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Massive post-Thanksgiving Covid-19 testing drive kicks off at four SF sites
Four sites test more than 1,500 residents in first day of major testing drive 10:20 a.m.:The largest one-day testing campaign of vulnerable communities got off to a smooth start early Sunday morning,...
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UCSF Grand Rounds: The status of schools and vaccine distribution as Covid-19...
Doctors discuss Covid-19 data across the nation, in California, and in schools to consider the question of reopening, in addition to vaccine rollout. UCSF Grand Rounds: The status of schools and...
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UCSF Grand Rounds: Worldwide updates and questions regarding patients with...
Dr. George Rutherford gives global updates on the coronavirus pandemic, followed by presentations focused on vaccinations in patients with weaker immune systems. UCSF Grand Rounds: Worldwide updates...
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UCSF Grand Medical Rounds: New CDC guidelines, vaccines in schools, boosters...
On this week's Grand Rounds, Dr. Bob Wachter speaks with Dr. Monica Gandhi, Dr. George Rutherford, and Dr. Peter Chin-Hong to discuss the new CDC mask guidelines and lingering questions about...
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UCSF Grand Rounds: Status updates and addressing vaccine hesitancy, passports...
Dr. George Rutherford gives an update of covid-19 numbers across the globe, while a panelist of three experts discuss vaccine hesitancy, passports, and incentives as the Bay Area returns to a state of...
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UCSF Grand Rounds: The delta variant and Andy Slavitt’s reflections on the...
Dr. George Rutherford speaks about worldwide updates and the delta variant, followed by a discussion between Dr. Bob Wachter and Andy Slavitt, President Biden's senior covid-19 advisor. UCSF Grand...
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‘We made something magical happen.’ The players behind the Mission’s Covid-19...
It’s clear many others, including Unidos en Salud, keep going. And when their members and numerous partners pass by these seemingly ordinary places — a train plaza, a union building — they’ll remember...
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UCSF Grand Rounds: The Delta variant and vaccine efficacy, durability and...
In this special edition of Grand Rounds, Dr. Bob Wachter speaks with Dr. Shane Crotty and Dr. Carlos Del Rio about the current outbreak and the delta variant, as well as vaccine efficacy, durability...
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Never mind the statistics: ‘Black people want to breastfeed’
Families, health professionals, artists, and allies gathered to celebrate Black Breastfeeding Week and address long-standing barriers and disparities in their communities. “We celebrate this week to...
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UCSF Grand Rounds: The fourth surge, delta variant, boosters and more
UCSF Chair of the Department of Medicine Dr. Bob Wachter brings back three UCSF experts on Grand Rounds to discuss the pandemic’s fourth surge, the Delta variant, boosters and more. UCSF Grand Rounds:...
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After 18 months of ‘singing to yourself,’ adult choirs embrace in-person...
Community Music Center program offers a critical social and wellness outlet for older adults vulnerable to isolation and resumed in-person option after 18 months on Zoom. After 18 months of ‘singing...
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UCSF Grand Rounds: Exploring the coronavirus’ evolutionary biology and the...
Dr. Bob Wachter asks leading experts two big questions for UCSF's Grand Rounds: is the delta variant as bad as it gets, and what is the role of rapid testing in determining the future of the pandemic?...
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UCSF Grand Rounds: A Conversation with Ashish Jha, the Covid-19 Cronkite
Dr. Bob Wachter conversed with Dr. Ashish Jha on Thursday's Grand Rounds, tackling boosters, mandates, the Biden administration and more. UCSF Grand Rounds: A Conversation with Ashish Jha, the...
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UCSF researchers say vaccine for 5-to-11-year-olds appears safe and effective
Researchers from UC San Francisco expressed enthusiastic support for Pfizer’s Covid vaccine for children 5 to 11 years old, and analyzed the Pfizer data on Monday morning with their Latino Task […]...
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Area doctors, community members grapple with the covid-19 vaccine mandate for...
Children 5 to 11 years old are a step closer to receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorization for emergency use earlier this week. […] Area...
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UCSF Grand Rounds: Two experts discuss vaccines and the state of the pandemic
Dr. Bob Wachter sits down with two experts to discuss vaccines, the current state of the pandemic and the “darkish clouds on the horizon" in Grand Rounds. UCSF Grand Rounds: Two experts discuss...
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Gov. Gavin Newsom updates state’s Covid-19 strategy from the Mission
The spot for Newsom's press conference was chosen with purpose: the Mission-grown collaboration known as Unidos en Salud/United in Health has become a model for testing, vaccination and resource sites...
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Neighborhood Notes: Firepie, climate art, Giving Tuesday
Happy Thanksgiving from Mission Local! We have compiled a few events, happenings, and opportunities for the community as the holiday season descends. Latino Task Force and Unidos en Salud testing, […]...
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UCSF Grand Rounds: So far omicron appears contagious, but mild
Dr. Bob Wachter speaks to two experts about two new antiviral medications as well as the panic around the new Omicron variant. UCSF Grand Rounds: So far omicron appears contagious, but mild
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Public Defender plans to offer ‘Clean Slate’ services at Mission resource hub
The San Francisco Public Defender’s Office and Latino Task Force launched a partnership Thursday to more readily help Mission residents access the office’s Clean Slate program to “clean up” prior […]...
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