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$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...

Test Can ID Infectious Individuals in 15 Minutes, Could Help Quell Continued High Transmission Among Mission Latinx Population By Nicholas Weiler UCSF volunteers work at a COVID-19 pop-up testing site around 16th Mission BART station. The...

Ongoing Inequality Highlights Need for Community-Based Test-and-Respond Strategy to Halt Spread of Infections Among Most Vulnerable, Organizers Say By Nicholas Weiler Maria Coronado, a volunteer with Unidos en Salud, putting up flyers in...

As the United States endures a third wave of COVID-19 cases, public health officials and the medical community continue to point to one simple – and effective – intervention: wearing a face mask. On Thursday, UCSF Health joined 100 of the...

By Brandon R. Reynolds Fires, smoke and other climate-related crises are increasing, leading to psychological stress on top of the immediate physical dangers. Fires, smoke, and stress. As climate-related crises increase – as exemplified by...

Revised Refeeding Regimen Results in Speedier Recovery, Major Savings, UCSF, Stanford Study Shows The standard-of-care for patients with eating disorders when they are admitted to the hospital for malnutrition is to initiate a low-calorie...