Social worker stabbed by patient at SF General HIV care clinic
A 31-year-old UCSF social worker was stabbed by a patient on Thursday at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital at 22nd Street and Potrero Avenue. The stabbing victim is now in critical condition, according to the sheriff's office.
Spreading smiles: SF Giants play ball with UCSF pediatric patients
Players with the San Francisco Giants put on their jerseys, but not for a regularly scheduled game Friday. Instead, they went just a few blocks away from the ballpark, to play ball with a very special group of courageous kids.
These Bay Area medical centers are among the best in the nation: US News ranking
Hospitals were evaluated based on 22 benchmark procedures and conditions.
UCSF service and patient care workers to strike over recent layoffs
Service and patient care workers will go on strike Friday at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center to protest the university's decision to lay off more than 130 frontline patient care workers at UCSF and UC San Diego.
Experts warn of health harms linked to ultra-processed foods – and how to identify them
There is a growing body of research that shows additives, found in frozen meals and even in so-called "healthy" foods like salad dressings and granola bars, can interfere with brain signals that regulate hunger and fullness.
UCSF study finds link between pre-teens' social media use and depression symptoms
Pre-teens who increased their social media use had an average 35% increase in symptoms of depression, according to new research led by a University of California San Francisco pediatrician, which was published Wednesday in JAMA and the Lancet.
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital provides 'path to recovery' for toddler with neurological condition
“There’s a light at the end of the tunnel for her. A path to recovery for her. We wouldn’t know how to be on that path without them."
University of California healthcare workers go on statewide strike
Two unions are striking at University of California campuses this week.
Man dies after being hit by dump truck in San Francisco near UCSF
A pedestrian was killed Tuesday in a collision with a dump truck near the campus of UCSF, where there is a major construction project underway.
2 Bay Area hospitals host special proms for young patients
Two hospitals on both sides of the Bay held a special prom for their teen patients on Friday night. Benioff UCSF Children's Hospital Oakland and San Francisco hosted the annual event.
UCSF doctors share abortion care stories and research with Sec. Becerra
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra arrived at UCSF on a fact-finding mission Monday, meeting with OBGYN doctors and professors to discuss front-line stories of how abortion care has changed since the Supreme Court's decision that overturned Roe vs. Wade opened to door for some states to adopt abortion restrictions.
Health care jeopardized for millions of Californians: Anthem Blue Cross vs. UCSF Health
An epic health insurance versus medical provider battle could affect untold number of UCSF medical patients in about a month as the two behemoths part ways.
California ends COVID isolation rule for asymptomatic cases as winter infections climb
Californians infected with COVID-19 may go about their lives without isolating or testing negative as long as their symptoms are improving, according to new and significantly loosened guidelines from the California Department of Public Health.
UCSF doctor surrenders medical degree after alleged artificial insemination incident
A fertility doctor accused of using his own sperm to artificially inseminate a woman at UCSF 14 years ago has surrendered his medical license.
Organization raising $10k to send family of teen receiving treatment in San Francisco on Hawaii trip
A Minnesota family is hoping to go on the trip of a lifetime. The non-profit One At A Time is trying to raise $10,000 by the end of the year to send the Wicklund family on a dream trip to Hawaii, after years of struggling with their 15-year-old son Isaac's illnesses.
UCSF medical professionals describe 'horrors' happening in Gaza, call for ceasefire, aid
On Wednesday, medical professionals at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center held a press conference calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.
'They saved her life': 13-year-old from Tracy survives cardiac arrest
School leaders and first responders are being credited with saving Heather Freligh's life at Freiler School in Tracy where the eighth grader stopped breathing and suffered an apparent cardiac arrest Friday.
UCSF nurses' union says increased workplace violence linked to hiring freeze
Registered nurses at the University of California, San Francisco say they have seen an increase in workplace violence since the medical center imposed a hiring freeze four months ago.