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UC Newsroom |

UC medical school graduates take on Central Valley’s health care crisis

More than 700 medical students are earning their M.D. from a UC medical school this spring. The vast majority of these newly minted doctors — 73 percent — will stay in California for their residency training.

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UC Newsroom |

Transfer students triumph in the Class of 2024

Meet 10 first-gen graduates who started their journey to UC at a California community college.

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UC Davis |

Can eating mangoes reduce women’s facial wrinkles?

A pilot study shows eating mangoes — but not too many mangoes — may have promising results.
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UC Merced |

The first public research university achieves carbon neutrality

A landmark accomplishment for the campus, two years ahead of its goal.
A woman in PPE tests wastewater on campus
UC San Diego |

How UC San Diego’s kept a lid on COVID-19 infections

The country's most ambitious wastewater testing initiative, asymptomatic testing kits and an exposure notification system have made the Return to Learn program a success.
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UCSF |

Drug reverses age-related mental decline within days

Rapid rejuvenation in mice suggests physiological — and removable — blockages may be behind certain cognitive issues.
Mahtab Jafari
UC Irvine |

UC Irvine professor’s life skills course is expanded to all 10 UC campuses

Life 101 teaches students self-care, healthy habits and how to manage stress.
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UCSF Magazine |

What is COVID doing to our hearts?

The disease may damage cardiac muscle even in those who never displayed symptoms.
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UC San Diego |

UC San Diego turns 60

What began as a brand new UC campus situated on the coast of La Jolla has evolved into one of the top 20 research universities in the world.
Nurse holds card saying 'loss of smell'
UC Merced |

Connection between COVID-19 and loss of smell uncovered by research team

About 70 percent of people with COVID-19 suddenly lose their sense of smell, although fewer seem to realize it, new analysis shows.
Cold plasma treating samples in a six-well plate
UCLA |

New solution to kill coronavirus on common surfaces in seconds

Cold atmospheric plasma via jet spray could be used to quickly disinfect hospitals, transport and more.
Conjoined twins lying together
UC Davis |

Rare set of conjoined twins successfully separated in 24-hour surgery at UC Davis Children’s Hospital

Abigail and Micaela Bachinskiy are recovering at UC Davis Children’s Hospital after a marathon surgery.
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UC Newsroom |

Critical blood shortages on the horizon unless enough donors step forward

You can save a life, even help someone fight COVID-19, by giving blood this holiday season — and it’s as safe as ever.
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UC Newsroom |

A Zoom-friendly idea for Thanksgiving

Impress your family from afar — and your friends on Instagram — with this holiday superfood.