Researchers looking for a pre-approved drug that can be reused to treat Alzheimer’s disease have found promising signs of efficacy in a 50-year-old generic drug commonly used as a diuretic.

UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across many disciplines. Below are some of our recent award winners from September 2021.

More than 700,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 and as Adriana Arévalo explains, Hispanics and other minority groups are the most affected.

Astronomers may have spotted the first ever known planet orbiting not one, not two, but three stars.

Besides coping with the pandemic, the start of the 2021 school year has had some bumps in Southern Nevada as administrators deal with everything from crazy TiikTok challenges to buses running hours late.

Talking about American slavery, its usually — but not always — about the Southern portions of the United States. Rarely, if ever, do we talk about California.

No wonder burnout is on the rise.

Regarding misconceptions, it is important to remind people that veterans (and folks experiencing homelessness more generally) are not homeless because they want to be.

Nevada this week became one of the last states to publicly report rapid antigen tests as part of its coronavirus tallies — a move that experts said could provide a fuller picture of the pandemic but also upend metrics used to gauge how the virus is spreading.