacks,...

In order for COVID-19 contact tracing to be effective in the United States, public health and government leaders must overcome deep ideological and cultural resistance among the public and deal with the ethical and technological challenges...

On a history-making day in the ongoing battle against the surging coronavirus pandemic, UC San Francisco began its first phase of vaccinations for its critical health care workforce, including both clinical and non-clinical employees whose...

COVID-19 test results from a two-day community testing event in Oakland’s Fruitvale district in September highlight the pandemic’s continued outsize health and economic impact on the Latinx population — and also the neighborhood’s large...