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Tu Foundation gives $2.5 million for COVID-19 patient care, research

UCI Health — May 10, 2020

Irvine, Calif. — A $2.5-million gift from the John and Mary Tu Foundation to the University of California, Irvine is supporting COVID-19-associated patient care at UCI Health and to advance clinical and translational research across the university campus that is focused on new ways to test for and treat the…

Introducing the UC San Diego Return to Learn Program

UC San Diego Health — May 5, 2020

Program makes COVID-19 testing available to thousands of students in effort to track the novel coronavirus and better position the campus to resume in-person activities in the fall.

$55M NIH Grant Advances Clinical and Translational Research at UC San Diego

UC San Diego Health — May 4, 2020

The Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute at University of California San Diego has received a five-year, $54.7 million Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS), part of the National Institutes of Health.

Arthritis Drug Presents Promise as Treatment for COVID-19 Pneumonia

UC San Diego Health — April 29, 2020

UC San Diego Health has launched a Phase III clinical trial to assess whether a medication used to treat rheumatoid might also have therapeutic value for patient with COVID-19 who have developed or are at high risk of developing serious lung damage from SARS-CoV-2 infections.

Loss of Smell Associated with Milder Clinical Course in COVID-19

UC San Diego Health — April 27, 2020

Researchers at UC San Diego Health report in newly published findings that olfactory impairment suggests the resulting COVID-19 disease is more likely to be mild to moderate, a potential early indicator that could help health care providers determine which patients may require hospitalization.

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