News From Around the System

UCLA researchers digitize massive collection of folk medicine

UCLA Professor David Shorter's Archive of Healing is one of the largest databases of medicinal folklore from around the world.

Repurposed Heart and Flu Drugs May Help Body Fight Sepsis

Higher platelet counts linked to better outcomes for patients with staph sepsis; repurposed drugs that protect platelets improve survival of septic mice

This is the dawning of the age of the vaccine passport

The vaccine passport is coming.

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.

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…

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.

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.