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UC Riverside study highlights need for protective measures for agricultural workers

UCR medical students gain valuable experience attending to patients and medical issues

UC Riverside study on how Toxoplasma gondii manipulates brain cells lays groundwork for future clinical research and therapies

UC Riverside study could lead to new treatments addressing multiple sclerosis

Researchers identify gene mutation that disrupts iron absorption, helping explain patients’ persistent anemia

UCR Health announced on Tuesday, June 3, a major expansion of its clinical footprint, with a signed letter of intent targeting an initial 21 acres in Riverside at the intersection of Valley Springs Parkway and Gateway Drive. The vision for the site will include an outpatient diagnostic center and possible...

UC Riverside researchers find harmful metals in u-cigarettes’ liquids and aerosols

UC Riverside biomedical scientists discuss the causes, consequences, and public health challenges of measles

UC Riverside scholars highlight how proposed federal reductions could strip coverage and care from millions

UC Riverside-led study offers a framework for involving non-maternal caregivers in public health initiatives

The Trump administration has proposed terminating a $56 million annual grant program that distributes naloxone, also known by the brand name Narcan, and trains emergency responders to administer the drug in the case of opioid overdoses. It's believed to have saved hundreds of thousands of lives. We asked two UCR...

Vaping during pregnancy is becoming more common, but its impact on early human development is not well understood. A new study by scientists at the University of California, Riverside, now reports that the flavor chemical menthol used in electronic cigarettes could pose risks to a developing baby. The study, published...

In a question and answer format, UC Riverside public policy professor Richard Carpiano and medical school professor Dr. Elizabeth Jacobs to discuss the policy response and medical issues concerning the bird flu threat.

The words “artificial intelligence” are now ubiquitous, their influence having risen dramatically in recent years and their impact being felt in healthcare and many other job sectors. In healthcare, artificial intelligence, or AI, has the potential to make drug discovery faster and cheaper and improve diagnoses and treatments. How should...

NIH grant to UCR School of Medicine could improve treatments for metabolic disorders and helminth infections

UC Riverside-led research has therapeutic implications for COVID-19 treatment

NIH grant will allow UC Riverside-led team to focus on long non-coding RNAs in Plasmodium falciparum

Dr. Peter Ureste at UC Riverside Health offers suggestions on coping with holiday stress

UC Riverside mouse study shows probiotic reduced negative impacts of PBDEs on development, behavior, and metabolism

UC Riverside researchers say ‘molecular crowbar’ strategy is a promising method in drug discovery