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  • President Drake vaccinates a patient at a clinic in SF

    Let’s get vaccinated, for our families and communities, says UC President Drake

    All of us have a role to play in bringing the pandemic to an end. UC President Michael V. Drake, M.D., explains why the COVID-19 vaccine is the best way we can protect ourselves and the people we love.

  • 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.
  • Arthur Reingold

    Ebola 101

    An infectious-disease expert at UC Berkeley offers a primer on the deadly Ebola virus.

  • Heart attacks, other emergencies spike during holidays

    December 20, 2011

    Stress, overeating and excessive partying could lead to an unnecessary trip to the emergency room.

  • Researchers discuss sugar’s highs, lows

    March 23, 2011

    America's growing sweet tooth is super-sizing waistlines and the nation's health care price tag, warn University of California researchers.

    People in the U.S. are eating 21 times more sweet stuff today than the pilgrims and pioneers did, according to data presented by scientists at a symposium on sugar and other sweeteners, sponsored by the Center for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment (COAST) at UCSF, the UC Office of the President, UC Berkeley and UC Davis.

  • UC medical schools increase underrepresented minority students

    UC Newsroom

    January 31, 2011

    Crystal Denmon was raised by a single parent in South Los Angeles, where gangs were common and graduating from high school was not.

    Crystal Denmon

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