A new variation of the coronavirus discovered in Japan is “very likely already in the U.S.” as well, according to Davey Smith, director of infectious diseases at UC San Diego. “The
Plant-based diets are linked to plenty of health benefits, and new evidence suggests it may be because they cultivate friendly bacteria in our gut that control blood sugar levels. The study,
The COVID-19 vaccines rolling out across the nation are lifting spirits over the holidays. But there’s also budding concern about new strains of the virus that have been discovered in
UCSD’s anti-COVID campaign has given it the confidence to slowly start opening the campus more broadly, and to quickly build what it needs to handle upwards of 41,000 students. The university
The most urgent microbe-related question is where to find SARS-CoV-2 and how to kill it. Beyond that, there are also long-term questions. How can we promote indoor microbe populations that
UC San Diego’s nationally recognized, evidence-based Return to Learn program employs a comprehensive suite of education, monitoring, testing, intervention, and notification tools that no other university is using. And the
The diversity, and therefore the health, of the microbes in your gut is linked to your levels of vitamin D, a new study suggests. The University of California, San Diego investigators
Face coverings and social distancing are necessary for keeping the novel coronavirus at bay, but are pandemic-related precautions affecting our ability to ward off other ailments down the road? Health
Our gut microbiomes — the many bacteria, viruses and other microbes living in our digestive tracts — play important roles in our health and risk for disease in ways that
A new UC San Diego lab, the EXCITE Lab, has created a program to offer low-cost, rapid coronavirus tests to local schools and organizations, and reopened private schools in La
