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Tag: University Health Services
Chancellor announces return to Berkeley-operated student health plan
May 2, 2013:
In response to student urging, the campus will withdraw from the UC-wide student health-insurance plan (UC SHIP) and return to a UC Berkeley-operated plan starting in mid August. Chancellor Birgeneau announced the decision in a May 2 letter to the campus community.
Flu shots available Wednesday at Tang
January 14, 2013:
It’s not too late to get a flu shot through University Health Services. Drop in this Wednesday, Jan. 16, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., or make an appointment with the Tang Center’s Allergy/Travel Clinic.
Last fall flu-shot clinic Thursday
November 28, 2012:
The Tang Center’s last fall-semester flu-shot clinic will be this Thursday, Nov. 29, from noon to 5:30 p.m. No appointment is necessary. The clinic is open to the campus and community, for those college age and above. The cost is $25, free for students with UC SHIP.
This Thursday: Depression-awareness webinars, Q&As
October 8, 2012:
Depression affects 9.1 percent of Americans, according to the CDC. On Depression Awareness Day, Oct. 11, UC will offer a one-hour webinar, throughout the day, on signs, symptoms and treatment of depression, and University Health Services will supplement the webinar with in-person discussions with campus psychologists.
Cal doctor to oversee U.S. Olympic team’s medical staff
June 28, 2012:
Campus doctor Cindy Chang is headed to the Olympics in London as the U.S. team’s chief medical officer.
Dog days at Berkeley
April 30, 2012:
BERKELEY — They can’t take finals for Cal students, but these dogs can, and do, provide some much-needed relief from the pressures of academic study. On Monday, several therapy dogs and their handlers from former major league baseball manager Tony LaRussa’s Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF) greeted students outside UC Berkeley’s Moffitt Undergraduate Library. Eager to dispense kisses and a soft [...]
Campus fair promotes retirement road-mapping for financial fitness
April 13, 2012:
The first-of-its-kind event was staged to help employees make the most of the university’s benefits package and campus work-life programs.
UHS issues statement on patient-privacy policy
March 15, 2012:
On March 15, UC Berkeley’s University Health Services issued a statement clarifying its policies and laws it follows regarding protection of patient information, and its actions following the Nov. 9 campus protest.
UHS offers final 2011 flu-shot clinic Dec. 1
November 29, 2011:
University Health Services will hold the last flu-shot clinic of the 2011 flu season from noon to 6 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 1, at the Tang Center’s ground floor.
Protect yourself against flu and mumps — at Tang immunization clinics
October 5, 2011:
Mumps have been making the rounds on campus, and flu season is upon us. But so are fall flu-shot clinics at the Tang Center — starting Oct. 6. An additional MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine isl also available. Immunizations are free to students with UC SHIP; others pay $25.
District attorney files charges against former UHS doctor
April 28, 2011:
Charges were filed Wednesday against a former University Health Services doctor for illegal sexual contact with some of his male patients. Dr. Robert Kevess resigned from his campus post earlier this month after being placed on administrative leave.
