In a statement, the CDC said that “at this time an order requiring masking in the indoor transportation corridor remains necessary for the public health. CDC will continue to monitor public health conditions to determine whether such an order remains necessary. CDC…

It’s a ‘human-rights’ crisis, said Dr. Ninez Ponce, professor of health policy and management and director of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, who is studying gun violence.

Gun violence isn’t just a criminal…

Bloomberg News interviewed Dr. Anne Rimoin, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and the Gordon-Levin Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases and Public Health, for the "Balance of Power" program (begins at 25:04) about the state of the…

A government study of 450 people says that "mixing vaccines may enhance the immune response" to the COVID-19 virus.

In light of that research by the National Institutes of Health, some public health experts tell the I-Team people might want to switch vaccines when…

As an AmeriCorps member, Dr. Carlos Irwin A. Oronce saw firsthand how patients struggle to access health care.

In 2021, Oronce, a doctoral student in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Department of Health Policy and Management and an…

Dr. Xi Zhu, an expert in organizational behavior and theory dedicated to identifying strategies for improving the performance of healthcare organizations and preparing healthcare management professionals to thrive in a rapidly changing landscape, has been appointed the…

Researchers at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (CHPR) have released findings from the second Health Homes Program (HHP) Interim Evaluation report. The report, created by the Health Economics and Evaluation Research…

For a recent six-year period, the injury rate for riders of electric scooters in one section of Los Angeles was higher than the national rates for riders of motorcycles, bicycles and cars, and pedestrians, new UCLA research has found.

The study, published in…

Two UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professors have been recognized with the UCLA School of Law's Williams Institute “Impact Award” for their research into LGBTQ health disparities.

Dr. Susan Cochran, professor of epidemiology, and Dr. Vickie Mays,…

California’s homelessness crisis is unprecedented. In early 2020, more than 160,000 people experienced homelessness on any given day, representing a 40% increase since 2015. The health effects on individuals experiencing housing insecurity have been profound, including…

Dr. Carol Mangione, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, has been elected to the Association of American Physicians, an honor given to no more than 70 physicians per year.

Mangione, a primary care physician who…

Two new studies, both co-authored by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health faculty, explore the link between citizenship status and access to health care among Latino and Asian immigrants in California. The studies are part of an on-going project led by the …

New research released today by the UC Berkeley Labor Center and the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research examines policy decisions that will affect health coverage for nearly one million Californians. Using…

A team led by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researchers has been awarded a $1.27 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study how expectant mothers made decisions about…

A team co-led by Dr. Alice Kuo, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health associate professor of health policy and management and of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, has found that autism, poverty and non-white race/ethnicity appear to…

For Briana Moss, a Type 1 diabetic, making sure she has the health coverage she needs to live is a delicate dance.

She and her partner are putting off marriage because even with his workplace-based insurance, the co-payments for her frequent doctor visits would be…

Daily Covid cases in Riverside County, California, rose 76 percent in two weeks as tens of thousands of people gathered there for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival over the last two weekends.

Though most Coachella events were outside, the festival did…

When Grant Cho entered UCLA as an undergraduate, he was on the pre-med track. But in Cho’s second year, a friend introduced him to Public Health Initiative: Leaders of Tomorrow (PILOT), a student-run organization for UCLA undergraduates interested in learning…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed two rules that would federally ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, a move aimed at reducing tobacco-related disease and death.

“This has been a long time coming," said Dr. Michael Ong, UCLA…

A pair of new Omicron subvariants has emerged, raising the possibility that survivors of earlier Omicron strains can get reinfected.

BA.4 and BA.5 have gained increasing attention in South Africa as weekly coronavirus cases tripled in the last two weeks, according…