Best of the Storytelling Contest Dementia The sickly sweet aroma of the elderly wafts upwards as I walk through the hallways. She sits on her bed, catatonic. March 26, 2024 Noah Greco Health
This Date in UCSF History: Doc Recalls Pre-Roe v. Wade Horrors November 21, 2021Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on November 21, 1996.] Before 1973, the year Roe vs. Wade guaranteed women the right to... Health
This Date in UCSF History: Student AIDS Forum Connects Patients and Caregivers November 14, 2021SynapseOriginally published on November 15, 1990. Several prominent physicians who have devoted much of their working lives in recent years... Health
This Date in UCSF History: Prepayment for Healthcare September 26, 2021SynapseOriginally published on September 27, 1973. In February, within weeks of the announcement of severe federal cutbacks in grant monies... Health
This Date in UCSF History: Crisis Pregnancy Centers Push Anti-Choice Ideals May 21, 2021Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on May 25, 2006.] A young woman meaning to visit a Planned Parenthood clinic unwittingly entered... Health
This Date in UCSF History: Single Payer Q&A May 1, 2021SynapseOriginally published in Synapse on May 6, 1999. Medical student David Schab answers some of the most commonly raised questions... Health
Dr. Goosby: Vaccine Naysayers Will Become 'Yaysayers' March 28, 2021Emily Vivian HuangThis is Part Seven of our Q&A with President Biden COVID Task Force advisor, UCSF's Dr. Eric Goosby. Synapse: Some... Health
This Date in UCSF History: Students Aim to Improve Heath Care in Iraq March 21, 2021SynapseOriginally published on March 26, 2009. When U.S.-led coalition forces invaded Iraq in March of 2003, a social, political and... Health
Dr. Goosby 'Not Freaked Out' About Variants March 21, 2021Emily Vivian HuangThis is Part Six of our Q&A with President Biden COVID Task Force advisor, UCSF's Dr. Eric Goosby. Synapse: What... Health
This Date in UCSF History: Hospitals in Wartime April 26, 2020SynapseOriginally published in Synapse on April 22, 1982. UCSF and other Bay Area hospitals participated in a drill of the... Health