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$13.7M grant from National Cancer Institute will support several projects on breast and pancreatic cancers

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

To address the crisis, UC Riverside-led team will design a culturally tailored group-based intervention

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

UC Riverside biomedical scientists say the cells are like M cells in the gut and airways

UC Riverside-led study zeroes in on special RNA molecules in the human malaria parasite

Exposure to environmental chemicals, including those in common plastic products, has been linked with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, or CVD, the leading cause of death worldwide. According to the World Health Organization, 17.9 million people died from CVDs in 2019. Changcheng Zhou, a professor of biomedical sciences in...

UC Riverside-led research shows how deportation acts as a social determinant of health

UC Riverside mouse study describes mechanisms underlying sex differences for obesity

Emoji can replace many traditional quantitative measures, UC Riverside researcher argues

UC Riverside-led study focuses on caregivers’ take on how the sea affects their children’s health

UC Riverside-led study focused on older people living with HIV during the pandemic

Studies have shown that consuming alcohol during pregnancy can alter the brain and behavioral development of gestating offspring. Currently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises against maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy and state that there is no known safe level of consumption. What are the consequences, however, of...

UC Riverside and Yale University team sequences and mines genome of the pathogen Babesia duncani

Inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, describes Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, two chronic diseases that cause inflammation in the intestines. IBD, which affects about 3 million adults in the United States, is an autoimmune disorder — a condition in which the body’s immune system attacks healthy tissues. Its symptoms include...

UC Riverside mouse study shows how gene mutation leads to ovaries failing prematurely

University of California, Riverside, study found that 16% of autistic children of surveyed parents were expelled from daycares resulting in more problems for them in elementary school.

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...

Health officials, public policymakers and community leaders should team up to disseminate accurate narratives about the life-saving benefits of vaccines.

Dr. Martin Schlusselberg of the UCR School of Medicine explains