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"Why Filipino Nurses Dread the Second Wave"

Source:
The New York Times
Date:
January 17, 2021
The New York Times interviewed Ninez Ponce, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management and director of the Fielding School’s UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, about the expected impact of this winter’s pandemic infection wave on Filipino and Filipino-American nurses.
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"In Los Angeles, Ambulances Circle for Hours and ICUs are Full"

Source:
STAT
Date:
January 15, 2021
STAT interviewed Karin Michels, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor and chair of the Department of Epidemiology, about how the pandemic response played out in Los Angeles County over the past year, and why the region’s confirmed cases are so high.
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Looking Ahead: Science, Facts and the Public Debate

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UCLA Connections
Date:
January 14, 2021
Gilbert Gee, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of community health sciences, spoke at a UCLA Connections panel "Looking Ahead: Science, Facts and the Public Debate," focused on how universities help champion science and evidence in a skeptical society.
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Opinion: "How Might COVID-19 Change the World?"

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MarketWatch, China News Weekly
Date:
January 12, 2021
MarketWatch and China News Weekly published a commentary by Jared Diamond, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of environmental health sciences and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, about how the pandemic may change human society.
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“Where are the Bottlenecks?”

Source:
CNN
Date:
January 11, 2021
CNN interviewed Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, UCLA Fielding School professor in the Departments of Epidemiology and Community Health Sciences, about delays in the U.S. vaccination program.
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“Storming of Capitol was Textbook Potential Coronavirus Superspreader, Experts say”

Source:
Washington Post
Date:
January 8, 2021
The Washington Post interviewed Dr. Jonathan Fielding, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health distinguished professor of health policy and management, about the public health implications of the storming of the U.S. Capitol.
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"A Riot Amid a Pandemic: Did the Virus, Too, Storm the Capitol?"

Source:
The New York Times
Date:
January 7, 2021
The New York Times 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, about the public health implications of the storming of the U.S. Capitol.
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“We now are at a Viral Tsunami”

Source:
NBC’s Meet the Press
Date:
January 3, 2021
NBC's Meet the Press quoted Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, UCLA Fielding School professor of epidemiology and community health sciences, about a new rise in cases across the United States.
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"Year Ends With Record-Setting Month in U.S. for COVID-19"

Source:
The Wall Street Journal
Date:
January 1, 2021
The Wall Street Journal interviewed Shira Shafir, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health associate professor of epidemiology and community health sciences, about the scale of the pandemic
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"Excess Medical Care Spending: The Categories, Magnitude, and Opportunity Costs of Wasteful Spending in the United States"

Source:
American Journal of Public Health
Date:
December 31, 2020
The American Journal of Public Health published analysis co-authored by Dr. Jonathan Fielding, UCLA FSPH distinguished professor of health policy and management, and Dr. Steven Teutsch, professor of health policy and management at UCLA FSPH, on how the United States wastes hundreds of billions of dollars every year on medical care that does not improve health outcomes.
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