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Twin firefighters pose in front of a fire truck

For firefighters, ‘twin’ paths led to UC Davis

UC Davis

May 7, 2020

The career paths of identical twins Cara Martinez and Meggie Elledge meet inside the UC Davis fire station.

UC San Diego introduces COVID-19 testing program on campus

UC San Diego

May 6, 2020

Return to Learn aims to test on a recurring basis and better position the campus to resume in-person activities in the fall.

UCSF partners with state to develop public health workforce for COVID-19 response

UCSF

May 4, 2020

Training developed for San Francisco will be offered to counties across California.

Striking down DACA would eliminate thousands of health care workers, thwarting America’s pandemic response

Priscilla Chan of The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and UCSF chancellor Sam Hawgood praise the efforts of the nearly 30,000 DACA recipients who are health care workers.

Jacquelyn Martin/AP photo of person holding up a DACA poster

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Experts explain how contact tracing will end the coronavirus pandemic

UCSF

April 30, 2020

UCSF has been partnering with the San Francisco Department of Public Health to ramp up contact tracing.

Missing home: Students use ‘Minecraft’ to build UC Berkeley in stunning detail

UC Berkeley

April 30, 2020

Welcome to the University of Blockeley, a student-led effort to build, one block at time, the UC Berkeley campus on ‘Minecraft.’

COVID-19 vaccine with patch delivery technology enters preclinical testing at UC Davis

UC Davis

April 30, 2020

A dermal patch that could be well-suited for mass distribution/application takes a step forward.

Respiratory therapists are unsung heroes of the COVID-19 pandemic

UC Irvine

April 30, 2020

With hospitals limiting visitors, the human touch provided by respiratory therapists has become even more meaningful.

Eat safe: The takeaway on takeout (and other food)

UCLA

April 30, 2020

A Q&A with UCLA food safety and nutrition expert Catherine Carpenter.

DACA community braces for a Supreme Court ruling

Santa Cruz Sentinel

April 27, 2020

Anxiety goes off the charts for the DACA community when the Supreme Court announces decisions. There are more humane ways to handle this, writes Regina Day Langhout.

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