A previously overlooked type of immune cell allows SARS-CoV-2 to proliferate, Stanford Medicine scientists have found. The discovery has important implications for preventing severe COVID-19. stan.md/3xraRML #COVIDResearch #ImmuneSystem #SARSCoV2

If you're not attending the 2024 Stanford Drug Discovery Symposium (April 29-30) in person, you can catch the live stream beginning today at 9 a.m.! #SDDS2024 stan.md/4baOXft

Emerging issues that could trouble teens. Stanford Medicine’s Vicki Harrison explains the forces impacting youth mental health today, and why it’s so important to involve teens in solutions.
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This World Immunization Week, support health workers in improving vaccine understanding and uptake in their communities 📈🌎

We can help! Share the free videos and on-the-job aids in our vaccination toolkit: digitalmedic.stanford.edu/supporting-vac… #VaccinesWork

Thank you to all who joined the Stanford Medicine My Heart Counts 5K & Kids Fun Run today! We greatly appreciate those who visited our Stanford Center for Digital Health booth and joined our team for this impactful event celebrating life, heart health, and wellness. #MyHeartCountsRun #StanfordHealth

This #EarthDay , #StanDOM is proud to spotlight our bicoastal teams & the diverse landscapes they cherish. From coast to coast, our staff is dedicated to preserving the natural beauty of their hometowns. What places are close to your heart? Comment below and let us know!

SHP's Eran Bendavid & colleagues find dust pollution from the massive desert storms in sub-Saharan Africa is as great a risk to the region’s children as major killers like malaria or the flu. #EarthDay2024
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Stanford students, postdoctoral scholars, faculty, staff, and alumni submitted 409 photographs to the 2024 Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability photo contest – the most submissions in the contest's history.

In celebration of #EarthDay , visit our full list of winners: stanford.io/3QeqGNt

Our community mourns the loss of David Korn, MD, who devoted nearly 30 years to Stanford Medicine as chair of pathology and dean of the medical school, overseeing the rise to national prominence amid tumultuous and historic change. stan.md/3UnDJyM

Stanford Medicine researchers have found how dysfunctions in two specific areas of the brain -- the anterior insula and the ventral striatum -- might be signatures for early psychosis. #
Neuroscience #MentalHealth #BrainScience #schizophrenia
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This issue of Stanford Medicine magazine explores how environmental factors and challenges impact human health, and what’s being done about it.
#EarthDay #ClimateChange #HealthEquity
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Stanford Medicine researchers have found that an overlooked region of the hippocampus appears to be involved in instigating and propagating seizures. Treating this region may help patients who don’t find relief after surgery. stan.md/3xFSkg5

#Epilepsy #Neurology

An AI-based model in use at Stanford Hospital predicts when a patient is declining and flags the patient’s physicians and nurses, helping to achieve more efficient, effective patient care.
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