Health

California’s poison hotline helps 700 people a day answer one question — ‘Is it harmful?’

UCSF

July 23, 2019

These doctors of pharmacy are also masters of poison, reassuring panicked families across the state.

Video

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.

Press Releases

UC Health statement regarding federal plans to escalate ICE raids

June 27, 2019

The Trump Administration recently announced plans to increase enforcement actions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and accelerate deportations of undocumented individuals. The five medical centers of the University of California join other public safety-net hospitals in opposing these harmful actions.
UC Health statement on U.S. Department of Homeland Security proposed rule on public charge

October 10, 2018

UC Health Executive Vice President John D. Stobo, M.D., issued the following statement today in response to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) proposed rule to expand the definition of “public charge.”
UC reaches multi-year contract with California Nurses Association

October 1, 2018

The University of California and the California Nurses Association (CNA) have reached agreement on a four-year contract that recognizes the integral role nurses play in delivering excellent patient care across UC’s five world-renowned medical centers, UC announced today (Oct. 1).