On this week’s Grand Rounds, Dr. George Rutherford gave updates on the covid-19 pandemic at the regional, state, and national level. His presentation was followed by a discussion between two UCSF medicine professors who gave their opinions on what kind of activities are safe once you’ve been vaccinated.
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UCSF Grand Rounds: One year later: Where we’ve come, where we are, where we’re going
In this week’s Grand Rounds, Dr. Bob Wachter sat down with three panelists to talk about the past twelve months in the global coronavirus pandemic, and what things will look like in the future.
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UCSF Grand Rounds: Vaccine trial data, hesitancy, and insight into Biden’s Covid-19 response
In this week’s UCSF Grand Round, Dr. Bob Wachter and a panel of experts discuss Phase 3 trial data for six vaccines, the emergence of new variants, how to communicate amidst vaccine hesitancy, and hear from two members of Biden’s COVID-19 Task Force.
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UCSF Medical Grand Rounds: Pushing the speed limit on papers and vaccines
Speed was the theme of this week’s UCSF Grand Rounds: the speed of peer-reviewed publication, the speed of new drug approval, the speed of vaccine development. One of the most […]
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UCSF Grand Rounds: Decreasing Covid-19 case counts, vaccine rollouts, and understanding new variants
Dr. Wachter and a panel of experts discuss strategies for San Francisco’s vaccine rollout to the general public, decreasing case numbers in the U.S., and new covid variants, as well as the UK’s vaccine response.
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UCSF Grand Rounds: CDC pandemic preparedness, UCSF vaccine distribution, and immunity passports
UCSF Grand Rounds explores questions surrounding the CDC’s pandemic preparedness, UCSF’s vaccine rollout, and the use of immunity passports.
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UCSF Grand Rounds tackles the questions of COVID-19 transmission and prevention with masks, face shields
Today, moderator Dr. Bob Wachter kicked off Grand Rounds with two questions that for months have preoccupied everyone from the world’s top epidemiologists to the humble grocery store clerk: How […]
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UCSF Grand Rounds sits down with author of best-selling 1918 flu history
Author John M. Barry, who wrote a best-selling history of the 1918 influenza, painted a grim picture of a pandemic-stricken nation in this week’s UCSF Medical Grand Rounds. “It is […]
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UCSF Grand Rounds: Wisconsin frontline updates and weighing risks in the third wave of the pandemic
With 12 days until a highly contentious election, a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic is appearing in various stages across the United States — California is a notable exception, […]
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UCSF Medical Grand Rounds: The elderly and the quandary of how often workers should get tested
UCSF Medical Grand Rounds opened on a solemn note Thursday afternoon, marked by the fact that COVID-19 deaths across the country exceeded 100,000 Wednesday. It is a number that could […]
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UCSF Medical Grand Rounds: The doctor is ready to send children back to school — with care
The roller coaster of the scientific community’s COVID-19 pandemic response was on full display during UCSF’s 90-minute Grand Rounds Thursday afternoon, as scientists provided the latest on treatments, vaccines, and […]
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UCSF Medical Grand Rounds: In New York, SF doctors witnessed chaos and ‘death — a lot of death’
UCSF doctors who provided support to New York City’s hospitals gave a candid briefing of their experience during Thursday afternoon’s Medical Grand Rounds: At times, they had no idea what […]
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UCSF Grand Rounds: Regional Covid-19 updates, low mortality rates and a molecular PPE
Oh, to be in the days when all we were dealing with was the triple pandemic of Covid-19, economic turmoil and systemic racism. As massive wildfires rage across California, Oregon […]
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UCSF’s Medical Grand Rounds offers a ‘sobering’ picture of the coronavirus and its challenges
It’s Thursday noon, and time for UCSF’s Medical Grand Rounds on COVID-19. Grab a cup of tea or a stiff drink. We may think the pandemic is subsiding, but Thursday’s […]
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UCSF grand rounds: A faster COVID-19 test and the changing businesses of medicine
Returning to normal life is an inevitability, however slowly it may arrive. That may happen when enough testing becomes available — especially if that testing is on-demand and can be delivered […]
