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A mind-bending breakthrough for severe stroke victims has come to light thanks to a study done at UCSF.

As more people get vaccinated, many people are saying its time to lift the outdoor mask mandate. Others say why even risk it.

A Bay Area doctor now says we could get back to mostly pre-pandemic life in the fall, but it requires a few key things to go as planned, including making sure everyone who can get vaccinated does get vaccinated.

Millions of people across the country are getting vaccinated, but when is it OK to visit someone when you’ve been vaccinated?

An extract from a rare undersea creature will soon be put to the test in clinical trials after initial studies showed effectiveness in stopping COVID-19 infections, according to a pharmaceutical company and a California-based researcher who has been studying it.

There is a contender about to enter phase 3 trials, a compound from a rare creature of the sea found only in the waters around one island in the Mediterranean Sea. Patrick Healy reports for the NBC4 News on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021.

It’s dangerous for everyone during the pandemic, but UCSF researchers say they know which workers are the most at risk.

It’s going to be a tough task and will require a coordinated effort to get more vaccines into the arms of people faster. NBC Bay Area’s Thom Jensen talks to a UCSF doctor about the distribution effort.

Only seven hospitals in California will be the first to get Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine, and some of them are in the Bay Area.

Three Bay Area doctors will now be advising the Biden-Harris Administration on how to get the coronavirus pandemic under control.

President-elect Joe Biden is already moving forward with one of his priorities: assembling a pandemic task force, which includes Bay Area connections at UCSF. Cierra Johnson reports.

In addition to wearing a mask, washing your hands and social distancing, some scientists believe getting a good night’s rest could also help you avoid or even fight off the coronavirus. Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco and Carnegie Mellon University published a study that demonstrates how getting enough sleep may help someone protect themselves from COVID-19....

With hospitalizations up nearly 50% across the state in the last month, hospitals in San Francisco are running out of remdesivir – the main treatment doctors are using to help COVID patients survive.

The University of San Francisco has agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle allegations that it submitted fraudulent information to get AmeriCorps service grant money.