Pandemic Content / Pandemic Content for ٺƵ en New NSF Center for Pandemic Insights /health/news/new-nsf-center-pandemic-insights ٺƵ to lead NSF Center for Pandemic Insights with $18M in funding, blending expertise from across the U.S. and 4 ٺƵ powerhouse schools and colleges. August 22, 2024 - 8:00am Katherine E Kerlin /health/news/new-nsf-center-pandemic-insights Children’s Lockdown Memories May Predict Declines in Psychological Well-being During the Pandemic /news/childrens-lockdown-memories-may-predict-declines-psychological-well-being-during-pandemic <p>A new study shows how children’s and adolescents’ memories of the COVID lockdowns of 2020 and 2021 changed over time and related to their mental health. The work, published Aug. 14 in <a href="https://srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cdev.14131">Child Development</a>, shows how autobiographical memories are linked to mental health, and how the content of these memories is related to the negative psychological consequences of lockdown.<span>&nbsp;</span></p> August 14, 2024 - 9:22am Andy Fell /news/childrens-lockdown-memories-may-predict-declines-psychological-well-being-during-pandemic Fewer Than 10% of Patients Screened for Food Insecurity During Pandemic /food/news/patients-not-screened-for-food-insecurity-during-pandemic Only seven percent of primary care providers screened patients for food insecurity during the pandemic. A new ٺƵ study finds that screening rates were even lower if the appointment was virtual. March 30, 2023 - 9:00am Amy M Quinton /food/news/patients-not-screened-for-food-insecurity-during-pandemic New ٺƵ Documentary to Air on PBS /news/new-uc-davis-documentary-air-pbs <div><div class="alert alert--warning"><strong><em><a href="https://health.ucdavis.edu/news/es/headlines/documental-de-uc-davis-sobre-la-situacin-de-los-trabajadores-domsticos-durante-la-pandemia-se-transmitir-en-pbs/2023/01"><span lang="es">Lea este comunicado de prensa en español.</span></a></em></strong></div> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>A new documentary from the </span><a href="https://environmentalhealth.ucdavis.edu/"><span>ٺƵ Environmental Health Sciences Center</span></a><span> will premiere on PBS stations beginning Saturday (Jan. 14).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></div> January 12, 2023 - 11:01am Andy Fell /news/new-uc-davis-documentary-air-pbs Pets Help AIDS Survivors Through 2 Pandemics /health/news/pets-help-aids-survivors-through-2-pandemics Survey showed pets helped long-term HIV/AIDS survivors through both the AIDS and COVID-19 pandemics. Older men, especially those with dogs, felt less alone and isolated compared with cat owners. June 15, 2022 - 9:15am Amy M Quinton /health/news/pets-help-aids-survivors-through-2-pandemics $2.7M for Digital Health Equity and Future Pandemic Preparedness /health/news/27m-digital-health-equity-and-future-pandemic-preparedness <p><span><span>The University of California, Davis, will receive $2.7 million for two projects that advance digital health equity and future pandemic preparedness following the passage of federal spending legislation. </span></span></p> <p><span><span>The projects include $1.7 million for <span><span>ٺƵ Health’s Digital Health Equity Program and $1 million to help ٺƵ establish a Future Pandemic Prevention and Rapid Response Institute.</span></span></span></span></p> March 15, 2022 - 1:45pm Katherine E Kerlin /health/news/27m-digital-health-equity-and-future-pandemic-preparedness Scientists Find Ebola Virus Antibodies in People Before 2018 DRC Outbreak /news/scientists-find-ebola-virus-antibodies-people-2018-outbreak-0 <p>Scientists found antibodies to Ebola virus in people up to a year before the 2018 Ebola virus disease outbreak began in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, or DRC. This suggests that either early cases may have been missed or that exposure occurs more commonly than previously thought, according to a study led by the University of California, Davis.</p> November 04, 2020 - 8:00am Katherine E Kerlin /news/scientists-find-ebola-virus-antibodies-people-2018-outbreak-0 Expert Marcela Uhart on Wildlife Trade and Pandemics /news/expert-marcela-uhart-wildlife-trade-and-pandemics <p><a href="https://ohi.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/people/marcela-uhart">Marcela Uhart</a>, a wildlife veterinarian with the ٺƵ School of Veterinary Medicine, is available to discuss the intersections between pandemics, biodiversity loss and the wildlife trade. This is the focus of her expert contribution in a report released today by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.</p> October 29, 2020 - 7:00am Katherine E Kerlin /news/expert-marcela-uhart-wildlife-trade-and-pandemics Initiatives to Intercept Pandemics Through Genomics /coronavirus/news/initiatives-intercept-pandemics-through-genomics <p>Three major initiatives in biodiversity genomics — BIOSCAN, the Earth BioGenome Project and the Global Virome Project — have joined forces to deliver a “pandemic interception system” based upon comprehensive knowledge of pathogens and their hosts, explains a <a href="https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/06/04/2009508117">recent commentary in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences</a>.</p> June 11, 2020 - 5:00am Katherine E Kerlin /coronavirus/news/initiatives-intercept-pandemics-through-genomics PREDICT Receives Extension for COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency Response /coronavirus/news/predict-receives-extension-covid-19-pandemic-emergency-response <p>PREDICT will provide emergency support to other countries for outbreak response including technical support for early detection of SARS CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease COVID-19, through a six-month extension from the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, effective April 1.</p> March 31, 2020 - 7:22am Katherine E Kerlin /coronavirus/news/predict-receives-extension-covid-19-pandemic-emergency-response