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An international team led by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researchers has developed and tested two strategies for sustaining economic activity during the COVID-19 pandemic. If used together and followed closely, they write, the approaches could reduce transmission of the coronavirus by an amount comparable to that of a strict lockdown, while also maintaining economic activity.
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UCLA Fielding School of Public Health-led research found an association between working for pay and slower memory decline, regardless of a woman’s marital or parenthood status.
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Fielding School professors David Hayes-Bautista and Paul Hsu have found that California's farmworkers are among the most vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic because of their low wages and limited health insurance coverage.
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The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health welcomes nine new faculty members, in four different academic departments.
Read Full ArticleOn Sept. 29, UCLA and the Association of Pacific Rim Universities will co-host an event on crisis management and the COVID-19 pandemic. The event, “Perspectives of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Epidemiology, Prevention and Control in Pacific Rim Region,” will begin at 5:00 PM PDT.
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David Hayes-Bautista and Paul Hsu, both with the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, have found that non-citizen Latino workers in California are among the most vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic because of their concentration in essential employment, including the state’s agricultural industry.
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David Hayes-Bautista and Paul Hsu, both with the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, have found that over the past three months, there was a nearly five-fold increase in death rates among working-age Latinos in California.
Source: UCLA Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture Read Full ArticleDr. Nina Harawa, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology, co-authored research published in the journal AIDS and Behavior that found a 10% tax credit was associated with a 21% reduction in high-risk HIV behavior among single mothers.
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A team led by Anne Rimoin, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and director of the UCLA Center for Global and Immigrant Health, has just launched an epidemiologic study to understand occupational exposure to SARS-CoV-2 and other pathogens in high-risk populations, including veterinary medicine and animal care/welfare workers.
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A new research brief from experts at the UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Initiative, including FSPH faculty David Hayes-Bautista and Arturo Vargas Bustamante, compares the prevalence and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in two large metropolitan areas, Los Angeles County and New York City, and among racial and ethnic minorities.
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Researchers from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health has found that pregnant women exposed to high levels of ultrafine particles from jet airplane exhaust are 14% more likely to have a preterm birth than those exposed to lower levels. The researchers examined exposure among women living near Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), in an area that includes neighborhoods in Los Angeles.
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Researchers from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health found deaths related to COVID-19‒associated conditions do not occur randomly in the state’s population; they occur more in some racial/ethnic (R/E) populations than in others.
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