The Hellman Fellows Program and the University of California announced today (June 23) a plan to permanently support the Hellman Fellows Program on all 10 campuses in the UC system. With the establishment of this endowment, the Hellman Fellows Program will have committed a total of $125 million to support research for outstanding early-career faculty at all 10 UC campuses. The endowment will provide protected streams of funding in perpetuity through the creation of the Society of Hellman Fellows.

A new study confirms that face coverings determine the pandemic’s trends and significantly reduce the number of infections.

Several leading LGBTQ scholars offer their thoughts on what Monday's Supreme Court decision expanding workplace protections means.

FDA standards needed to protect consumers and industry, food scientist says.

The University of California today (June 16) announced a transformative open access publishing agreement that will make more of the University’s research freely and immediately available to individuals and researchers across the globe.

The emotions that benefit our relationships with cats.

Joel Ernst, M.D., addresses key questions about how vaccine development works and why that is especially important in the case of COVID-19.

‘I don’t think any human endeavor has ever saved so many lives in such a short period of time,’ author says.

Researchers across UC rapidly pivot from their usual research areas to address gaps in knowledge and care with COVID-19.

The University of California today (June 3) announced the distribution of $2 million in seed funding for important research across the state aimed at mitigating the impact of COVID-19, particularly among those at greater risk for infection and adverse outcomes. UC awarded the funds to support rapid-response, high-impact research in vaccines, therapeutics, clinical management, epidemiology and other COVID-19 related areas.

UCLA psychology professor Vickie Mays on how to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in black communities.

Two dozen medical students put together a site in six languages that clearly, cleanly separates fact from myth.