Hesitancy plays increasing role in vaccine coverage disparities despite wide availability

Despite widespread access, there are still wide discrepancies in COVID-19 vaccine coverage in communities across the U.S. Researchers with the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics and Johns Hopkins University assessed the relationship between county COVID-19 vaccination rates … Read More »

November 2nd, 2021|Announcements, COVID-19, Keck Net Intranet|

USC researcher envisions Siri-like assistants and VR travel for older people and their caregivers

USC Research Professor Skip Rizzo thought his mother might like a trip to Rome.

She put on a virtual reality headset, and soon her face was aglow: “Oh! Carl and I used to love this little bar that was right … Read More »

November 1st, 2021|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Drug-like molecule points to novel strategies for cancer therapy

A decade ago, genome sequencing revealed a big surprise: about 50 percent of human cancers are linked to mutations in what are known as epigenetic regulators, which control the activity of genes.

In a new study in Cell Chemical Biology, … Read More »

November 1st, 2021|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|