The number of critically ill patients on site has not surged, said Jahan Fahimi, medical director of the emergency department at UC San Francisco's Parnassus campus. “Something is working.”
‘Dreamers’ tell Supreme Court ending DACA during pandemic would be ‘catastrophic’
A filing on Friday urged the Supreme Court to consider the nearly 27,000 young undocumented immigrants known as Dreamers who work in health care, many on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic.
Free tools, teacher resources for distance learning in math
With many K-12 schools closed nationwide, teachers and students can now get free tools from STEM education experts.
UC San Diego engineers and doctors team up to retrofit and 3-D print ventilators
Students, staff and faculty are addressing one of the key challenges of COVID-19 outbreak.
The evolutionary advantage of the teenage brain
How different societies react to pandemics
In examining how different cultures reacted to the threat of Ebola, scientists gain insight into xenophobia around COVID-19.
On the front lines of developing a test for the coronavirus
A virus testing lab director explains how the US fell behind in the need for broad coronavirus testing.
University of California hospitals launch in-house coronavirus testing as US shortage continues
UC Davis Medical Center is among five UC hospitals that will have their in-house test for COVID-19, as kit shortages hit U.S.
Researchers forge a new weapon to fight parasites and other infections
‘It’s a first step toward fulfilling the promise of the genomics era to inform how we combat disease,’ lead researcher says.
Walking through ancient Egypt with 3-D technology
Elaine Sullivan takes a fresh look at the ancient Egyptian burial site of Saqqara with some tantalizing new tools.
UC experts take on COVID-19
The University of California has been on the front lines in the fight against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, since the earliest indications of its emergence in China. From top-flight medical care to groundbreaking research, UC’s scientists and physicians across its 10 campuses and five academic medical centers are part of the global effort to treat, understand and ultimately defeat the virus.
UC Davis claims top world ranking in veterinary science
The 2020 QS World University Rankings by Subject also ranked UC Davis second in the world and first in the nation in agriculture and forestry.