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January 20, 2022
The lessons of COVID-19, two years on

Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and community health sciences, addresses the issue of how the U.S. has coped with the pandemic.

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January 20, 2022
"Public health in America at a breaking point. The question is now 'Can it recover?'"

USA Today interviewed Dr. Jody Heymann, distinguished professor of health policy and management and founding director of FSPH’s WORLD Policy Analysis Center, about the need for an improved public health and healthcare system in the United States, including more emphasis on preventative care.

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January 18, 2022
Researchers evaluate impact of COVID-19 pandemic on Medi-Cal’s Whole Person Care Program

Research led by Dr. Nadereh Pourat, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management and associate director of the Fielding School's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, found fewer emergency department visits and hospitalizations, and more outpatient telehealth visits in 2020.

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January 16, 2022
"More kids in the hospital with COVID renew fears for medically fragile children"

The Los Angeles Times interviewed 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, about the risks from COVID-19 for children who are immunocompromised or medically fragile, including those with cancer, lupus, and other conditions.

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January 15, 2022
"Global heating linked to early birth and damage to babies’ health, scientists find"

The Guardian quoted Dr. Lara Cushing, the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Jonathan and Karin Fielding Presidential Chair in Health Equity and an assistant professor of environmental health sciences, about research that found the risk of any premature birth was 15% higher the day after a day of excessive heat.

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January 13, 2022
"New virus cases begin to slow in U.S. cities where Omicron hit first"

The New York Times interviewed Dr. Christina Ramirez, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of biostatistics, about reports that infections are falling in U.S. cities hit early on by the Omicron variant, suggesting a national peak may be approaching.

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January 13, 2022
"As LAUSD officials mull whether to continue postponing games, athletes are perplexed"

The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Zuo-Feng Zhang, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health chair and distinguished professor of epidemiology, about whether high school classes and athletic events should be postponed until the spring because of the current Omicron surge.

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January 13, 2022
When does a pandemic become endemic – and what is the difference?

Dr. Timothy Brewer, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology, addresses the status of COVID-19.

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January 11, 2022
Nearly 400,000 Californians may lack access to safe drinking water, study finds

A UCLA and UC Berkeley-led study finds 370,000 or more people rely on drinking water that may contain high levels of the contaminants arsenic, nitrate or hexavalent chromium.

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January 10, 2022
Small drop in weight can mean big decline in Type 2 Diabetes risk

Dr. Carol Mangione, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, addresses how to reduce the risk of Type 2 Diabetes.

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January 8, 2022
"Stay home or work sick? Omicron poses a conundrum"

The Associated Press referenced research by the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s WORLD Policy Analysis Center, led by Dr. Jody Heymann, distinguished professor of health policy and management and founding director of FSPH’s WORLD Policy Analysis Center, about paid family leave.

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January 7, 2022
"What is ‘flurona’? What to know about co-infections of COVID-19 and the flu"

The Wall Street Journal interviewed Dr. Timothy Brewer, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology, about the possibility of contracting COVID-19 and flu at the same time.

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