California's investment in educating and training more healthcare workers for underserved communities will put millions of dollars in the Central Valley to develop career pathways through pipeline programs, paid summer internships for undergraduates, and one-year post-undergraduate fellowships. The California Department of Health Care Access and Information recently awarded Fresno...
UCSF Fresno Now a Hub for Medical School Pathway for Community College, Fresno State Students
UCSF Fresno News Tuesday marked the launch of the California Medicine Scholars Program as part of a statewide strategy and investment by the Department of Health Care Access and Information to strengthen the California community college to medical school pathway. As its first established action, the program, housed at the...
Fresno Medical Researcher on COVID-19 Vaccines: Study Shows They Work
COVID-19 is surging again in Russia, forcing a national shutdown. Healthcare workers, cops, and other front-line workers are facing vaccination deadlines. Vaccinations for kids ages 5 to 11 could soon be available. The ravages of the pandemic and decisions about vaccinations are continuing to grab headlines. One local doctor hopes...
Clovis West Grads Claim 4 of 12 Seats in UCSF Fresno Medical School
Clovis West High School might well claim bragging rights over the newest class of medical students at UCSF School of Medicine's San Joaquin Valley Program in Medical Education (SJV Prime). Four of the 12 brand-new medical students are Screaming Eagles, UCSF Fresno reports. SJV PRIME is a medical school track...
UCSF Fresno Study: Stem Cell Treatment Aids COVID Patients with Damaged Lungs
A UCSF Fresno study of the safety and efficacy of adipose-derived stem cells as a potential treatment for COVID -19 patients who have serious lung damage has shown promising benefits and has prompted further study internationally and at UCSF Fresno. UCSF Fresno was selected as the only site for the...
Fresno County Spelling Champ Exits in Early Rounds of National Spelling Bee
Fresno County's spelling champ Achuth Vinay will have to wait another year to try to bring home a national trophy like his sister's. Achuth was knocked out of Saturday's preliminary rounds of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which were held virtually. The word "aggroup" got the better of Achuth, a...
Central CA Blood Center Supply at 30%. Hospital Workers Donate to Fill Void.
Last Thursday night, Dr. James Davis, chief of surgery at UCSF Fresno, was on-call for Community Regional Medical Center. During his shift, there were five gunshot victims, blunt trauma victims, and motorcycle accident victims. "We used a lot of blood," said Davis. Davis says he was in constant text contact with...
New Vaccine Clinic Could Speed Return to Fresno City Campus: Goldsmith
Cars lined up through the parking lot of Fresno City College Tuesday, not for class, but for a shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. The drive-thru site, run by UCSF-Fresno, hopes to ramp up to 600 COVID-19 vaccine doses a day soon, and eventually up to about 2,000 a day....
‘Honor System’ in Play as Fresno Vaccine Eligibility Widens Significantly
An estimated 4.4 million more people became eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine at the stroke of midnight Monday morning according to the state data. Beginning March 15, vaccinations became available to those with certain medical conditions, disabilities, living spaces, or work environments that put them at higher risk for serious...
27 New COVID-19 Deaths in Fresno County, Officials Warn Against Labor Day Gatherings
Fresno County reported 27 new deaths related to COVID-19 since Friday. Dr. Rais Vohra, Interim Fresno County Health Officer says it's a sobering reality of where we are in the pandemic. Vohra says many of these recent deaths are people that have been hospitalized for several weeks. Others had underlying...