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"Healthcare Worker Burnout: What Are Frontline Workers Experiencing?"

Source:
KPCC-FM
Date:
November 30, 2020
KPCC-FM interviewed Dr. Linda Rosenstock, FSPH dean emeritus and professor of health policy and management and environmental health sciences, on the flagship "Air Talk" program to discuss the stress the pandemic has placed on the healthcare workforce.
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"California Sets Record With Most COVID-19 Hospitalizations Since Pandemic Began"

Source:
The Los Angeles Times
Date:
November 29, 2020
The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Robert Kim-Farley and Anne Rimoin, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professors of epidemiology, about concerns Californian’s hospitals will fill as cases surge to unprecedented levels across the state.
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"Officials Worry About Virus Spread at Restaurants, but Failed Contact Tracing Leaves Diners in the Dark"

Source:
USA Today
Date:
November 26, 2020
USA Today quoted Shira Shafir, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health associate professor of epidemiology and community health sciences, about COVID-19 outbreaks at restaurants.
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UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Alumnus, Physician, Writes Children’s Book “When You Breathe”

Date:
November 24, 2020
Dr. Diana Farid, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Alumnus, wrote book to help children understand the respiratory system
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Opinion Piece: "We Need a National Institute of Climate Change and Health"

Source:
Scientific American
Date:
November 22, 2020
Scientific American published a commentary by Dr. Richard Jackson, FSPH professor emeritus of environmental health sciences, and Dr. Howard Frumkin, professor emeritus of public health at the University of Washington, on the need for federally-funded “National Institute of Climate Change and Health” as part of the National Institutes of Health division.
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Anatomy of a Vaccine

Source:
UCLA Magazine
Date:
November 20, 2020
No challenge has gripped the world’s attention more forcefully over the past year than the search for a COVID-19 vaccine. UCLA Magazine interviewed Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and community health sciences for the report.
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"UCLA Researchers Identify Priority Neighborhoods for Coronavirus Vaccine"

Source:
The Washington Post
Date:
November 19, 2020
The Washington Post quoted Vickie Mays, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, about research that pinpoints which neighborhoods of Los Angeles County are most at risk of becoming infected with the coronavirus.
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Virus Hunters Call for Early-Warning System

Source:
Bloomberg News
Date:
November 19, 2020
Bloomberg News quoted Anne Rimoin, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and director of the Fielding School’s UCLA Center for Global and Immigrant Health, about the need for a strong and well-funded international effort to prevent disease outbreaks. Rimoin spoke as a panelist at the annual Bloomberg New Economy Forum; Dr. Zunyou Wu, Fielding School professor of epidemiology, spoke on a separate panel.
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"UCLA Study Identifies Los Angeles County Neighborhoods for Vaccine Priority"

Source:
KABC-TV
Date:
November 19, 2020
KABC-TV interviewed Vickie Mays, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, about research that pinpoints which neighborhoods of Los Angeles County are most at risk of becoming infected with the coronavirus.
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"Tents, Igloos and Barriers, Here's how the Virus can Spread From Table-to-Table"

Source:
ABC
Date:
November 13, 2020
ABC News interviewed Anne Rimoin, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and director of the Fielding School’s UCLA Center for Global and Immigrant Health, for the “Good Morning America” program on the risks of dining outside.
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