Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a drought emergency for the entire state of California this past month. The period from Oct. 1, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021 was the second-driest year on record in California. Almost 90% of the state is in throes of extreme drought. Reservoir storage is 60% of...

UC Riverside vaccine expert David Lo explains

After more than a year of lockdown, school is back in session. But many people are wondering whether it should be. Here, UC Riverside experts in viruses, medical policy and education share their thoughts about whether in-person learning at this moment in time is an A+ idea, and offer ideas...

UCR scientists weigh in on the first successful civilian trip to space, and the ethics of being a billion-dollar rocket man.

It's the time of year when Inland Southern California becomes a 27,000-square-mile skillet. We asked UC Riverside physicians how to stay safe and hydrated.

UC Riverside experts share their thoughts

A UC Riverside engineer discusses direct air capture

UCR experts say Demi Lovato’s public announcement amplifies the conversation about gender identity.

As many gather for Earth Day 2021, A UC Riverside ecologist urges caution toward solar geoengineering, an increasingly popular solution to the climate crisis.

Even as vaccinations across the U.S. were ramping up due to the popularity and availability of the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, the CDC called a timeout due to reports of serious blood clots

T he vaccine passport is coming. The likelihood of a “passport” being required — or perhaps just requested — for travel, and to return to school and work, seems a certainty. New York state is testing a smartphone app that would verify vaccine status for entry into events. IBM is...

Immunity generated by vaccination is better than immunity from an actual infection, says an expert

C OVID-19 is far from beaten. Vaccines may not be the ultimate panacea to haul us out of the pandemic crisis. In the future, will outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, arrive in waves every winter? Might COVID-19 never go away? Experts at the University of California, Riverside...

UC Riverside public health expert Richard Carpiano weighs in on ethical matters for vaccine distribution.

A computer scientist explains how our online behavior drives us into echo chambers

UC Riverside epidemiologist answers this and other questions in Q&A

Dr. David Lo at the UC Riverside School of Medicine is an expert on vaccines

Meeting virtually with people outside your household is safest, says UC Riverside epidemiologist

World Bee Day is May 20. To mark the occasion, we gathered some of UC Riverside’s top bee experts to answer questions submitted on our Instagram page. The response created, for lack of a better term, quite a buzz! We got so many questions — hundreds — that we could...

UC Riverside biomedical scientist Marcus Kaul explains