Our Commitment to Helping the Underserved

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targeted therapies can be used to fight their cancer.</p></p><a class="read-more" title="go to article" href="/welcome/news/headlines/california-cancer-patients-now-have-greater-access-to-life-saving-biomarker-testing/2024/07">Read More</a></div> </li> <li class="media row clearfix pt-5 mb-3 mb-sm-5 px-0 px-sm-3 mx-0"> <div class="media-img col-sm-4"><a title="go to article" href="/welcome/news/headlines/uc-davis-health-launches-digital-program-to-support-people-after-incarceration/2024/07" id="article-listing-4-4"> <div class="img-wrapper"><img class="img-fluid" loading="lazy" width="445" height="305" src="/media-resources/contenthub/health-news/2024/07/thumbnail/SAFE-T-App-Th).jpg" alt="Nine images of cell phones showing what the SAFE-T App can do."></div></a></div> <div class="media-body col-sm-8 py-3 py-sm-0"><span class="date">July 08, 2024</span><h2 class="media-title mt-0 mb-2 mb-sm-3"><a href="/welcome/news/headlines/uc-davis-health-launches-digital-program-to-support-people-after-incarceration/2024/07">UC Davis Health launches digital program to support people after incarceration</a></h2> <p class="media-text mb-2 mb-sm-3"><p>Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and the Digital CoLab have partnered to create digital resources and support for individuals reentering communities after incarceration.</p></p><a class="read-more" title="go to article" href="/welcome/news/headlines/uc-davis-health-launches-digital-program-to-support-people-after-incarceration/2024/07">Read More</a></div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="media-block web news-list"> <div class="wrapper d-flex justify-content-center"> <div class="sizer col-lg-10 row"> <ul class="media-list list-unstyled"> <li class="media row clearfix mb-3 mb-sm-5 px-0 px-sm-3 mx-0"> <div class="media-img col-sm-4"><a title="go to article" 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href="/welcome/news/headlines/56-million-for-precision-medicine-program-aimed-at-treating-and-preventing-disease/2024/06">$5.6 million for precision-medicine program aimed at treating and preventing disease</a></h2> <p class="media-text mb-2 mb-sm-3"><p>A $5.6 million NIH award will allow continued engagement and enrollment for the All of Us Research Program and the Nutrition for Precision Health study.</p></p><a class="read-more" title="go to article" href="/welcome/news/headlines/56-million-for-precision-medicine-program-aimed-at-treating-and-preventing-disease/2024/06">Read More</a></div> </li> <li class="media row clearfix pt-5 mb-3 mb-sm-5 px-0 px-sm-3 mx-0"> <div class="media-img col-sm-4"><a title="go to article" href="/welcome/news/headlines/telehealth-program-aims-to-reduce-health-care-disparities-for-black-patients-giving-birth/2024/06" id="article-listing-5-3"> <div class="img-wrapper"><img class="img-fluid" loading="lazy" width="445" height="305" src="/media-resources/contenthub/health-news/2024/06/thumbnail/pregnant-th.jpg" alt="Black woman enjoying pregnancy at home"></div></a></div> <div class="media-body col-sm-8 py-3 py-sm-0"><span class="date">June 13, 2024</span><h2 class="media-title mt-0 mb-2 mb-sm-3"><a href="/welcome/news/headlines/telehealth-program-aims-to-reduce-health-care-disparities-for-black-patients-giving-birth/2024/06">Telehealth program aims to reduce health care disparities for Black patients giving birth</a></h2> <p class="media-text mb-2 mb-sm-3"><p>A new telehealth program at UC Davis Health aims to reduce disparities for Black patients who are giving birth.</p></p><a class="read-more" title="go to article" href="/welcome/news/headlines/telehealth-program-aims-to-reduce-health-care-disparities-for-black-patients-giving-birth/2024/06">Read More</a></div> </li> <li class="media row clearfix pt-5 mb-3 mb-sm-5 px-0 px-sm-3 mx-0"> <div class="media-img col-sm-4"><a title="go to article" 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