coronavirus

A photo shows a 3D-printed model of a SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, with a model of the full SARS-CoV-2 virus in the background

Mind & body

How a viral toxin may exacerbate severe COVID-19

A new study finds that the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein can contribute to vascular leak, a dangerous release of fluids from the blood vessels that can lead to respiratory failure

three young students, masked and socially distanced, await the start of a school day

Education

Berkeley scholars share federal grant to trace COVID’s impact on education

Student at Golden Bear Orientiation 2022 walk near the Campanile.

Campus & community

No shortage of good news as fall semester 2022 begins at UC Berkeley

a person holding a pippette at a lab bench

Mind & body

New inhaled COVID-19 therapeutic blocks viral replication in the lungs

A player on third base eyes home plate during a Student Affairs Summer Softball League game.

Play ball! At Berkeley, it’s one solution to pandemic-era team building

Human lung proteins can advance or thwart SARS-CoV-2 infections

Women at an anti LGBTQIA+ protest in Poland hold a large pink sign that says

Judith Butler: Insecurity and the roots of anti-democratic rage

Beyond the bars at an entryway to San Quentin Prison is an antiquated building that increased COVID risks for thousands of inmates and staff

Overcrowding, old buildings fueled COVID in California prisons, says new report

gloved hands manipulating purple-stained gels on a plate

Omicron infection leaves unvaxxed with little protection against variants

a California freeway traffic jam in ominous orange sunset light

New, corrected research shows California migration may be returning to normal

In 2020, then-President Donald Trump speaks before an Operation Warp Speed backdrop at an event to promote rapid development of COVID-10 vaccines

When Trump endorses COVID shots, vaccinations jump, study finds

A photo of a woman standing against a wall made of corrugated metal, holding up a cell phone. The screen of the phone reads,

Cellphone data, machine learning help target humanitarian aid in Togo

a child care teacher leads a half dozen young children across a back-yard playground on a sunny day

Poverty wages keep child care teachers in ‘grim financial bind,’ says new report

a graphic illustration based on the idea of metrics rising and falling, as shown by different lines in a graph

Tracking inequality in real time — a powerful new tool from Berkeley economists

students throung through Sther Gate at UC Berkeley as in-person classes resume

UC Berkeley will begin spring semester with mostly remote instruction

At the Rec Sports Facility, students are instructed how to swab their noses to test for COVID-19

Reminder: Staff, faculty must test for COVID-19 before returning to campus

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