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Only seven hospitals in California will be the first to get Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine, and some of them are in the Bay Area.

NBC Bay Area’s Janelle Wang spoke to Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, infectious disease specialist at UCSF, and he and colleagues don’t think the curfew is going to have much of an effect on COVID-19 surge. Instead, he thinks we should get back to basics.

Asian Pacific America: The CARE Registry at UCSF aims to increase AAPI representation in medical research.

Asian Pacific America: UCSF’s CARE Registry is the first research registry for AAPI launched by UCSF and other universities in the state.

As the United States continues to set new daily record levels for coronavirus cases, could we see another national shut down? How prepared are hospitals? And could fans be allowed at Warriors games? UCSF Dr. George Rutherford, who is also a professor of epidemiology and biostatistics, joins NBC Bay Area to provide some answers.

Health experts warned about how critical these winter months will be, and on Tuesday, new restrictions were put in place. Raj Mathai spoke to Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at UCSF, about the COVID surge in the Bay Area and traveling over the Thanksgiving holiday.

Three Bay Area doctors will now be advising the Biden-Harris Administration on how to get the coronavirus pandemic under control.

President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have said their first priority is getting the pandemic under control, and they aren’t waiting for the Inauguration to get started. Jackie Ward reports.

Three doctors from UCSF have been named to President-elect Joe Biden’s 13-member coronavirus task force, announced by Biden on Monday.

Three doctors from UCSF have been named to President-elect Joe Biden’s 13-member coronavirus task force, announced by Biden on Monday. Cierra Johnson reports.

President-elect Joe Biden is already moving forward with one of his priorities: assembling a pandemic task force, which includes Bay Area connections at UCSF. Cierra Johnson reports.

As we go through the coronavirus pandemic, one of the guiding voices in the Bay Area — and across the country — is Dr. Bob Wachter, the head of the Department of Medicine at UCSF. His Twitter account has exploded in size and he tweets regular updates. On Wednesday, Raj Mathai spoke to him in real time.

A UCSF medical facility in San Francisco reported Tuesday it had five confirmed cases of COVID-19.

A UCSF medical facility in San Francisco reported Tuesday it had five confirmed cases of COVID-19. Cierra Johnson reports.

A UCSF medical facility in San Francisco reported Tuesday it had five confirmed cases of COVID-19. Cierra Johnson reports.

Two UCSF patients who had shared a room and three employees who had cared for them tested positive for COVID-19, the hospital said. Both patients had negative tests before being admitted, but one tested positive on a routine discharge test and that’s when contact tracing started.

A UCSF pediatrics professor thinks now its a good time to reopen schools in the Bay Area and in San Francisco. Ian Cull reports for NBC Bay Area.

California is trying to combat the racial and socioeconomic disparities that come with COVID-19 through a new equity metric system. UCSF Department of Epidemiology Chair and Professor Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo discusses this and more with Jessica Aguirre.

As other parts of the nation worry about a second wave of coronavirus, the Bay Area and the state are seeing a downward trend in cases, likely due to adherence to strict guidelines.

President Trump appeared on camera for his first extended interview since he was diagnosed with COVID-19 last week, fielding several questions for about ten minutes. Sergio Quintana reports.