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Holiday gatherings during COVID-19: What doctors say about traveling and family events
UCSF
November 19, 2020
The good news is that there are ways to make a gathering safer.
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How do our bodies fight off dangerous chemicals?
Cells are like night club bouncers, says UC San Diego's Amro Hamdoun: With every substance that a cell encounters, it has to decide which to eliminate and which to let in. -
How much sugar are you really eating?
In the near future, the Nutrition Facts label on the back of packaged foods will have a new look and more information. UC Davis' Kimber Stanhope explains how this will reveal the amount of sugar that is added to our foods. -
Ebola 101
An infectious-disease expert at UC Berkeley offers a primer on the deadly Ebola virus. -
New tactics, old foe: malaria
Vector biologist Anthony James takes a fresh look at how mosquitoes transmit malaria and other diseases.
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Youth using e-cigarettes 3 times as likely to become daily cigarette smokers
UC San Diego
January 14, 2021
Age at first use and number of tobacco products consumed also increases addiction risk.
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In shaky times, focus on past successes, if overly anxious, depressed
UC Berkeley
January 14, 2021
Focusing on what you get right, instead of what you get wrong, can help your judgment if anxious or depressed, a new study says.
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How worried should you be about the new coronavirus variant?
UCSF
January 13, 2021
UCSF infectious disease expert Charles Chiu on how the new variant emerged, whether available vaccines will still work and what we need to do now.
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December 7, 2020
The State of California has asked the University of California to lead an expansion of a smartphone-based COVID-19 exposure notification system recently tested at seven University of California campuses. Under this statewide program, researchers and entrepreneurs at UC San Diego Health who developed and led the pilot program will manage broadening the program for the State.
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University of California Health launches human donor milk bank to help newborns
November 19, 2020
University of California Health has launched an innovative human milk bank to help improve the lives of newborns, infants and their families.
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November 5, 2020
A program to test a smartphone-based COVID-19 exposure notification system will expand to an additional five University of California campus locations as a result of accomplishments from an initial deployment earlier this fall at two UC campuses. The program is a joint effort between the University and the State of California to assess use of the technology on a voluntary basis as a means of reducing the spread of the virus.
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September 11, 2020
Two University of California campuses will pilot the use of a smartphone technology to notify users if they have had a high-risk COVID-19 exposure that may result in infection.
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Your kid will love this: Lawrence Hall of Science's DIY Human Body app (for iPhone and iPad) helps kids discover how their bodies really work.