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UCI to build world-class hospital on Irvine campus

UCI Health — January 20, 2021

Plans to build a world-class, acute care hospital on the northern edge of the University of California, Irvine academic campus advanced significantly today, as the University of California Board of Regents granted approval of the project’s 144-bed acute care facility, ambulatory care center and cancer center. The hospital joins the…

UCI campus COVID-19 patient vaccination site opens

UCI Health — January 19, 2021

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, UCI and UCI Health have been committed to leading our community’s fight against the disease. Last weekend, UCI Health began offering the COVID-19 vaccine to more than 2,700 UCI Health patients 65 years of age and older on the UCI campus in Irvine…

Campus is well prepared to store COVID-19 vaccines

UCR Health — January 19, 2021

The University of California, Riverside, expects to receive a shipment of 400 Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses on Wednesday, Jan. 20. An initial shipment of 100 Moderna vaccines was delivered to Student Health Services earlier this month in order to begin inoculating frontline health care staff.

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Voices of the Vaccinated

UCR Health — January 19, 2021

We asked members of the UCR SOM community to share their thoughts, concerns, and experiences before and after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.

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Metabolism May Play Role in Recurrent Major Depression

UC San Diego Health — January 12, 2021

Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine, in collaboration with Dutch scientists, have found that certain metabolites — small molecules produced by the process of metabolism — may be predictive indicators for persons at risk for recurrent major depressive disorder.

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