How Well do COVID-19 Vaccines Work Over the Longer Term?
April 1, 2021
UC San Diego students will participate in nationwide clinical trial to assess if COVID-19 vaccination prevents infection and reduces risk of transmission.
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During Peak of COVID-19 Some Lacked Access to Safe Water and Lavatories
May 9, 2024
UC San Diego researchers found that, during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, people experiencing homelessness and people who inject drugs in San Diego and Tijuana often did not have access to drinking water, toilets, handwashing and showers.
Experimental Therapy for Parasitic Heart Disease May Also Help Stop COVID-19
April 2, 2021
UC San Diego researchers found that the chemical inhibitor K777 reduces the coronavirus’ ability to infect cell lines by blocking human enzyme cathepsin L; clinical trials are underway.
HIV Incidence Rising Steeply Among People Who Inject Drugs in Tijuana
February 11, 2022
Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine have presented data that suggests a new HIV outbreak in Tijuana, Mexico, driven in part by “drug tourism” unabated by the closure of the international border due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
California Team Awarded $3 Million Federal Grant to Uncover Impact of Pandemic on PreK-12 Students
October 31, 2022
Researchers will study how California’s $4.6 billion pandemic recovery grant program, known as the Expanded Learning Opportunities (ELO) Grant, was used to promote educational recovery from COVID-19 and to address worsening learning gaps and inequities among students.
Three-layered Masks Most Effective Against Large Respiratory Droplets
March 5, 2021
Researchers have shown that three-layered surgical masks are more effective than single or double-layered masks at stopping large droplets from a cough or sneeze from getting atomized into smaller droplets and penetrating through the mask.
Serving the Underserved During the Global Pandemic
June 11, 2020
…safety measures to prevent COVID-19. Photo credit: Ashley Bailey with the City of San Diego “A wonderful blessing” is how Donna Beifus describes the partnership between UC San Diego Health and Father Joe’s Villages, a non-profit organization serving more than 13,500 San Diegans each year who are experiencing homelessness and…
Fly Toolkit Created for Investigating COVID-19 Infection Mechanisms
July 21, 2023
Researchers have created a resource for analyzing how viruses infect human cells. The fruit fly-based toolkit provides a shortcut for assessing SARS-CoV-2 genes and understanding how they interact with human proteins, offering researchers a resource for new COVID-related drug therapies.
How SARS-CoV-2 Hijacks Human Cells to Evade Immune System
April 28, 2021
UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers discovered one way in which SARS-CoV-2 hijacks human cell machinery to blunt the immune response, allowing it to establish infection, replicate and cause disease.
These Fridge-Free COVID-19 Vaccines Are Grown in Plants and Bacteria
September 7, 2021
Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed COVID-19 vaccine candidates that can take the heat. Their key ingredients? Viruses from plants or bacteria.
