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Thursday, March 18, 2021
One year into the pandemic, it is still unclear what the effects of the coronavirus and stay-at-home orders have been on health care utilization and patients seeking care unrelated to COVID-19 symptoms. In a new study, researchers examine the impact of the first stay-at-home order in L.A. County on emergency... Read More »
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Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Traffic on Flower Street has been thicker than normal as cars queue up to enter the parking garage near the southeast corner of USC’s University Park Campus, where the city is operating its newest vaccination site. The clinic’s goal is 5,000 doses daily. “It’s our privilege to help in this... Read More »
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Tuesday, March 16, 2021
The essence of translational medicine is taking an idea from the drawing board and “translating” it into a real-world treatment that helps patients. The winding road of that process takes plenty of time, money and expertise, so it makes sense to place it all under one roof. USC and Children’s Hospital... Read More »
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Tuesday, March 16, 2021
USC postdoctoral researcher Xi Chen knows that you have to break a few eggs in order to grow chicken stem cells. His work on maintaining embryonic stem cells (ESC) from chicken eggs provides insight into stem cell pluripotency and evolutionary developmental biology. “The choice of beginning with fertilized chicken eggs... Read More »
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Monday, March 15, 2021
Even though a fruit fly doesn’t have ears, it can hear with its antennae. In a new study published in the journal Development, USC Stem Cell scientists describe how adult flies can regenerate sensory hearing cells in their antennae, and how studying flies can provide a new way to understand and develop... Read More »
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Monday, March 15, 2021
One year ago this month, the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools and child care centers to close and many working parents — especially working mothers — were thrust into new roles as teachers and day care providers as schools switched to distance learning. Now, 12 months later, experts at the Center for... Read More »
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Friday, March 12, 2021
The USC School of Pharmacy has received a $5 million gift to create a new center that will seek to reduce hospitalizations and emergency room visits by making the medicine we consume safer and more efficient. “The goal of the Titus Center is to improve patient health and safety by ensuring that... Read More »
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Friday, March 12, 2021
More than a half-million Americans are exposed to oil and gas “flaring” events — the burning off of excess natural gas at production sites — resulting in potentially serious health risks, according to new research from USC and UCLA. “Our findings show that flaring is an environmental justice issue,” said Jill... Read More »
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Thursday, March 11, 2021
Steven D. Shapiro, executive vice president and chief medical and scientific officer of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and president of its Health Services Division, has been named to the newly created position of senior vice president for health affairs at USC, President Carol L. Folt announced March... Read More »
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Thursday, March 11, 2021
It has been one year since the world seemingly shut down in response to a new virus that had begun to spread rapidly. At Keck Medicine of USC, hospital leadership had been meeting since January 2020 to determine what measures the health system should take to keep patients, physicians and... Read More »
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Wednesday, March 10, 2021
USC and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health are launching a study that will follow as many as 3,000 county residents over time to better understand social inequities exposed by COVID-19 as well as other impacts of the pandemic. The project, called the Los Angeles Pandemic Surveillance Cohort, is... Read More »