News From Around the System

Clinical trial offers first-of-its-kind heart failure treatment

UC Davis Health — February 1, 2026

A new clinical trial offers patients a minimally invasive procedure that seeks to reduce extra pressure in the heart and improve heart failure symptoms.

A medical team stands together in a procedure room holding an “ALLAY‑HF Clinical Trial” banner.

Falcon family enters full nesting mode with four eggs

UC Davis Health — February 1, 2026

All signs point to a full nest this season, with the UC Davis Health peregrine falcon appearing to settle in with a brood of four eggs.

Mother falcon sits on eggs in the hutch atop the UC Davis medical center

A record year: UC Davis Emergency Department cares for over 100,000 patients in 2025

UC Davis Health — January 29, 2026

Emergency Medicine reached a major milestone in 2025, caring for more than 100,000 patient visits in a single year for the first time.

Dozens of emergency medicine team members in matching blue scrubs stand on a staircase inside a modern building.

Rethinking how health research is done

UC Davis Health — January 28, 2026

A School of Nursing doctoral student’s experience with the T32 ReACH program reveals how improving health begins with people and place.

Doctor checks a child’s arm while a parent fills out paperwork.

Free youth heart screening set for March 22

UC Davis Health — January 27, 2026

A free heart screening will help identify young people who may have an undiagnosed heart condition.

Inside of a medical tent, a boy lies on a table while a female volunteer puts probes on his chest. A man sits with a laptop at a table.

Scientists find hidden diversity inside common brain parasite

UCR Health — January 26, 2026

UC Riverside study reshapes understanding of toxoplasmosis and identifies new paths for treatment

Protecting newborn brains: A conversation with neonatal neurologist Courtney Wusthoff

UC Davis Health — January 25, 2026

Neonatal neurologist Courtney Wusthoff discusses cooling treatment and EEG monitoring as best practices for newborns with potential hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy and seizures.

Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Program now CCS-approved

UC Davis Health — January 25, 2026

The Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Program at UC Davis Health is now a fully approved California Children’s Services Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Center.