The National Cancer Institute’s “cancer moonshot” tasks researchers with, among advancing other new biotechnologies, delving into immunotherapy and epigenomic analysis.

The depth and breadth of post-diagnosis care for cancer patients often depends on the resources available to them.

Researchers at UC Merced are playing key roles in the new UC Valley Fever Research Initiative, studying ho

Ke-Myrion Anderson had never set foot on college campus before he spent a week at UC Merced in July.

By Jeremy Olson for UC Merced Magazine

Editor’s note: This story originally appeared in the fall 2015 issue of UC Merced Magazine.

Research indicates that obesity can increase a woman’s risk of developing and dying from breast cancer.

While many young women her age are th

Valley fever, described as a “silent epidemic” by the Centers for Disease Control, will be explored through a series of wide-ranging talks at the University of California, Merced.

Smoke-free laws may help encourage dentists to recommend that their patients kick the smoking habit, according to new research co-authored by UC Merced Professor Mariaelena Gonzalez.

The paper, published in the American Journal of Public Health, suggests the societal change manifested by smoke-free laws can contribute to an atmosphere in which dentists pay more attention to patients’ smoking habits.