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From 2014 to 2018, the number of California adults who reported that they had experienced serious psychological distress in any given year increased by 42%, according to a policy brief published by the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
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Christina Ramirez, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of biostatistics, co-led study that found at least 10 distinct “hotspot” mutations in more than 80% of samples of the viruses’ genomes.
Source: Virus Research 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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A new policy brief by the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research shows that California adults who in are good health with little psychological distress are more likely to consistently vote in local, state and national elections than those with physical or psychological health issues.
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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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Researchers detected an unexpected 50% increase in patients presenting with respiratory illnesses at UCLA Health facilities in the months before the pandemic.
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California Health Interview Survey website enables users to view data by ethnicity, income level, insurance status.
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The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health (FSPH) has joined the Planetary Health Alliance (PHA), a consortium of more than 200 universities, research institutes, and government agencies committed to understanding and addressing global environmental change and its health impacts.
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In response to the escalating health emergency that is already inflicting substantial damage on people in Southern California and around the world, the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health has created the UCLA Center for Healthy Climate Solutions.
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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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