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Opioids
May 23, 2022
Opioid addiction crisis in United States linked to poor working conditions and unemployment

Research led by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health scholars finds strong associations between drug misuse and employment status.

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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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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 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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March 23, 2022
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor named to California state environmental panel

Dr. Lara Cushing, the Jonathan and Karin Fielding Presidential Chair in Health Equity, will lend scientific expertise to state committee that monitors chemical exposures.

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UCLA Chancellor Gene Block
March 11, 2022
Confronting the ‘shadow pandemic’ of mental health disorders

UCLA Chancellor Dr. Gene Block cited research by Dr. Liwei Chen, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health associate professor of epidemiology, and Dr. Jian Li, Fielding School professor of environmental health sciences, in a column in the April, 2022 edition of UCLA Magazine.

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Dr. Hamid Arabzadeh
March 4, 2022
UCLA Fielding School professor recognized for COVID-19 related service by the American Industrial Hygiene Association

Professor Hamid Arabzadeh honored by the American Industrial Hygiene Association with President’s and Social Responsibility awards.

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February 9, 2022
Opinion: "Rich and poor countries have to work together to solve the COVID problem"

The Global Times (China) interviewed Dr. Jared Diamond, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of environmental health sciences, about the themes of his Pulitzer Prize-winning work, Guns, Germs, and Steel, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

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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 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 6, 2022
Ditching cigarettes for smokeless tobacco can help cut cardiovascular risks, study finds

Research co-authored by Dr. Jian Li, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of environmental health sciences, found that users of smokeless products had significantly lower levels of inflammation and oxidative stress biomarkers than cigarette smokers.

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December 1, 2021
New research suggests more than 400 hazardous sites in California face flooding

Research by a UC team that includes Dr. Lara Cushing, assistant professor of environmental health sceinces and the Jonathan and Karin Fielding Presidential Chair in Health Equity, suggests flooding could hit communities in San Francisco Bay Area and southern California.

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