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Scientific American interviewed Dr. Timothy Brewer, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology, about self-care for COVID-19.

The New York Times interviewed Dr. David Hayes-Bautista, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, about higher COVID-19 transmission rates, hospitalizations, and deaths in Black and Hispanic communities in the United States.

ABC News interviewed Dr. Paula Tavrow, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of community health sciences and director of the Bixby Program in Population and Reproductive Health, about abortion, including the small number – roughly 9% - that occur later than 13 weeks after gestation.

Dr. Katherine Chen, in the UCLA Fielding School’s Department of Health Policy and Management, Recognized for Research into Impact of Housing Costs and Residential Moves on Renters’ Health.

U.S. News & World Report cited research by Dr. Roch Nianogo, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health assistant professor of epidemiology, and published in the peer-reviewed Journal of the American Medical Association’s Neurology, that found the top threats to Americans today regarding dementia in old age are obesity, physical inactivity and lack of a high school diploma.

KNX-AM interviewed Dr. Jack Needleman, the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Fred W. and Pamela K. Wasserman professor and chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management, about the impact of labor costs on the healthcare system for the “In Depth” program.

USA Today interviewed Dr. Linda Rosenstock, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management and environmental health sciences, about why the number of abortions in the United States have dropped by more than 60% since 1981.

The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and community health sciences, about the possibility that survivors of earlier Omicron strains can get reinfected.

Dr. Michael Ong, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, addresses the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's proposals to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, a move aimed at reducing tobacco-related disease and death.

Through courses taught by FSPH faculty, talented and passionate UCLA undergraduates are introduced to the foundations of public health and its potential to transform communities.

NBC 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 a spike in infections after the Coachella music festival in California.

Dr. Carlos Irwin A. Oronce, in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Department of Health Policy and Management, addresses what drew him to public health medicine.