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May 26, 2022
"The difference in treating child victims of gun violence versus adults"

ABC News interviewed Dr. Michael Rodriguez, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of community health sciences, about the realities of treating gunshot victims, including children and those shot multiple times.

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May 26, 2022
"Who is protected against monkeypox?"

The New York Times 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, about whether the current monkeypox outbreak is likely to swell into a large epidemic.

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May 22, 2022
"COVID cases are surging again - Here's what to expect this summer, experts say"

CNBC interviewed Dr. Timothy Brewer, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology, about the importance of vaccination and boosters as COVID-19 case reports rise.

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May 19, 2022
"Acts of racial violence don’t happen in a bubble — They happen in America"

The Sacramento Observer quoted Dr. Chandra Ford, founding director of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice & Health and professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, about racism’s impact on public health.

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May 18, 2022
"What is monkeypox, the rare virus now confirmed in the U.S.?"

The Washington Post 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, about a rare and sometimes serious viral illness called monkeypox.

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May 13, 2022
"How to treat COVID at home: Over-the-counter medications can help"

Scientific American interviewed Dr. Timothy Brewer, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology, about self-care for COVID-19.

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May 13, 2022
"How America lost one million people"

The New York Times interviewed Dr. David Hayes-Bautista, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, about higher COVID-19 transmission rates, hospitalizations, and deaths in Black and Hispanic communities in the United States.

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May 12, 2022
"Supreme Court decides future of Roe v. Wade"

ABC News interviewed Dr. Paula Tavrow, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of community health sciences and director of the Bixby Program in Population and Reproductive Health, about abortion, including the small number – roughly 9% - that occur later than 13 weeks after gestation.

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Stressed individual holding the bridge of their nose
May 10, 2022
"The three midlife factors that raise your odds for Alzheimer's"

U.S. News & World Report cited research by Dr. Roch Nianogo, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health assistant professor of epidemiology, and published in the peer-reviewed Journal of the American Medical Association’s Neurology, that found the top threats to Americans today regarding dementia in old age are obesity, physical inactivity and lack of a high school diploma.

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May 9, 2022
"Hospital costs set to rise because of labor shortage?"

KNX-AM interviewed Dr. Jack Needleman, the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Fred W. and Pamela K. Wasserman professor and chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management, about the impact of labor costs on the healthcare system for the “In Depth” program.

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May 5, 2022
"How many abortions are actually performed in the U.S.? Rates have declined for decades"

USA Today interviewed Dr. Linda Rosenstock, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management and environmental health sciences, about why the number of abortions in the United States have dropped by more than 60% since 1981.

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May 3, 2022
"New coronavirus variants emerge: BA.4, BA.5 likely reinfecting Omicron survivors"

The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and community health sciences, about the possibility that survivors of earlier Omicron strains can get reinfected.

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