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UC San Diego Health Joins International Clinical Trial to Test Coronavirus Vaccine

October 1, 2020

UC San Diego Health will be a test site for a third, major Phase III clinical trial to assess a vaccine candidate for the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Sponsored by Janssen Pharmaceuticals, the trial will recruit up to 60,000 participants at sites in the United States and worldwide.

UC San Diego Partners with San Ysidro Health to Expand COVID-19 Testing

October 1, 2020

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, in collaboration with local partners, have been awarded a $5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to implement a program of widespread testing for COVID-19 in San Ysidro.

Kawasaki Disease is not a Homogenous Disease nor are its Triggers

September 29, 2020

Researchers at UC San Diego report that while Kawasaki disease occurs in clusters, the traits, and thus the triggers of the inflammatory disease vary among clusters.

Statins Reduce COVID-19 Severity, Likely by Removing Cholesterol That Virus Uses to Infect

September 23, 2020

Analyzing anonymized patient medical records, UC San Diego researchers discovered that cholesterol-lowering statins reduced risk of severe COVID-19 infection, while lab experiments uncovered a cellular mechanism that helps explain why.

COVID-19 Opens a Partisan Gap on Voting by Mail

September 22, 2020

Before the pandemic, there wasn’t any difference in the rates at which Democratic and Republican voters actually cast their ballots by mail or in-person. That may change now.

Introducing COVID19questions.org

September 17, 2020

A consortium of 12 health systems, led by UC San Diego Health, introduces COVID19questions.org, a site where clinicians, researchers, patients and the general public are invited to submit questions that could be answered by COVID-19 patient medical record data from 200+ hospitals.

How SARS-CoV-2 Went from Single Cases to Overwhelming Continents

September 16, 2020

Early detection and intervention stanched the first known introductions of the SARS-CoV-2 virus into North America and Europe, validating the effectiveness of quick, comprehensive testing and contact tracing, but inadequate public health measures allowed the virus to take hold.

COVID-19 Virus Uses Heparan Sulfate to Get Inside Cells

September 15, 2020

UC San Diego researchers discovered that the SARS-CoV-2 virus can’t grab hold of cell receptor ACE2 without a carbohydrate called heparan sulfate, which is also found on lung cell surfaces — disrupting that interaction with a repurposed drug may help treat COVID-19.

UC Campuses Pilot Google-Apple Notification Technology to Help Prevent COVID-19 Outbreaks

September 11, 2020

Today, California approved a new voluntary pilot program that uses Apple and Google smartphone technology to help rapidly control COVID-19 outbreaks. The program will launch on the campus of UC San Diego for any students and employees who opt in.

Waste Not: Transparency and Proactivity Key in SARS CoV-2 Early Detection Program

September 9, 2020

A key part of UC San Diego’s proactive Return to Learn strategy to detect SARS CoV-2 (which causes COVID-19) and reduce transmission of the virus is wastewater monitoring.
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