News From Around the System

Tips for a sensory-friendly July 4th

The Fourth of July is often characterized by fireworks, parades and celebrations, which can be challenging for autistic individuals and those with other neurodevelopmental conditions. A UC Davis MIND Institute expert offers some tips to make the holiday celebrations more comfortable.

UC San Diego Health Adopts SMART Health Card for Digital Vaccine Records

First U.S. health system to offer direct online access to secure, verifiable vaccination documentation

Philanthropists Give $3.25 Million to Support Heart Disease Research

The gift will create the Steven M. Strauss and Lise N. Wilson Center for Cardiomyopathy at UC San Diego

Iris and Matthew Strauss Give $2 Million to Endow Faculty Chair at UC San Diego

Joseph Califano, III, MD, director of the Head and Neck Cancer Center, named inaugural chair

Stay healthy and cool during the heat wave

Sacramento’s temperatures are expected to climb into triple-digits this week. UC Davis Health occupational and environmental medicine physician Sheri Belafsky and sports medicine physician Brandee Waite offer tips for staying cool and healthy in the heat.

Center Brings Doctors, Scientists Together to Improve Health of Mother and Child

Topics include causes of miscarriage, preterm birth issues, preeclampsia and developmental origins of health and disease

Center Brings Doctors, Scientists Together to Improve Health of Mother and Child

AI Predicts How Patients with Viral Infections, Including COVID-19, Will Fare

Gene expression patterns associated with pandemic viral infections provide a map to help define patients’ immune responses, measure disease severity, predict outcomes and test therapies — for current and future pandemics

Researchers Test Model to Predict Drug Overdose Deaths in U.S.

Predictive tools could help counties preemptively deliver public health resources

SARS-CoV-2 Detectable — Though Likely Not Transmissible — on Hospital Surfaces

The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 also tends to co-locate with one particular type of bacteria