Study finds that microRNA biomarkers in asymptomatic pregnant women might reveal higher risk for the common and serious pregnancy complication; early identification could lead to prevention and better maternal and newborn outcomes
The NIH has launched a major clinical trial to assess the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and antibiotic azithromycin as a treatment for COVID-19. The trial will recruit 2,000 participants at 30 sites. A QandA with the trial’s team leader: Davey Smith, MD, of UC San Diego School of Medicine.
Orange, Calif. — UCI Health is initiating a clinical study of a drug to treat critically ill COVID-19 patients who face a high mortality rate because of acute inflammation that fills their lungs with fluid, a grave condition that even mechanical ventilation cannot improve. Aviptadil, which has a 20-year history…
Irvine, Calif. — A $2.5-million gift from the John and Mary Tu Foundation to the University of California, Irvine is supporting COVID-19-associated patient care at UCI Health and to advance clinical and translational research across the university campus that is focused on new ways to test for and treat the…
Ruth S. Waterman, MD, has been named chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Health.
Program makes COVID-19 testing available to thousands of students in effort to track the novel coronavirus and better position the campus to resume in-person activities in the fall.
