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January 17, 2023
"Can your gas stove make you sick?"
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January 11, 2023
"Scientists are finding increasing evidence for a link between air pollution and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s"
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January 3, 2023
Long COVID patients and those with other illnesses experience similar, negative lingering effects during the pandemic
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December 22, 2022
UCLA AIDS researchers receive $3 million in grants toward ending HIV in vulnerable populations
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December 22, 2022
UCLA Fielding center announces finalists in health equity competition for graduate students
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December 19, 2022
"Homelessness is linked to a higher risk of death from COVID in L.A. County, study shows"
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December 9, 2022
"It’s beginning to look a lot like another COVID surge"

The Atlantic interviewed Dr. Anne Rimoin, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and the Gordon-Levin Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases and Public Health, about an apparent rise in COVID-19 infections in the United States after the Thanksgiving holiday.

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December 1, 2022
"Lingering Post-COVID Impacts Similar to Symptoms of Non-COVID Illnesses"

Dr. Joann Elmore, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, co-authored research that warns of long-term effects of the pandemic on general well-being, even on people who have not had COVID.

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December 1, 2022
Some Japanese and Japanese American seniors in Los Angeles experience barrier to cultural foods
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November 23, 2022
"Do you need to test for COVID before the holidays? A balanced approach to celebrating safely this year"

ABC News interviewed Dr. Anne Rimoin, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and the Gordon-Levin Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases and Public Health, about safe celebrations in the face of COVID-19.

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November 23, 2022
"COVID-19 is robbing Latino community of a secret weapon behind their success: grandparents"

The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, about the pandemic's impact on older Latino Americans and their families.

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November 23, 2022
Latest shootings underscore gun violence as a public health issue

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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