People who reported always wearing face masks or respirators, such as N95 masks, in public indoor settings were significantly less likely to later test positive for the coronavirus than people who said they never wore masks in such places, researchers at the California…

COVID-19 transmission rates remain high, but masks, vaccination and physical distancing continue to reduce risk. With the big game in L.A.’s backyard and the hometown team taking the field, Super Bowl festivities are sure to fill the city.

From sports bars to…

Over the course of five decades as an epidemiologist and infectious disease specialist, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health distinguished research professor Dr. Roger Detels has addressed numerous public health crises, from HIV/AIDS in the 1980s to COVID-19…

How we understand the past may shape our future. Guns, Germs, and Steel, a book that has remained popular for many years, written by Jared Diamond, professor of geography at the University of California, Los Angeles, provides a unique perspective in understanding…

Super Bowl LVI is arriving as a nationwide coronavirus surge wanes, yet Californians are feeling more cautious about game-day protocols than much of the rest of the country. Some fear the massive sporting event in Inglewood could spark a new outbreak and set back the…

The American Public Health Association posthumously honored Dr. Steve Wallace, a longtime UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of community health sciences, by re-naming a lifetime achievement award for him.

The decision was made after discussions…

Dr. Marc Suchard, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of biostatistics, has been recognized as an outstanding researcher by the National Institute of Statistical Sciences with the institute’s 2021 Jerome Sacks Award for Cross-Disciplinary Research.

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Unless climate change is slowed significantly, more than three feet of sea level rise (SLR) is expected in California by the end of the century, potentially flooding communities that are currently home to more than 145,000 residents.

In addition to the threat to…

Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, has been named a senior fellow of the Fielding School of Public Health's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, along with Dr. Mark A.…

How was the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) team able to release early data for the first time in the survey’s history?

Research published in this month's edition of the American Journal of Public Health looks at how CHIS was able to adapt…

Dr. Roch Nianogo, an assistant professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, has been named a 2022 recipient of the Karen Toffler Charitable Trust’s Toffler Scholar Award for his ongoing research into preventing Alzheimer’s disease in vulnerable populations.…

At a time when public and private agencies and the legal system are grappling with how to best assist people who live at the intersection of homelessness and mental illness during a global pandemic, UCLA researchers have found mental health conservatorships for people…

Regular smokers are at heightened risk of developing cardiovascular disease, but crushing the butts in favor of a “smokeless” alternative like chewing tobacco, snuff or tobacco lozenges may go a long way toward bringing the danger down to a more normal level, a new UCLA-…

An estimated 370,000 Californians rely on drinking water that may contain high levels of the chemical contaminants arsenic, nitrate or hexavalent chromium, and contaminated drinking water disproportionately impacts communities of color in the state, finds a new analysis…

Researchers at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, led by Dr. Nadereh Pourat, Fielding School professor of health policy and management and associate director of the Center for Health Policy Research (CHPR), …

Increasingly, scholars are studying food — its production, preparation, sharing, consumption and disposal — to better understand and tackle global challenges such as climate change, health and social disparities and labor conditions, and to improve access to information…

Two articles by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researchers have been recognized as among the "Top 10" in 2021 by the scientific journal Health Affairs.

“While the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic rightfully occupied a large part of the public health…

In 2020, more than 2.5 million California children, adolescents, and adults (ages 0–64) still have no health insurance coverage, as detailed in a new study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (CHPR), The State of Health Insurance in California: Findings…

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A new study by UCLA researchers and colleagues demonstrates that the Ebola vaccine known as rVSVΔG-ZEBOV-GP results in a robust and enduring antibody response among vaccinated individuals in areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)…

A survey of almost 60,000 Americans who had in-person or virtual telehealth appointments with a doctor in 2020 found that patients rated their experiences with virtual visits the same or even slightly better than seeing a doctor in person.

“We found that patient…