News From Around the System

Clinical Faculty Profile - Javier Sanchez, M.D., Kaiser-Redlands

Dr. Javier Sanchez is a bilingual family medicine doctor at Kaiser Permanente in Redlands and an assistant clinical professor at the UCR School of Medicine since early 2015. Over that time he has mentored numerous clerkship and LACE students. Sanchez has been described by students as an empathetic physician who…

Screen 2 Screen: Virtual breast cancer outreach to benefit Asian women

The UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center’s virtual breast cancer outreach study called Screen 2 Screen is offering free educational webinars and mammography to lower breast cancer rates in Asian American communities.

This is the dawning of the age of the vaccine passport

The vaccine passport is coming.

UC Davis Health tests anti-inflammatory antiviral compound as COVID-19 therapy

Dominik Haudenschild is leading a team of UC Davis researchers testing a new class of anti-inflammatory antiviral compound as a COVID-19 treatment.

UCLA researchers receive $6 million from NIH to explore new pancreatic cancer therapies

Only 1 in 10 people diagnosed with this aggressive disease live beyond five years, and most current therapies have been unsuccessful in treating it.

UCI to lead transfer of COVID-19 patient data for federal research

The facts you should know about the Johnson & Johnson vaccine

Third vaccine OK'd for emergency use is safe, highly effective.

Potential COVID-19 treatment identified in UCLA-led lab study

Professors Robert Damoiseaux and Vaithilingaraja Arumugaswami led a collaboration among scientists from the U.S. and Germany.

Though Risk is Minuscule, Infection after COVID-19 Vaccination is Possible

Investigators from UC San Diego and UCLA report COVID-19 infection rates for a cohort of health care workers previously vaccinated for the novel coronavirus. Risk of infection is minuscule, but exists.

UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center to help improve national cancer guidelines

UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center will help improve national cancer guidelines after being elected into the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. The organization has established more than 80 clinical practice guidelines covering most types of cancer as well as prevention and supportive care.