The Promise and Uncertainties of Antibody Testing for Coronavirus

As people around the world try to envision recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, much attention has been paid to antibody testing as a way to identify people who have developed immunity to the virus. UCSF experts explain how antibody testing works, who it can be most useful for and why we should be...

UCSF Health Care Workers to Serve in Navajo Nation

The UCSF health care workers specialize in critical care, intensive care, acute care and hospital medicine.

COVID-19 Testing in Mission District, Bolinas to Inform Next Steps in Fight Against Disease

UCSF infectious disease researchers and community partners have launched an effort to provide comprehensive, voluntary COVID-19 testing to all residents of two distinctive Bay Area communities.

‘Contactless’ COVID-19 Trial to Test Common Anti-Inflammatory Drug

UC SFis recruiting newly diagnosed COVID-19 patients for a large global clinical trial testing whether the common anti-inflammatory drug colchicine can reduce hospitalization and death caused by the illness.

Clinical Trial Testing if Common Anti-Inflammatory Drug Reduces Hospitalization, Death Caused by Conornavirus

UCSF is recruiting newly diagnosed COVID-19 patients for a large global clinical trial testing whether the common anti-inflammatory drug colchicine can reduce hospitalization and death caused by the illness.

Clinical Trial Testing If Common Anti-Inflammatory Drug Reduces Hospitalization, Death Caused by Coronavirus

UCSF is recruiting newly diagnosed COVID-19 patients for a large global clinical trial testing whether the common anti-inflammatory drug colchicine can reduce hospitalization and death caused by the illness.

New CRISPR-Based COVID-19 Test Kit Can Diagnose Infection in Less Than an Hour

While the widely used coronavirus PCR tests take about four hours to produce a result from a respiratory sample, the new DETECTR test developed by UCSF scientists takes only 45 minutes, rapidly accelerating the pace of diagnosis.

UCSF to Offer Free COVID-19 Test Analysis, Results to Public Health Departments of All 58 California Counties

UCSF is announcing that it will provide free COVID-19 sample analysis, indefinitely, to all California Departments of Public Health.

UCSF Offering Free COVID-19 Test Analysis, Results to Public Health Departments of All 58 California Counties

UCSF is announcing that it will provide free COVID-19 sample analysis, indefinitely, to all California Departments of Public Health.

Video: Emergency Care Doctor Explains When to Wear a Face Mask, How to Do It the Right Way

We asked UCSF emergency care physician Jeanne Noble to explain why everyone should wear a face mask and to demonstrate step-by-step how to safely don and doff masks of different types.