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Pandemic misinformation at RivCo meetings studied

During the COVID-19 pandemic, there were major public health efforts to reduce infection rates and mitigate serious health effects of the disease through promotion of behavior such as getting vaccinated and wearing masks. An obstacle was the broad and rapid spread of misinformation about the coronavirus that causes the illness...

By Susan T. Mashiyama | May 20, 2025 | Social Science / Education
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Q&A: The spread of the bird flu virus

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.

By David Danelski and Iqbal Pittalwala | February 12, 2025 | Experts, Science / Technology, Social Science / Education, Health
3D Covid-19 Delta Variant Binds with ACE2 Receptor

Genetic mutation linked to higher SARS-CoV-2 risk

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

By Iqbal Pittalwala | January 14, 2025 | Health
Coronavirus

How the SARS-CoV-2 virus acquires its spherical shape

UC Riverside-led study findings can help tackle other pathogenic coronaviruses

By Iqbal Pittalwala | February 28, 2024 | Science / Technology
Vaping and the coronavirus

Vaping can increase susceptibility to infection by SARS-CoV-2

UC Riverside study urges e-cigarette users to be cautious about vaping in the era of COVID-19

By Iqbal Pittalwala | February 26, 2024 | Science / Technology, Health
A person's arm is shown getting the vaccine

New vaccine design uses immunity against influenza to offer faster protection against emerging pathogens

Strategy developed by UC Riverside-led research team speeds up production of antibodies against COVID-19

By Iqbal Pittalwala | January 17, 2024 | Health
Mink

Findings challenge standard understanding of COVID-19 infection

UC Riverside research can help scientists develop methods to prevent COVID-19 in mink and other species

By Iqbal Pittalwala | November 29, 2023 | Science / Technology
Getting tested for COVID

Communities of color experienced fear and mistrust of institutions during COVID-19 pandemic

UC Riverside-led study calls for culturally sensitive health interventions to address trauma

By Iqbal Pittalwala | October 19, 2023 | Health
Man in hazmat suit fighting COVID

Scientists uncover COVID’s weakness

New UC Riverside research has revealed COVID’s Achilles heel — its dependence on key human proteins for its replication — which can be used to prevent the virus from making people sick.

By Jules Bernstein | September 13, 2023 | Science / Technology
Ann arm is seen receiving the COVID 19 vaccine

Updated COVID-19 vaccines explained

Vaccine expert David Lo at UC Riverside says there are no contraindications to taking the flu and COVID vaccines together

By Iqbal Pittalwala | September 12, 2023 | Health
The Santa Monica beach during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns

COVID-19 lockdowns reduced disease spread but with costs

The lockdowns at the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic reduced the spread of infection by an estimated 56%, a recent study has found. If all governors did not issue any lockdowns until April 23, 2020, the number of cases would have been five times higher by April 30, 2020, the study...

By UCR News | March 7, 2023 | Business, Health
Long COVID

Is that a persistent cold, bad allergies, … or long COVID?

Dr. Martin Schlusselberg of the UCR School of Medicine explains

By Iqbal Pittalwala | February 22, 2023 | Health
China protests

China response is less visible, not less dangerous

In wake of a renewed COVID-19 lockdown, Chinese citizens protested openly in the streets the past several days. It's a rare display in China, where civil unrest is historically greeted with harsh government recriminations. We asked UCR professors Perry Link and Rich Carpiano to weigh in. Link co-translated The Tiananmen...

By John Warren | November 28, 2022 | Social Science / Education

Coronavirus formation is successfully modeled

UC Riverside study could inform the design of effective drugs to fight SARS-CoV-2 and other coronaviruses

By Iqbal Pittalwala | October 3, 2022 | Science / Technology, Health

Addressing the anxiety crisis

UC Riverside mental health professionals answer questions specific to adults, children, and students

By Iqbal Pittalwala | September 28, 2022 | Health

COVID-19 took serious toll on Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander mental and physical health

Two UC Riverside-led studies found concerning psychological and physical health problems among more than 300 NH/PIs in five US states

By Iqbal Pittalwala | September 19, 2022 | Health
 “Academic Outsider: Stories of Exclusion and Hope” cover.

Personal stories on sexual abuse, self-worth, and academia 

Associate Professor Victoria Reyes published her new book, “Academic Outsider: Stories of Exclusion and Hope.”

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | August 17, 2022 | Social Science / Education
More than $188,000 in HEERF funds are available for students who stopped coming to UCR during the 2020-21 school year for COVID-19 related reasons

UCR has money to help students re-enroll

More than $188,000 in HEERF funds are available for students who stopped coming to UCR during the 2020-21 school year for COVID-19 related reasons.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | August 10, 2022 | University

Marginalized communities of color face high COVID-19 risk

UC Riverside study focused on farm-working communities in California’s Eastern Coachella Valley

By Iqbal Pittalwala | May 25, 2022 | Health
masked passenger

To mask, or not to mask?

To gauge whether scientists agree with popular sentiment around mask wearing, we check in here with three UC Riverside virologists and epidemiologists.

By Jules Bernstein | April 21, 2022 | Health
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