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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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Health Equity Challenge finalists
May 5, 2022
UCLA and MolinaCares announce 10 finalists in the Health Equity Challenge

Finalists - who include four UCLA Fielding School of Public Health graduate or doctoral students - will develop proposals to address a health equity issue in California and two organizations will be awarded $50,000.

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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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May 2, 2022
First Class

Through courses taught by FSPH faculty, talented and passionate UCLA undergraduates are introduced to the foundations of public health and its potential to transform communities.

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Dr. Richard Jackson
April 22, 2022
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor honored with California’s Award for Excellence

Dr. Richard Jackson, professor emeritus of environmental health sciences, was recognized by the California Department of Public Health with the Beverlee A. Myers Award for Excellence in Public Health on April 22.

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April 22, 2022
New CDC report shows large jump in gun-related deaths

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, and Dr. Michael Rodriguez, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of community health sciences, address gun violence as a public health issue.

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April 22, 2022
"Experts urge continued mask wearing on public transportation"

Teen Vogue interviewed Dr. Shira Shafir, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health associate professor of epidemiology and community health sciences, about the risks of dropping the national mask mandate for transportation in the U.S.

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April 21, 2022
"How did bacon and eggs become a 'thing'?"

KNX-AM interviewed Dr. Dana Ellis Hunnes, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health assistant professor of community health sciences, about when and why bacon and eggs become a cornerstone of the traditional American breakfast?

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April 20, 2022
"The new mask-optional phase of the pandemic fuels fears, and some cheers"

The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Yifang Zhu, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of environmental health sciences and senior associate dean for academic programs, and Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and community health sciences, about the risks in dropping mask requirements aboard U.S. airliners.

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April 13, 2022
Citizenship, policy barriers limit access to healthcare for some California Latino, Asian immigrants

UCLA studies - co-authored by Dr. May Sudhinaraset, Dr. Michael Rodriguez, and Dr. Nadereh Pourat, all with the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health - find those who have been undocumented experience even greater levels of unequal work conditions.

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April 11, 2022
New policy paper outlines strategies to help address the homelessness crisis in California

A policy report co-authored by 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, and Dr. Michael Rodriguez, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of community health sciences, outlines evidence-based strategies to help address the homelessness crisis in California.

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Sign reading: Black Lives Matter
April 7, 2022
"Analyzing the social justice implications of the critical race theory debate"

Diverse Issues in Higher Education interviewed 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 critical race theory.

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