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UC Riverside-led study offers a framework for involving non-maternal caregivers in public health initiatives
The Trump administration has proposed terminating a $56 million annual grant program that distributes naloxone, also known by the brand name Narcan, and trains emergency responders to administer the drug in the case of opioid overdoses. It's believed to have saved hundreds of thousands of lives. We asked two UCR...
Vaping during pregnancy is becoming more common, but its impact on early human development is not well understood. A new study by scientists at the University of California, Riverside, now reports that the flavor chemical menthol used in electronic cigarettes could pose risks to a developing baby. The study, published...
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.
The words “artificial intelligence” are now ubiquitous, their influence having risen dramatically in recent years and their impact being felt in healthcare and many other job sectors. In healthcare, artificial intelligence, or AI, has the potential to make drug discovery faster and cheaper and improve diagnoses and treatments. How should...
NIH grant to UCR School of Medicine could improve treatments for metabolic disorders and helminth infections
UC Riverside-led research has therapeutic implications for COVID-19 treatment
NIH grant will allow UC Riverside-led team to focus on long non-coding RNAs in Plasmodium falciparum
Dr. Peter Ureste at UC Riverside Health offers suggestions on coping with holiday stress
UC Riverside mouse study shows probiotic reduced negative impacts of PBDEs on development, behavior, and metabolism
UC Riverside researchers say ‘molecular crowbar’ strategy is a promising method in drug discovery
Perspective paper offers insights into impact of skin pigmentation on drug efficacy and safety
In 2022, nearly 619,000 global deaths due to malaria were caused by Plasmodium falciparum, the most virulent, prevalent, and deadly human malaria parasite. For decades, the parasite’s resistance to all antimalarial drugs has posed a big challenge for researchers working to stop the spread of the disease. A team led...
Nearly 6,000 opioid-related overdose deaths occurred in California in 2021, many due to fentanyl, a synthetic opioid. To address the crisis, a team of researchers in the School of Medicine, or SOM, at the University of California, Riverside, plans to develop and implement a curriculum that offers education on substance...
UC Riverside-led mouse study finds fathers on unhealthy diets can cause cardiovascular disease in their daughters
An NIH grant to UC Riverside and Indiana University will explore the question
UC Riverside professors Catherine Gudis and Bruce Link answer questions about Gov. Gavin Newsom's order to dismantle homeless encampments in California.
Only half of individuals with social anxiety ever seek treatment, says author Thomas E. Brown
Like other smart devices, smart vapes have high-definition animated displays
UC Riverside-led mouse study finds primary site of obesity’s effects on reproductive function is the brain
