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October 18, 2020
Opinion: "Should COVID Still Force us to Postpone Elective Surgery or Forgo a Trip to the ER?"

In an opinion piece published in The Hill, distinguished professor of health policy and management Dr. Jonathan Fielding shares his perspective on the questions of whether the COVID-19 pandemic should lead to postponements of elective surgery or forgoing a trip to the ER.

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August 25, 2020
State-level Earned Income Tax Credit linked to reduction in high-risk HIV behavior among single mothers

Dr. 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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July 23, 2020
Opinion: 'Publicly funded vaccines must be priced fairly and available for all'

In an opinion piece published in The Hill, distinguished professor of health policy and management Dr. Jonathan Fielding shares his perspective about what can be done to ensure coronavirus vaccines are accessible for all.

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July 23, 2020
Dr. Jonathan Fielding: "COVID-19 going forward — a US perspective"

In an opinion piece published in The Hill, distinguished professor of health policy and management Dr. Jonathan Fielding shares his perspective about what can be done to address the COVID-19 pandemic.

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"COVID-19: What is happening in the developing world?"
June 1, 2020
"COVID-19: What is happening in the developing world?"

In an opinion piece published in The Hill, distinguished professor of health policy and management Dr. Jonathan Fielding shares his perspective about what will happen as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread in developing countries.

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March 31, 2020
Dr. Jonathan Fielding: "Fighting pandemics abroad is in our own best interest"

In June 2018, Dr. Jonathan Fielding, distinguished professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, authored an opinion article for The Hill titled, Fighting pandemics abroad is in our own best interest.

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March 31, 2020
"Good Communication Will Help Beat COVID-19"

In an opinion piece published in The Hill, distinguished professor of health policy and management Dr. Jonathan Fielding addresses the need for pandemic-related public communications to be based on science.

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February 24, 2020
Coronavirus and what needs to be done to get in front of global pandemics

In an opinion piece published in The Hill, distinguished professor of health policy and management Dr. Jonathan Fielding addresses the need for increased investment in our nation’s infectious disease safety net and for global stakeholders to collaborate and fight this disease and others that will inevitably follow.

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November 30, 2019
E-scooters present a growing public-health challenge

In an opinion piece published in The Hill, distinguished professor of health policy and management Dr. Jonathan Fielding addresses the growing public health challenge posed by e-scooters.

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October 11, 2019
Gun suicides: America's unseen public health crisis

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.

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September 4, 2019
Social determinants of health — health care isn't just bugs and bacteria

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.

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August 20, 2019
Climate change is one of the biggest threats to American 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.

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