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Hannah’s birth went off without a hitch, and she seemed like a typical newborn. But at two months old, Hannah’s mother Mary Detlefsen noticed her daughter’s eyes didn’t want to fully open and one seemed cloudy – so took her to the family…

The UCSF Health-John Muir Health Jean and Ken Hofmann Cancer Center at the Behring Pavilion opened today, bringing a full spectrum of leading-edge cancer care close to home for people in the East Bay and surrounding areas. The…

A form of artificial intelligence called large language modeling (LLM), the same technology behind ChatGPT, could someday improve liver cancer care by extracting important data from medical charts much faster than humans, a recent UCSF…

UCSF Health is expanding its collaboration with two hospitals in Hawaii in support of a transformative philanthropic gift from Lynne and Marc Benioff that aims to increase access to high-quality health care for Hawaii residents. The…

The COVID vaccine is safe to administer during pregnancy, reports UC San Francisco in an important finding on the safety of the vaccine in infants – despite widespread fear and misinformation. The study, published in JAMA Pediatrics, is…

A study of seriously ill patients from academic medical centers across the country has found that nearly a quarter had a delayed or missed diagnosis. All the patients had either been transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU) after…

Children and adults with rare, deadly genetic diseases have fresh hope for curative therapies, thanks to a new collaboration between the Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) and Danaher Corporation, a global life sciences and diagnostics…

A UC San Francisco-led study has for the first time identified genetic variants that predict whether a patient is likely to respond to treatment for preterm birth, a condition that affects 1 in 10 infants born in the United States.…

UCSF Health, Adventist Health and Madera County leaders announced today their intent to jointly reopen and operate Madera Community Hospital. In an innovative partnership model, the three entities would come together to create a…

California’s trailblazing surgeon general is using her platform to pave the way for improving the health of women, children and communities of color while inspiring a new generation of Latinx physicians. Diana Ramos, MD, MPH, MBA,…