Immunologist David Lo compares needing two vaccine shots to classroom learning. While some lucky few individuals learn the first time they're exposed to information, most need a review session for the information to stick.
Evolutionary physiologist Theodore Garland led a team of researchers who found that mice that ate a high-fat diet as juveniles had less diverse gut bacteria as adults, which has implications for a healthy immune system.
Media and cultural studies professor John Jennings on the launch of his book imprint Megascope, dedicated to showcasing works by and about people of color.
Richard Carpiano, professor of public policy and sociology, explains how the wellness movement gets tied into the anti-vaccine movement, through the idea that natural is better and a broader kind of mistrust of Big Pharma, medical care and medical professions.
A group of organizations including the UC Riverside Medical School is helping tailor Spanish-language information for residents of the eastern Coachella Valley.
Microbiologist Georgios Vidalakis talks about protecting the mother tree, from which all navel oranges in the United States trace their roots. It is under threat from huanglongbing, a bacterial disease killing citrus plants worldwide.
UC Riverside is unveiling a research center specializing in issues facing Latinos, who account for half of the Inland Empire’s population and a growing portion of the student body.
UCR physiologist Theodore Garland led a study of how intestinal bacteria react to consumption habits and activity, showing childhood diet has long lasting effects.
UC Riverside is hosting its 44th annual Writers Week beginning Feb. 13 - 19. It is California’s longest-running literary festival, free to the public, and this year, entirely online.
David Lo, distinguished professor of biomedical sciences and senior associate dean for research in the School of Medicine, says when the immune system sees a vaccine a second time, it provides more of a protective response.
Epidemiologist Brandon Brown says front-line workers with high COVID-19 exposure as well as those with underlying health conditions are in most need of the first vaccine doses.