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.
A group of organizations including the UC Riverside Medical School is helping tailor Spanish-language information for residents of the eastern Coachella Valley.
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.
UC Riverside received a school-record 52,263 applications for fall’s freshman class, a 6.1% increase over the previous record for the start of this school year.
Richard Carpiano, professor of public policy and sociology, says opponents of vaccination have fought every public health measure to control the pandemic, including stay-at-home orders, masks and contact tracing as well as vaccinations.
Public health experts, like epidemiologist Brandon Brown, question the move to reopen as Riverside County has more than double the number of hospitalizations and ICU patients compared to Dec. 3 when the stay-at-home order went into place.