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UC San Diego Health Offers Virtual Appointments to Patients with COVID-19

UC San Diego Health now offers a telemedicine clinic to help patients with COVID-19 recover at home.

Exercise Boosts Motor Skill Learning Via Changes in Brain’s Transmitters

Comparing the brains of mice that exercised with those that did not, UC San Diego researchers found that specific neurons switched their chemical signals, called neurotransmitters, following exercise, leading to improved learning for motor-skill acquisition.

Green Method Could Enable Hospitals to Produce Hydrogen Peroxide In House

A team of researchers has developed a portable, more environmentally friendly method to produce hydrogen peroxide. It could enable hospitals to make their own supply of the disinfectant on demand and at lower cost.

Clinical Trial to Investigate whether Hypertension Drug Ameliorates COVID-19 Severity

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.

First Results from NASA’s ICESat-2 Mission Map 16 Years of Melting Ice Sheets

In a new study published in the journal Science on April 30, scientists found that net loss of ice from Antarctica, along with Greenland’s shrinking ice sheet, has been responsible for 14 millimeters (0.55 inches) of sea-level rise to the global ocean since 2003.