MSN: 6% of cancer patients show little response to the COVID-19 vaccines

July 5, 2021

Dimpy P. Shah, MD, PhD, and Ruben Mesa, MD, of the Mays Cancer Center, were quoted in a story about a study that shows more than five percent of cancer patients exhibit no immune response to the two-shot COVID-19 vaccine. Read more

Consumer Reports: Firework safety tips for July Fourth

July 1, 2021

Dr. Alan Peterson, psychiatry/STRONG STAR, is quoted in this story. Read story

WBTV: Neuro-intensive care physician invents device to stop, relieve the hiccups

July 1, 2021

Ali Seifi, MD, FNCS, FCCM, an associate professor in the Department of Neurosurgery, is quoted in this story. Read story

Popular Mechanics: This straw is science’s best way to cure your hiccups

July 1, 2021

Ali Seifi, MD, FNCS, FCCM, an associate professor in the Department of Neurosurgery, is quoted in this story in Popular Mechanics. Read story

The Sacramento Bee: Do COVID vaccines work in people with HIV, cancer or organ transplants? What we know

July 1, 2021

Dr. Dimpy P. Shah, Population Health Sciences/Mays Cancer Center, was included within a story of the Sacramento Bee addressing her research in which 94% of the 131 patients in the study produced antibodies three to four weeks after full vaccination, most of which had solid cancers as opposed to cancers in the blood. Read story

The Olympian: Do COVID vaccines work in people with HIV, cancer or organ transplants? What we know

July 1, 2021

Dr. Dimpy P. Shah, Population Health Sciences/Mays Cancer Center, was included within a story of The Olympian addressing her research in which 94% of the 131 patients in the study produced antibodies three to four weeks after full vaccination, most of which had solid cancers as opposed to cancers in the blood. Read story