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Homeless Californians face significant mental health challenges like anxiety and depression but lack access to adequate care. Therapists are providing services in unconventional settings such as tents and shelters, but demand far exceeds capacity. A UCSF study found 48% of homeless individuals report serious depression and 51% report anxiety.

Hormone replacement therapy is seeing increased prescriptions for menopause symptoms, but millions of women, including breast cancer survivors, cannot take HRT due to medical risks. Dr. Mindy Goldman, affiliated with Midi Health and UCSF, discusses the issue with CBS News.

UCSF interns and residents are protesting for 10 days at 17 hospitals to demand a new union contract. The action involves physicians in training advocating for improved working conditions.

A late-season rotavirus is spreading in the Bay Area, detected in wastewater at medium to high levels in cities like San Francisco and San Jose. The virus spreads through contaminated surfaces and poor hand hygiene, particularly in daycare settings, but can be prevented with vaccines and thorough handwashing.

Immunovant shares surge following positive arthritis trial data. UCSF researchers have submitted an FDA application for a prenatal gene therapy targeting a severe neurodegenerative disorder affecting young children. FDA leadership instability is causing investor concern and impacting rare disease drug development.