Chad T. Lefteris, an executive with considerable experience in integrated and academic health systems, has been named CEO of UCI Health, overseeing Orange County’s only academic medical center and all…
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The call has gone out: Overtaxed hospitals need more ventilators for the growing number of COVID-19 patients. A UCI Health team is working with corporate and university collaborators around the…
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Because the novel coronavirus poses a greater risk to people undergoing cancer treatments, UCI Health oncology experts are urging these patients to take precautions to avoid infection. The UCI Health…
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Some less-than-welcome words and phrases have been added recently to our vocabularies: COVID-19, N95 masks, index case and community spread. Now, of course, there is social distancing. But with the…
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UCI Health clinicians have launched a clinical trial to test the efficacy of the antiviral drug remdesivir as a potential therapy for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus…
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As coronavirus spreads around the globe, millions of people are being told to wash their hands. But your hands aren’t the only things you need to keep clean. Researchers have…
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With COVID-19 restrictions beginning to crimp the region’s blood supply, the UCI Health Blood Donor Center in Orange has expanded its hours of operation to six days a week to…
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As the novel coronavirus spreads around the globe, the populations most vulnerable to the disease have been older adults and people with pre-existing conditions, such as heart or lung disease,…
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The global outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-2019) is having an impact on the mental health of millions of people. Thanks to a 24-hour news cycle, near-constant social media use,…
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UCI Health is pleased to announce the launch of UCI Health OnCall, an app-based telehealth service created to increase access for patients to Orange County’s only academic health system. “UCI…
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