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September 18, 2022
"COVID is still killing hundreds a day, even as society begins to move on"
Source: The Los Angeles Times Read Full Article
September 15, 2022
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and Howard University researchers team up with University of Arkansas
Source: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Read Full Article
September 15, 2022
UCLA Fielding School researchers find Salvadoran-American community had limited resources during COVID-19

Dr. David Hayes-Bautista and Dr. Paul Hsu, both with the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, have found that Californian's Salvadoran-American community suffers from lack of health insurance.

Source: UCLA Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture Read Full Article
September 13, 2022
These pesticides may increase cancer risk in children

UCLA-led research by a team including Dr. Julia Heck, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health associate professor of epidemiology, and Dr. Beate Ritz, professor of epidemiology and environmental health sciences, links prenatal exposure to specific chemicals to higher rates of eye cancer.

Source: UCLA Newsroom Read Full Article
September 13, 2022
‘Glass bubble’ nanocarrier boosts effects of combination therapy for pancreatic cancer
Source: UCLA Newsroom Read Full Article
September 12, 2022
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researcher awarded grant for work on Alzheimer’s disease

Dr. Roch Nianogo recognized by Alzheimer's Association with research award for early-career scientists

Source: UCLA Newsroom Read Full Article
September 2, 2022
"The monkeypox outbreak may be slowing in the U.S., but health officials urge caution"
Source: NPR Read Full Article
September 2, 2022
"The push for greener schools: How community groups are fighting extreme heat inequities"
Source: ABC News (KABC-TV) Read Full Article
September 2, 2022
Are you protected from polio?
Source: UCLA Health Read Full Article
August 29, 2022
More than 40% of unvaccinated Californians went maskless in May 2022 as the state's summer wave loomed

The California Health Interview Survey, led by principal investigator Dr. Ninez Ponce, has found both a drop in risk reduction behaviors, and that one third of Californians are experiencing long COVID.

Source: UCLA Fielding School of Public Health UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Read Full Article
August 23, 2022
Older adults and adults with disabilities: In need of care but financially strapped
Source: UCLA Fielding School of Public Health UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Read Full Article
August 10, 2022
UCLA study demonstrates doctors can be influenced by the first diagnoses – sometimes towards misdiagnosis

Dr. Joann Elmore, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, addresses how pathologists tasked with offering a second opinion for a patient might be influenced by being informed of the first physician’s initial diagnosis.

Source: UCLA Health Read Full Article