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Cannabis Use Disorder Rate Rose among Pregnant Women between 2001-2012

UC San Diego Health — April 20, 2021

Babies born to mothers diagnosed with cannabis use disorder are more likely to experience negative health outcomes, such as preterm birth and low birth weight, than babies born to mothers without a cannabis use disorder diagnosis, report UC San Diego researchers.

A behind-the-scenes department steps into the COVID-19 spotlight

UC Davis Health — April 19, 2021

In March 2020, UC Davis was in a race to create something that didn’t exist yet: a home-grown COVID-19 test. How the campus pulled together to help Pathology and Laboratory Medicine launch the first of over 100,000 COVID-19 tests this past year.

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