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Irvine, Calif. — Several vaccines to combat the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 have been developed with unprecedented speed. But what if there were a vaccine that would thwart a new…

UCI Health is home to 174 doctors who have been named 2021 Physicians of Excellence by the Orange County Medical Association, more than any other health system in Orange County.…

IN THE NEWS: Anaheim fire captain Joe Aldecoa, who survived a life-threatening case of COVID-19, delivers a stern warning about attending New Years' parties. Aldecoa, who spent nearly a month…

IN THE NEWS: UCI Medical Center sets up a mobile field hospital in a parking lot to accommodate a surge of new COVID-19 patients. The medical center is one of…

The Leapfrog Group has awarded UCI Health its 13th consecutive “A” grade in its biannual safety performance measurements of how well hospitals protect patients from errors, injuries and infections. The…

Orange, Calif. — UCI Health today received an initial shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine at UCI Medical Center and will begin providing the first round of injections to its front-line…

IN THE NEWS: Dr. Susan Huang, UCI Health medical director of epidemiology and infection prevention, tells the New York Times that children in team sports, especially indoor ones, should be wearing…

Dr. Susan M. O’Brien, the UCI Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center’s associate director for clinical research, has been named a Giant of Cancer Care® for her sustained contributions in the…

Irvine, Calif. — Testing a representative sample of Orange County residents for a wide range of coronavirus antibodies, University of California, Irvine researchers found that 11.5% of them have antibodies for…

Exposure to ultra-violet rays from the sun, which shines an average of 278 days in Orange County, is thought to be a risk factor for melanoma, a form of skin…