Students in the interdisciplinary course Pathogens and Populations: Representing Infectious Disease explored the process of translating scientific information into art and identified what gets lost in translation.
Researchers struggled to gather quantitative and qualitative data to measure patients’ pain but a new mobile app, created by Stanford students, will collect information that can help guide treatment.
Stanford experts answer questions about the 2022 flu season and vaccine, including whether it's safe to get your COVID-19 booster and flu shot at the same time.
Update on resources available following Supreme Court ruling on abortion
Health plan benefits and other assistance is available to Stanford University employees and students seeking medical care not locally available to them.
On Friday, Nov. 26, the World Health Organization designated Omicron a new COVID-19 variant of concern. Stanford's Persis Drell, Lloyd B. Minor and Russell Furr share their perspectives and reassure the community that Omicron is not a cause for panic.
Smartwatches alert wearers to bodily stress, including COVID-19
Stanford Medicine researchers created an algorithm to notify smartwatch wearers of stress, capturing events such as air travel, extended exercise and illness.
Moderna protects against delta variant in prison outbreak
A Stanford study at a California prison found that although there were more breakthrough COVID-19 infections than before the emergence of the delta variant, vaccinated prison residents had few symptomatic cases.
A message to the Stanford community details a wide range of planning issues for the fall quarter including vaccination requirements, Health Check, testing, international student arrivals, fall instruction, face coverings and various facilities on campus.
A message to the campus community addresses changes to the process for reporting vaccination status on Health Check and other steps the university is taking to prepare for more normal times ahead.
Need to talk to someone? A new website, poster and wallet-size card offer information on the many different mental health resources available to Stanford students.
In honor of Mental Health Awareness month, Cardinal at Work offers resources to support your mental well-being and invites you to a digital idea board where you can share self-care tips and get inspiration and encouragement from others.
A new three-quarter sequence of courses provides insights from scholars around the nation on research related to race in the fields of science, technology and medicine, as well as their own lived experiences.
Dean of Students Mona Hicks and Vaden Health Services Executive Director Jim Jacobs provide information on optional, pre-travel COVID-19 testing for students who will be coming to Stanford for the first time in 2021.
Melissa Fritchle, who teaches a Mindfulness in Relationships online course in the Healthy Living program, offers guidance on how to nurture healthy personal partnerships.
Associate Vice Provost Russell Furr provides an update on public health restrictions at Stanford following the state’s lifting of the regional stay-at-home order, which still leaves local counties in the highest-risk purple tier of the state’s COVID-19 framework.
After being inspired by a Stanford course, four graduates teamed up to tackle important deficiencies in mental healthcare while expanding access and reducing costs.
