Second-year medical student Shania Bennett serves her country while taking a full load of classes at the UC Davis School of Medicine. She’s one of relatively few students across the country to participate in the military’s Health Professions Scholarship Program.
The Ragan PR Daily Awards were presented November 2 in New York City, honoring excellence in marketing and communications. UC Davis Health won the top prize in three categories and earned an honorable mention in a fourth.
The 12th annual Willow Clinic Veterans Health Fair on Saturday will offer medical and psychological screenings, haircuts, a coat giveaway and other services for vulnerable populations including veterans and people experiencing homelessness.
RSV is commonly associated with children in their first or second year of life. However, RSV can also lead to potentially life-threatening complications for adults. Infectious diseases expert Natascha Tuznik answers questions about why RSV can be severe, particularly for those in high-risk groups.
Using a protocol developed at UCSF, physicians have successfully treated a fetus with a devastating genetic disorder for the first time, and the child is now thriving as a toddler.
Irvine, Calif. — More than 3,000 participants, donors and supporters who joined the 2022 UCI Anti-Cancer Challenge on Oct. 8 helped raise $1 million for innovative cancer research. All proceeds will support promising cancer pilot projects and early-phase clinical trials at the UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, the…
Registration for the 2023 Mini Medical School: A Healthy Aging Education Series Program, opens online Nov. 8. Classes begin Feb. 4, 2023. Each course is offered as a live webinar with an opportunity for participants to interact virtually with the presenters.
Irvine, Calif. — UCI Health and the UCI Alpha Clinic are conducting a clinical trial of an investigational cell therapy in patients with generalized myasthenia gravis, a rare autoimmune disorder. The therapy, called Descartes-08, is an mRNA-modified, autologous CAR T-cell product designed to attack B-cell maturation antigen. It is the…
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