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Rapid COVID-19 Test Shows Promise in Community Test Setting
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...
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Latinx Low-Income Workers Hardest Hit by SF COVID-19 Surge
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...
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UCSF Health Joins Top U.S. Hospitals for National #MaskUp Campaign Amid COVID-19 Surge
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...
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Healthcare
The Psychological Threats of Climate Change and Wildfires Are Now Here – This Site Can Help You Cope
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...
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Healthcare
Higher-Calorie Diets for Patients with Anorexia Nervosa Shorten Hospital Stays
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...
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Nancy Milliken, MD
Nancy Milliken, MD is the Founding Director of the UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She is Vice Dean Emerita of the UCSF School of Medicine and Professor Emerita,...
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Ramona Laughing Brook Webb
Ramona Laughing Webb is a Poet-in-Residence at the CoE working at the intersections of performance art, culture change and improved communications around gender and racial/ethnic disparities and health disparities. She has been the MC at...
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Internships
The UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health (CoE) Internship Program offers opportunities for individuals to explore areas of personal and career interest, to formulate goals and plans for their future and to acquire the...