UC San Diego Health Offers Virtual Appointments to Patients with COVID-19
May 4, 2020
UC San Diego Health now offers a telemedicine clinic to help patients with COVID-19 recover at home.
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Clinical Trial to Investigate whether Hypertension Drug Ameliorates COVID-19 Severity
April 30, 2020
UC San Diego scientists have launched a clinical trial to investigate whether a drug approved for treating high blood pressure might also reduce the severity of COVID-19 infections, lowering rates for intensive care unit admissions, the use of mechanical ventilators and all-cause mortality.
UC San Diego Health Nationally Recognized with ‘A’ Grades for Safety
April 30, 2020
UC San Diego Health has been awarded double ‘A’ grades for the spring 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade.
Arthritis Drug Presents Promise as Treatment for COVID-19 Pneumonia
April 29, 2020
UC San Diego Health has launched a Phase III clinical trial to assess whether a medication used to treat rheumatoid might also have therapeutic value for patient with COVID-19 who have developed or are at high risk of developing serious lung damage from SARS-CoV-2 infections.
Loss of Smell Associated with Milder Clinical Course in COVID-19
April 27, 2020
Researchers at UC San Diego Health report in newly published findings that olfactory impairment suggests the resulting COVID-19 disease is more likely to be mild to moderate, a potential early indicator that could help health care providers determine which patients may require hospitalization.
Gut Microbes Influence How Rat Brains React to Opioids
April 27, 2020
Antibiotic treatment — which depletes gut microbes — drastically changes the parts of a rat’s brain that are activated during opioid addiction and withdrawal.
For ME/CFS Patients, Viral Immunities Come at a Devastating, Lifelong Cost
April 27, 2020
Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine and three German universities describe an underlying biological basis for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, illustrating how efforts by the body to boost immune system protections can come at physiological cost elsewhere.
Finding Leukemia’s Weakness Using Genome-Wide CRISPR Technology
April 20, 2020
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center used CRISPR technology to identify key regulators of aggressive chronic myeloid leukemia.
UC San Diego Researchers Optimize Microbiome Tool for Computer GPUs
April 17, 2020
UC San Diego researchers have ported the popular UniFrac microbiome tool to graphic processing units (GPUs) to increase the acceleration and accuracy of scientific discovery including urgently needed COVID-19 research.
UC San Diego Health Launches Novel Coronavirus Blood Testing to Identify Past Exposure
April 17, 2020
Physicians and scientists at UC San Diego Health have launched a pair of serological tests that will look for novel coronavirus antibodies—evidence in persons tested that they have previously been infected by the viral cause of COVID-19, even if they never experienced tell-tale symptoms.
