NEWSPAPER

 

January 30, 2009

San Francisco Business Journal - "Virus hunters go on the attack"

UCSF and Abbott take aim with new center.

 

April 28, 2009

Sacramento Bee - "Sacramento County officials ask public to be patient but alert as they investigate new flu"

“I am worried, but I’m not panicked,” said Dr. Charles Chiu, a University of California, San Francisco, infectious diseases specialist who hopes to start work soon on understanding this flu’s genetic …

 

April 29, 2009

SF Gate - "Experts puzzle over swine flu mystery"

"It's also possible that swine flu could change over time as it spreads among humans, making it more or less virulent," said Dr. Charles Chiu, head of the viral diagnostics laboratory at UCSF

 

April 29, 2009

SF Gate - "Swine flu cases expected in three Bay Area counties"

In fact, infectious disease experts say it's too late to contain the disease, but there's still time to slow down its spread and reduce the risk to public health

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April 29, 2009

KCBS All News 740 AM - “Swine flu strain studies”

Dr. Charles Chiu, head of the viral diagnostics laboratory at UCSF, on studies of strains from the current swine flu outbreak.  (4/29; 3:49)

 

 

 

 

April 29th, 2009

KCBS All News 740 AM - “Swine reaches pandemic level 5”

Dr. Charles Chiu, the head of the viral diagnostics laboratory at UCSF, discusses the latest research on the swine flu virus.  (4/29; 4:52)

 

 

 

 

May 24th, 2009

KCBS All News 740 AM - “Swine flu genes: nothing new”

Dr. Charles Chiu, head of the viral diagnostics laboratory at UCSF, says that the genes in the H1N1 virus have been circulating in pigs years before the recent outbreak.  (5/24; 4:36)

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April 27, 2009

ABC Channel 7 - "Virus hunters learn from swine flu current outbreak"

Scientists are using the swine flu epidemic to learn how similar diseases spread...

 

 

 

 

 

 

April 29, 2009

ABC Channel 7 - "Researchers look into virus make-up"

 In the next few days and weeks, researchers will be analyzing this new swine flu virus for clues about its genetic make-up.

 

 

 

 

 

June 10, 2009

ABC Channel 7 - "H1N1 virus research underway at Bay Area’s UCSF"

 Mexican doctors team up with a local researcher to study the H1N1 virus.