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Less than half of children ages 5 and younger in California had regular child care arrangements in 2023, with affordability, lack of available space, or concerns about quality being the main reasons, according to a new study from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (CHPR).

Dr. Rachael Jones, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor and chair in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, was interviewed by The Guardian about potential health risks to workers engaged in the clean-up and reconstruction efforts after the recent southern California wildfires.

Dr. Anne Rimoin, professor in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Department of Epidemiology, was interviewed by KTLA-TV in Los Angeles about measles outbreaks across the United States.

Dr. David Eisenman, a physician and professor in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Department of Community Health Sciences and director of the UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters and co-director of the UCLA Center for Healthy Climate Solutions, was interviewed by The Scientist.

Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante, professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Health Policy and Management, co-authored a data brief published by the UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute on the demographics of Medi-Cal enrollees in California.

Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor-in-residence in the departments of Epidemiology and Community Health Sciences. was interviewed on KPCC-FM on the agreement of the World Health Organization’s member countries on a draft “pandemic treaty” that sets guidelines for how the international community might confront the next global crisis.

A team led by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health (UCLA Fielding) researchers has received a $2.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to use artificial intelligence (AI) to improve risk assessment for those suffering from diabetes and related complications.

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Dr. Joann Elmore, professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, co-authored the research.

Dr. Li, professor in the Department of Biostatistics, is among a distinguished group of 198 scholars, scientists and creative professionals from the U.S. and Canada - including five UCLA faculty - selected to receive 2025 Guggenheim Fellowships.

Data revealed reduced hospital stays and readmissions when Hispanic patients were treated by Hispanic surgeons; Dr. Yusuke Tsugawa, associate professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, is a co-author.

The findings spotlight the potential prevalence of hate beyond hate crime data reported to law enforcement.