EVS employees bring older family members for first vaccine dose

On Jan. 23, 2021, Keck Medicine of USC opened up 300 slots for the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to the 65-and-older family members of Environmental Health Services employees and cafeteria workers.

Keck Medicine has been increasing efforts to raise Read More »

January 28th, 2021|Announcements, COVID-19, Keck Net Intranet|

In memoriam: Laurence H. Kedes, MD

Laurence H. Kedes, MD, former W.M. Keck Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and inaugural director of the Institute for Genetic Medicine (IGM) at the Keck School, died Jan. Read More »

January 27th, 2021|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

COVID-19, suicide and substandard medical care driving high rate of death among ICE detainees

Thirty-five people have died in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement since April 2018, with a seven-fold increase in deaths even as the average daily population decreased by nearly a third between 2019 and 2020, a USC study Read More »

January 27th, 2021|Announcements, COVID-19, Keck Net Intranet|

Administrators offer update on COVID-19 vaccine for patients in third briefing

Ahead of Keck Medicine of USC beginning distribution of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to patients, three experts from Keck Medicine and the USC School of Pharmacy held a press briefing on Jan. 21 to offer an update on employee, patient Read More »

January 27th, 2021|Announcements, COVID-19, Keck Net Intranet|

Smartphone-based device to detect silent heart attacks receives funding

Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States has a heart attack — 805,000 Americans annually. For 75% of those individuals, it’s their first heart attack, making it difficult to act quickly in response to symptoms. Read More »

January 20th, 2021|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|