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UC expanding in-house testing for coronavirus amid national shortage

Katie Zegarski, supervising clinical lab scientist with the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at UC Davis Health, runs through the process of loading samples into a new testing instrument for the virus that causes COVID-19.(Wayne Tilcock/UC Davis Health)

Scooter-Related Injuries Are Spiking in the U.S., CA Study Finds

Young women ride electric scooters in Santa Monica on July 13, 2018. (Credit: Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images)

Study Links Vaping With Long-Term Risk of Respiratory Disease

A demonstrator vapes during a rally outside the White House protesting a proposed vaping flavor ban on Nov. 9, 2019. (Credit: Jose Luis Magana / AFP / Getty Images)

Deportation Fears Linked to High Blood Pressure Among Immigrant Women: UC Study

Lourdes Barraza, wife of detained immigrant Fernando Barraza, holds her crying daughter Ana Barraza during a Valentine's Day demonstration outside of the San Francisco office of the Immigration and Cutsoms Enforcement on Feb. 14, 2018 in San Francisco. (Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Minority Workers in Retail, Fast Food Have More Erratic Hours Than White Workers, UC Researchers Find

Walmart employee Clara Martinez stocks the shelves at a Walmart store on Feb. 19, 2015 in Miami, Florida. (Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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15,000 Workers Start 3-Day Strike Over Pay, Job Security at UC Medical Centers, Including L.A. and Irvine

Thousands of striking UC workers, supporters and students march throughout the UCLA campus in May 2018. (Credit: Robert Gauthier)

Researchers Say Blood Tests Could Possibly Predict a Woman’s Risk of Premature Birth

A now 3-year-old girl is seen after she was born at just 21 weeks and four days gestation. (Credit: Courtney Stensrud via CNN)