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In an opinion piece published in The Hill, distinguished professor of health policy and management Dr. Jonathan Fielding addresses gun suicides. In 2017, 60 percent of the nearly 40,000 gun deaths in the United States were suicides.

An evaluation by UCLA researchers has found that a California program launched in 2016 has been a positive step toward providing better-coordinated health care for people insured by Medicaid.

Dr. Jonathan Fielding, distinguished professor of health policy and management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, co-authored an opinion piece published in The Hill about a new bill that would make grants available to states and communities to help people with housing, employment, and other non-medical factors that affect their health.

In an opinion piece published in The Hill, distinguished professor of health policy and management Dr. Jonathan Fielding discusses climate change-induced threats to public health and required actions to mitigate and reverse trending health impacts.

In an opinion piece published in The Hill, distinguished professor of health policy and management Dr. Jonathan Fielding discusses developments in sunscreen-related research and best practices to protect oneself from the sun.

For the first time, researchers have shown a causal link between print news media coverage of U.S. gun control policy in the wake of mass shooting events and increases in firearm acquisition, particularly in states with the least restrictive gun laws.

In an opinion piece published in The Hill, distinguished professor of health policy and management Dr. Jonathan Fielding, discusses health risks that ensue from noise exposure.

In an opinion piece published in The Hill, Dr. Jonathan Fielding, distinguished professor of health policy and management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, calls attention to the measles outbreak as a public-health emergency.

Dr. Jonathan Fielding, distinguished professor of health policy and management, co-authored an opinion piece for The Washington Post about the steps the U.S. federal government should take, according to the authors: "Federal policymakers have a responsibility to protect those children who have been put at risk whenever a parent claims the 'right' to refuse vaccination."