Coronavirus (COVID-19) (Audio)

UC Berkeley clinical social worker, Amber Jaiza Jones, LCSW, describes her hand-washing ritual that incorporates a meditation mantra. Series: "UC Berkeley News" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37397]

In touching every aspect of our lives, the COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly disrupted our sense of well-being and produced uncertainty and anxiety. How do we find resilience while remaining productive and caring family members, friends, professionals and citizens in these unprecedented times? UC Berkeley psychologist Dacher Keltner, who has studied stress, relationships and well-being for 25 years...

UC Berkeley psychologist Dacher Keltner talks about the benefits of practicing gratitude. Expressing appreciation is a key component of Keltner’s Science of Happiness course, which he has taught to inmates at San Quentin State Prison, among thousands of other students. Keltner, who is the faculty director of the campus’s Greater Good Science Center, has studied stress, relationships and well-being...

UC Berkeley psychologist Cynthia Media, PhD, gives tips for self-care during stressful times. Series: "UC Berkeley News" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37396]

UC Berkeley researchers found that travel restrictions, business and school closures, shelter-in-place orders and other non-pharmaceutical interventions averted roughly 530 million COVID-19 infections across the six countries and has likely avoided many millions more infections. Continuation of these policies after the study period has likely avoided many millions more infections. The findings com...

UCSF Pulmonologist Dr. Lekshmi Santhosh discusses disorienting effects that can occur during long hospital stays, particulary for patients being treated for COVID-19. Series: "Osher WISE: Well-being and Integrative Science for Everyone" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37339]

UC Berkeley researchers have developed a unique, easy, and effective method for testing the presence of the Coronavirus in the wastewater flowing through municipal sewer systems. Testing of wastewater will help guide public policy-makers on where and how to implement COVID-19 prevention and treatment plans. Series: "UC Berkeley News" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 37372]

As COVID-19 cases rise, so does mutual aid effort launched at UC Berkeley. Students and community members have established the Common Humanity Collective, producing and distributing hand sanitizer and face masks to help the needy during the pandemic. To date, the group has already dispatched enough sanitizer for more than 120,000 people and nearly 20,000 high-grade face masks of its own design, in...

Long COVID can happen to anyone who has had COVID-19, even if the illness was mild, or they had no symptoms. UCSF Pulmonologist Dr. Lekshmi Santhosh discusses the time frame associated with long COVID. Dr. Santhosh explains that while each patient is unique there are some common symptom clusters. Series: "Osher WISE: Well-being and Integrative Science for Everyone" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID:...

Chuck Murry, MD, PhD shares recent research on using cardiomyocytes to model COVID-19 heart disease. He also discusses current efforts to regenerate the heart and reduce arrhythmias. Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 37016]

Coronaviruses are not new but the new COVID-19 causes more severe symptoms and led to a global pandemic, in large part because it can be spread asymptomatically. In March 2020 the US became the epicenter of the pandemic and remained the hotbed until the vaccines became available. Dr. Monica Gandhi explains how the vaccines work and provides details on the efficacy of the current vaccines. Series:...

COVID-19 is uniquely characterized by pre-symptomatic and asymptomatic transmission. Dr. Chaz Langelier explores types of COVID testing, infectiousness and use cases for certain types of tests. He also discusses variants and how they are tracked and states that the mRNA vaccines are effective against the variants. Series: "Osher WISE: Well-being and Integrative Science for Everyone" [Health and Me...

ICUs, Emergency Departments and their staffs have been disproportionally affected by COVID. UCSF Professor of Emergency Medicine Dr. Robert Rodriguez looks back at the past COVID year and explores three major issues: addressing the effects of the pandemic on frontline providers; helping under-resourced hot spots; and addressing the equitable distribution of healthcare and the COVID-19 vaccine. Ser...

Tom Hart, acting CEO and North American Executive Director of the ONE Campaign, explains how a strong advocacy community, including people of faith and faith-based organizations, have helped to reduce poverty, hunger, and disease around the world over the last generation. David Beckmann and Tom Hart open and close with lively discussions of two advocacy campaigns—debt relief for poor countries in...

Long COVID is a range of symptoms that can last weeks or months after first being infected or can appear weeks after infection. Long COVID can happen to anyone who has had COVID-19, even if the illness was mild, or they had no symptoms. UCSF Pulmonologist Dr. Lekshmi Santhosh explains that a comprehensive multidisciplinary approach is important to address long-term physical, pulmonary, cognitive a...

The pandemic heightened stress and anxiety in families and children. Dr. Petra Steinbuchel explores the collective mental impact of the pandemic and looks at tools and interventions to promote coping for youth and families. Heading back to school may increase stress and affect mental health because back to school does not mean back to normal. Series: "Osher WISE: Well-being and Integrative Science...

Dr. Annie Luetkemeyer discusses improving outcomes for COVID patients as well as medications such as remdesivir, dexamethasone, and anticoagulation. She also looks at outpatient treatments and a current research study that is looking for new breakthroughs. Series: "Osher WISE: Well-being and Integrative Science for Everyone" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37156]

Dr. Diane Havlir knows it takes a community to end a pandemic. Latinx was particualry hard hit with COVID-19. She talks about what Unidos en Salud did to respond to the virus and where things stand in the race between the virus and the vaccine. Series: "Osher WISE: Well-being and Integrative Science for Everyone" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37137]

Dr. George Rutherford shares what we know about the emergence and spread of SARS-CoV-2, the epidemiology of COVID-19, and the status of immunizations. He also explores what can still go wrong and what we've learned to better handle future pandemics. Series: "Osher WISE: Well-being and Integrative Science for Everyone" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37136]

We all know how good a dog's sense of smell is, from sniffing out explosives to all sorts of contraband and even disease in humans. Tommy Dickey, emeritus professor from UC Santa Barbara, and service dog expert Heather Junquiera explain why and how dogs are being trained for COVID-19 screening. [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 36937]

What will learning look like as schools continue to reopen? Educators Morgan Appel, Gabriela Delgado, and Lisa Johnson Davis take a deep dive into how education can and must shift to incorporate the lessons of the pandemic and effectively support students and staff. Series: "Education Channel" [Education] [Show ID: 36781]

Davey Smith, MD, Sheldon Morris MD, MPH, and Robert "Chip" Schooley, MD discuss the newest research on COVID-19 including the lessons that can be learned, antivirals, and how to interpret the data. Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37068]

Reflecting on the devastating, disparate impacts of the COVID pandemic on communities of color, this panel examines the role of structural racism in health outcomes and the systemic changes necessary to ensure health equity. Series: "Osher WISE: Well-being and Integrative Science for Everyone" [Public Affairs] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 36860]

In this wide-ranging conversation, Jesse Nodora shares his journey into a career in public health, how COVID-19 has impacted his mindset and practices, how our pandemic routines may impact our post-pandemic health and much more. Series: "Education Channel" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Show ID: 36941]

No one anticipated a year like the one we've had. Prachi Singh, DO, UCSF Pediatrics, talks about the current epidemiology of COVID-19 globally, nationally, and in California, and discusses the current variances. She also explores COVID-19 in the pediatric population including Multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C). Series: "Osher WISE: Well-being and Integrative Science for Everyone" [Health an...