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The flu is a strain of the virus that killed 285,000 people globally in 2009.
Halozyme’s new business model is built on helping other companies deliver their drugs faster
For young children, an innocuous sore throat could be a sign of PANDAS (pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders), a condition that a Solana Beach-based doctor has been centering his practice around.
The workday is never short for Dr. Davey Smith, chief of infectious diseases at UC San Diego.
In the fight against the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, scientists are taking testing data and looking at ways to enhance contact tracing.
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A San Diego doctor is accused of hailing hydroxychloroquine as a ‘miracle cure’ to an undercover FBI agent posing as a prospective patient
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Walking to school as a child, UC San Diego visiting professor Smitha Vishveshwara asked her father, a black hole physicist, what he did for a living.
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Using a newly developed antibody test, a La Jolla-based health and wellness company is trying to help employers safely return their employees to the workplace.
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UCSD researchers say a lack of coastal winds might be allowing the bloom to persist.
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A local clinical psychologist who specializes in helping men transition into fatherhood now faces the added challenge of guiding new dads during a global pandemic.
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Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, San Diego-based non-profit organization the American Chinese Culture and Education Foundation initiated several rounds of fundraising efforts to help hospitals and healthcare workers in the epicenter fight against the virus.
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One person was arrested on suspicion of DUI in the three-vehicle crash
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Bike for Humanity (BikeforHumanity.com), a global initiative created by Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Walton in April, is gearing up for its second rendition with a star-studded cast of elite athletes and celebrities when the ElliptiGO Bike for Humanity II presented by Banner Bank and Events.com takes to streets around the world on Saturday, July 25.
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Exhibition via new augmented reality app on view from July 11 – Aug. 22
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Five Del Mar residents, including the city’s deputy mayor and a council member, have asked the governor to restrict beach access to exercise only ahead of the Fourth of July weekend.
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Track hired a response team, added washing stations, increased signage and communication as opening looms July 10
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This is a continuing series of online activities to undertake on your computer or tablet during your quarantine quandary.
Del Mar resident Pantea Vahidi, a registered nurse at Scripps, started a virtual support group for health care workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis.
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San Diego-based International Education Management Group is donating tens of thousands of personal protective equipment items to local hospitals for health care workers on the front lines of battling the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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Here’s what is known about coronavirus as of March 30, 2020
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The clinical trial will be open only to members of UCSD Health
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While most coronaviruses cause common cold, three have become more dangerous, crossing species to people: the first was SARS CoV in 2003 and the latest to “make the jump” — SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes “Coronavirus Disease 2019” or COVID-19. According to former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb, there was a large, late-season spike in U.S. “flu-like” illness, raising the unsettling possibility that the novel corona virus may have been here earlier than initially thought.
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At the height of his business career, Ralph Whitworth oversaw $6 billion through his firm, Relational Investors, which purchased stakes in companies and pushed for management changes that made them more profitable for investors.
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Alan Alda appeared in the auditorium at Scripps Research in La Jolla on Jan. 16 to announce a partnership that will teach scientists how to communicate more effectively to the public and to other scientists. The Emmy-winning actor is making Scripps the West Coast home of Alda Communication Training, a Long Island-based program that sharpens the communication skills of people who spend much of their days staring at computer screens and microscope slides and speaking in the language of their academic papers.
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The San Diego County-based Doris A. Howell Foundation for women’s health recently named Karen Wilson as its first executive director. Wilson said she is more than ready to use her skills, passion and knowledge “to take this organization to the next level.”
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Dr. Brian Alman, PhD is working on his eighth book and continuing to counsel clients
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Dr, Pamila Brar believes in the promise of precision medicine
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Mike Davis and Ingrid Johnson are on a mission to empower people to fight back against Parkinson’s disease with their new Rock Steady Boxing program in Carmel Valley.
