UCSF creates overflow accommodations for RSV, other respiratory infection cases
A surge in RSV cases and other winter viruses has prompted some Bay Area hospitals to set up overflow spaces to accommodate more patients.
Congenital Syphilis is rising at an alarming rate in California
Syphilis cases have continued to rise over the last seven years and officials say informing people about the spread is crucial to protecting women and their babies.
First Lady Jill Biden in San Francisco to visit UCSF cancer center and speak at women's luncheon
First Lady Jill Biden is in the Bay Area to spend a day in San Francisco meeting with researchers at UCSF’s cancer center, followed by a women’s luncheon hosted annually by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
San Francisco swimmers take a cold plunge for a good cause
The 1.5 mile swim began at Little Marina Green in San Francisco at 9:30 a.m., bringing 200 swimmers and roughly 100 volunteers together for the same goal---to provide meaningful funding to UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals in San Francisco and Oakland
Pelosi holds San Francisco town hall on monkeypox
Thousands tuned into a town hall on the ongoing monkeypox outbreak, hosted by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. San Francisco accounts for around 30 percent of the state's cases,
CDC relaxes some COVID-19 guidelines, including on quarantine
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have relaxed some guidelines around COVID-19.
Moneypox vaccinations in San Francisco kick into high gear as more doses become available
Monkeypox vaccinations in San Francisco shifted into high gear on Tuesday where the city distributed approximately 10,000 doses it received from the federal government.
SF DA's office names new chief of victims' services
San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins on Wednesday announced Monifa Willis as the new head of the office's victims’ services division.
San Francisco COVID surge coincides with Pride month, NBA Finals
COVID rates are on the rise. SF's health department says now is a prudent time to resume wearing masks in indoor settings, choose outdoor gatherings over indoor gatherings whenever possible, and use rapid tests as needed to determine who is infected and should isolate.
Airlines move fast to lift mask mandate in light of federal judge's decision
Traveling is about to look a lot different. A Federal judge voided a national mask mandate on airplanes and mass transit. Now, airports and airlines can make their own decisions about face coverings.
San Francisco bar owner relieved at soon not having to check proof of vaccination
At Soda Popinski’s bar in Nob Hill, signs are posted on the front window and door reminding customers to show proof of vaccination before entering. Starting Friday, patrons will only need to show they’re of legal drinking age to sit at the bar.
UCSF developing tool to identify students who could be dyslexic in kindergarten, first grade
A new tool is being developed at University of California San Francisco to help identify early signs that a student could be dyslexic. It's a digital platform based on neuroscience called Multitudes, and it will be available for free to all kindergarten and first-graders at public schools in California come fall of 2023.
Lessons learned two years after first reported COVID-19 cases in the U.S.
UCSF Dr. Jeanne Noble spoke to Mornings on 2 The Nine as Friday marks two years since the CDC reported the first case of COVID-19 in the U.S.
Nurses protest nationwide for safer workplace conditions
National Nurses United registered nurses held a national day of action Thursday to demand that hospitals invest more in safe staffing.
UCSF researchers: Binax home tests highly accurate in detecting omicron
Researchers at UCSF said the Binax home test is effective in detecting omicron.
For the fourth day in a row, hundreds of flights are canceled across the US
There were more than 1,000 flights canceled Monday within, into or out of the US. The country has seen well over 3,000 flights canceled over the Christmas holiday the past four days.
U.S. surgeon general warns of emerging youth mental health crisis in a rare advisory
The U.S. Surgeon General warned of an emerging youth mental health crisis in a rare advisory on Tuesday. The report cited that in the U.S., emergency room visits for suicide attempts rose 51% for adolescent girls in early 2021 as compared to the same period in 2019.
Unvaccinated people will "almost certainly" get infected, says Dr. Robert Wachter
UCSF Medicine Department Chair Dr. Robert Wachter spoke to Mornings on 2 on Sunday about the efforts to get more people vaccinated.
UCSF Infectious Disease Expert weighs in following updated mask guidelines in California
KTVU's Alex Savidge spoke with Dr. Monica Gandhi, Associate Division Chief of Infectious Diseases at UCSF, about the new guidelines around wearing masks in California.
Vaccine eligibility to expand in California this week
Dr. Monica Gandhi from the UCSF School of Medicine spoke to Mornings on 2 on Sunday about where the infection and vaccination rates stand and what's on the horizon for this summer.