UC San Diego Health

The 11,000 square-foot clinic in University Town Center, east of La Jolla, has 18 patient exam rooms

A San Diego family captured the heartwarming moment they brought their newborn daughter home from a UC San Diego NICU and their pup’s tender reaction to meeting his new sister.

Proton the Golden Retriever meets his newborn “sister” after she spent weeks at a NICU at the Jacobs Medical Center at UC San Diego Health.
Credit: The Cho Family

The league asked researchers across North America for ideas on how to study cannabis as a treatment option, reports NBC 7’s Derek Togerson.

Professional football is a 100% injury endeavor. Anyone who makes it to the NFL will get hurt at some point. It’s just the nature of the game, and the types of injuries football players suffer don’t end when they stop playing.

Between October and December last year, COVID-19 cases in California increased nine-fold, according to state health officials

UC San Diego’s chief medical officer expects a surge to begin in December and continue into the new year, reports NBC 7’s Artie Ojeda

With the winter months and holiday season approaching, the Chief Medical Officer with UC San Diego is predicting yet another COVID-19 case surge.

Her slender body cut through the water with the ease of a fish. Michele Pease-Downey spent her life swimming. No one would know she didn’t even touch a pool for six long years because her scoliosis wouldn’t let her swim laps. “It broke me,” Pease-Downey said while sitting alongside a Carlsbad pool. “Couldn’t swim. Couldn’t really walk very well.”...

A local swimmer reflects on her journey with UCSD’s new patient procedure, reports NBC 7’s Joe Little

COVID-19 cases among UC San Diego Health employees rose through the summer, with the majority occurring among vaccinated people. NBC 7’s Mari Payton has the story.

An Escondido man successfully underwent a double lung transplant after a severe case of COVID-19 which resulted in pneumonia that permanently impaired his ability to breathe. NBC 7’s Melissa Adan reports.

After more than 50 days on advanced life support, a multi-disciplinary team at UC San Diego Health helped one Escondido man become a candidate for a successful lung transplant

UC San Diego’s wastewater screening program detected 85% of COVID-19 cases on campus early, allowing for timely testing, contact tracing and isolation, it was announced Wednesday.

People who aren’t fully vaccinated or have had a positive COVID test within 72 hours will be prevented from visiting patients at the UC San Diego Health system’s acute health care facilities, officials announced Monday.