Feb 03, 2026 | Orange County Business Journal

UCI Health Opens Outpatient Center in Brea

Academic health system UCI Health has announced the opening of a new outpatient center in Brea. Patients will have access to ophthalmologists from the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, which has become one of the nation’s biggest ophthalmology research institute, as well as ear, nose and throat specialists at the new UCI Health—Brea Outpatient Center.

Feb 03, 2026 | Los Angeles Times

Tuberculosis Outbreak Reported at Catholic High School in Bay Area. Cases Statewide Are Climbing.

California’s high TB rates could be caused by a large portion of the population traveling to areas where TB is endemic, said Dr. Shruti Gohil, associate medical director for UCI Health Epidemiology and Infection Prevention. Nationally, the rates of TB cases have increased in the years following the COVID-19 pandemic, which “was in some ways anticipated,” said Gohil.

Feb 02, 2026 | Healio

Medicaid Expansion Linked with Merkel Cell Survival

“Early recognition, prompt biopsy, and expedited referral can have a major impact on outcomes, particularly for patients who may already face insurance or access barriers,” Thuy Tran, MD, surgical oncologist, assistant professor of surgery and director of melanoma surgery research at the University of California Irvine, told Healio.  

Feb 02, 2026 | Fast Company

Hospitals are 24/7 Energy Hogs. This One Just Went All Electric

The University of California Irvine’s new healthcare campus has a long list of innovative features, from its combined inpatient-outpatient surgical suite to its outdoor chemotherapy infusion terrace to an entire floor dedicated to staff only. The one thing it doesn’t have is a gas line.  

Jan 30, 2026 | STAT

How Direct-To-Consumer Health Tests Could Impact Insurance, Mortgages, and Employment

“If you don’t agree [to share the data], you don’t get the policy, you don’t get the bank loan, whatever you’re applying toward,” said Mark Rothstein, director of translational bioethics at UC Irvine.