With support from Amazon Web Services, UC San Diego Health physicians are using AI in a clinical research study aimed at speeding the detection of pneumonia, a condition associated with severe COVID-19.
Chances are you have lots of procedures in place to protect yourself from the novel coronavirus. You’re staying home except for truly essential errands, going for walks with plenty of distance between yourself and others. You know how to clean anything brought into the house and you’re giving soap and…
UC San Diego Health makes measurable progress addressing COVID-19 testing shortage through multiple partnerships and rapidly growing in-house testing. Success has meant more testing for more patients, first responders and other health systems.
The fourth annual UCI Anti-Cancer Challenge, a ride, run and walk to support cancer research at the UCI Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, has been moved from Saturday, June 6, 2020 to Saturday, October 3, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Anti-Cancer Challenge, which raises awareness and funds for…
Donations of personal protective equipment, food and money have flooded into UC San Diego Health, part of a community effort to treat and protect patients, staff and the community from COVID-19.
Chad T. Lefteris, an executive with considerable experience in integrated and academic health systems, has been named CEO of UCI Health, overseeing Orange County’s only academic medical center and all clinical and patient-serving operations. His appointment was approved by the University of California Board of Regents. Lefteris has served as…
The call has gone out: Overtaxed hospitals need more ventilators for the growing number of COVID-19 patients. A UCI Health team is working with corporate and university collaborators around the country to help provide them. UCI surgeon Dr. Brian Wong and anesthesiologist Dr. Govind Rajan are partnering with Tom Milner…
Because the novel coronavirus poses a greater risk to people undergoing cancer treatments, UCI Health oncology experts are urging these patients to take precautions to avoid infection. The UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center also has adopted new measures to protect patient safety during appointments and treatments, including increased…
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine are launching a pair of studies to answer critical questions regarding the roles COVID-19 may play in breast milk and pregnancy.
Researchers at four University of California Health medical centers have begun recruiting participants for a Phase II clinical trial to investigate the safety and efficacy of treating adult patients with COVID-19 with remdesivir, a drug that has shown promising activity against multiple viruses.
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