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May 15, 2024 | Los Angeles Times
Climate change is driving worsening allergies
Jenny J. Lee, MD, assistant professor in the Division of Basic & Clinical Immunology in the Department of Medicine, comments in this opinion column by Patrice Apodaca about how climate change has impacted people with allergies.
May 08, 2024 | Los Angeles Times
RFK Jr. says he had a dead worm in his brain. What are these parasites and how common are they?
William H. Yong, MD, professor in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, and chief of neuropathology, explains how larvae form cysts in the brain.
May 07, 2024 | McKnight’s Long-Term Care News
Soap, nasal swabs can go a long way toward cutting nursing home infections, study finds
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News covers a commentary by Susan Huang, MD, professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Medicine, on how antiseptic soap and nasal decolonization can prevent infection and hospitalization among nursing home residents.
May 04, 2024 | The New York Times
Widening Racial Disparities Underlie Rise in Child Deaths in the U.S.
Coleen Cunningham, MD, professor and chair of pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics, talks to The New York Times about the widening racial disparities in child deaths in the U.S.
Apr 29, 2024 | Medical News Today
Misplaced your keys? How to distinguish dementia from normal age-related memory loss
S. Ahmad Sajjadi, MD, PhD, associate professor in the Departments of Neurology and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, talks to Medical News Today about why we can't remember everything.
Apr 24, 2024 | The New York Times
F.D.A. Approves Antibiotic for Increasingly Hard-to-Treat Urinary Tract Infections
Shruti K. Gohil, MD, assistant professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Medicine, comments on the approved use of an antibiotic for the treatment of urinary tract infections in women.
Apr 10, 2024 | National Geographic
What's the right way to wean off antidepressants?
Bryan B. Shapiro, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior, talks to National Geographic about antidepressant withdrawal. This article is available to subscribers only.
Apr 09, 2024 | Huntington's Disease News
New genetic database may help in better understanding Huntington’s
Huntington's Disease News covers recent UCI-led research on the first tandem repeat expansions genetic reference maps, a tool to study mutations connected to several human diseases, including Huntington's.
Apr 07, 2024 | Los Angeles Times
An AI app claims it can detect sexually transmitted infections. Doctors say it's a disaster
Sean Young, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine, talks to the Los Angeles Times about the potential harm of a new AI app that claims to provide accurate sexual health information.
Apr 03, 2024 | The Orange County Register
Check out our OC photographers’ favorite images from March 2024
Photographers from The Orange County Register selected their favorite images from March 2024, which included moments from the UCI School of Medicine's Match Day on March 15. Check out photo 1 and 13 for moments from Match Day.