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Administering immunizations
This Date in UCSF History

This Date in UCSF History: Our WHO Promise

Once the obligations of an international agreement are broken for the first time, it's easier to continue breaking the agreement. Congress lives by this truism. In 1946 the United States joined the WHO and agreed to live by its constitution, which grants the World Health Assembly the power to raise...
September 22, 2026
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California assembly chairs

This Date in UCSF History: Minority faculty criticize UC

April 21, 2026
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Originally published in Synapse on April 21, 1980. On March 18th this year UC went to a routine budget hearing...
Politics
Supreme Court

This Date in UCSF History: State of the Union

February 24, 2026
Synapse
[Originally published in Synapse on February 17, 2010] I am writing this the day after President Obama gave his State...
Politics
Obama signing document

This Date in UCSF History: Obama Reverses Abortion Gag Rule

January 27, 2026
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[Originally published in Synapse on January 29, 2009.] President Barack Obama moved last week to reverse a U.S. policy restricting...
Politics
boot laces

This Date in UCSF History: The Bootstrap Myth

December 2, 2025
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[Originally published in Synapse on December 4, 1996.] I remember the morning after Proposition 187 passed. Schools and health care...
Politics
pills and cash

This Date in UCSF History: Public Health Group Knocks Reagan Cuts

November 18, 2025
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[Originally published in Synapse on November 12, 1981.] The theme of this year’s American Public Health Association convention was “Energy...
Politics
Medical exam

This Date in UCSF History: State Health Corps?

September 16, 2025
Synapse
[ Originally published in Synapse on September 19, 1985.] In the next few days, Gov. George Deukmejian will decide the...
Politics
Capitol dome.

This Date in UCSF History: Fed Cuts Are ‘Bad News’

March 4, 2025
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[Originally published in Synapse on March 2, 1973.] UC President Charles Hitch said last week the Federal Budget is “more...
Politics
Books burning.

We Should be Concerned About What Happened at the CDC

February 11, 2025
Ariane Panzer
On February 1, 2025 the Inside Medicine Substack reported that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ordered...
Politics
Immigration officer detains man in mask.

This Date in UCSF History: A Case For Care

January 28, 2025
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[Originally published in Synapse on January 29, 2004.] A critically ill man who is infected with TB sits at home...
Politics
Pagination
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