Frontline Health Workers Across US Faced Unique Stressors During COVID-19 

The study is among the first to assess mental health effects of the pandemic at a geographically diverse sample of emergency rooms.

For COVID-19 Long-Haulers, Few Answers, But Meditation and Peer Support Offer Some Relief

While researchers are still striving to understand why some patients experience these “long-haul” symptoms, two UCSF clinicians from complimentary specialties have teamed up to create an integrative medicine skills program that can give such patients better tools to cope with the debilitating...

Experts Discuss Mapping a Post-Pandemic World

In the third installment of UCSF’s three-part series, “COVID-19: The Path Forward,” a panel of health and policy experts met March 23 to examine COVID-19's impact on our society and look ahead to how we rebuild and prepare for future pandemics.

How Inequities Fueled the COVID-19 Pandemic – And What We Can Do About It

A panel of health experts and government officials addressed the myriad issues related to COVID-19, including health disparities before and during the pandemic, public partnerships, and how communities can better address inequities to prevent the next crisis.

Experts Discuss How Science Will Drive COVID-19 Recovery

UCSF gathered leading Bay Area scientists and clinicians to reflect on the scientific challenges and breakthroughs of the past year since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic.

Viruses Mutate, But Treatments Are Static. Is There a Way to Change That?

There is a big, global problem: viruses such as HIV and COVID-19 mutate, but treatments for them don’t.

New Study Will Examine How Robustly Individuals Respond to COVID-19 Vaccination

This will be one of the first and largest studies to examine the impact of factors like age and stress on vaccination effectiveness.

COVID-19 Study Finds Increase of Coronavirus Variants in San Francisco’s Mission District 

New results from an ongoing collaborative effort to slow the spread of COVID-19 shows that the prevalence of a coronavirus lineage, characterized by the L452R substitution and two other mutations in the virus’s spike protein, has significantly increased in recent months.

Study Estimates Excess Deaths in US from COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment 

UCSF researchers now have an estimate of how many people may have died as a result of pandemic-related unemployment.

UCSF Partnership With San Francisco Brings COVID-19 Vaccinations to the Mission District

The vaccination site builds off previous work with Unidos en Salud to bring COVID-19 testing to the Mission District.