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December 22, 2022
UCLA Fielding center announces finalists in health equity competition for graduate students
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December 19, 2022
"Homelessness is linked to a higher risk of death from COVID in L.A. County, study shows"
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December 9, 2022
"It’s beginning to look a lot like another COVID surge"

The Atlantic 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 an apparent rise in COVID-19 infections in the United States after the Thanksgiving holiday.

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December 1, 2022
"Lingering Post-COVID Impacts Similar to Symptoms of Non-COVID Illnesses"

Dr. Joann Elmore, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, co-authored research that warns of long-term effects of the pandemic on general well-being, even on people who have not had COVID.

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December 1, 2022
Some Japanese and Japanese American seniors in Los Angeles experience barrier to cultural foods
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November 23, 2022
"Do you need to test for COVID before the holidays? A balanced approach to celebrating safely this year"

ABC 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 safe celebrations in the face of COVID-19.

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November 23, 2022
"COVID-19 is robbing Latino community of a secret weapon behind their success: grandparents"

The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, about the pandemic's impact on older Latino Americans and their families.

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November 23, 2022
Latest shootings underscore gun violence as a public health issue

Dr. Ninez Ponce, professor of health policy and management and director of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, and Dr. Michael Rodriguez, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of community health sciences, address gun violence as a public health issue

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November 16, 2022
"FDA gives safety nod to 'no kill' meat, bringing it closer to sale in the U.S."

NPR interviewed Dr. Dana Ellis Hunnes, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health assistant professor of community health sciences, about the dietary and public health impact of so-called “cultivated” meat – grown in a production facility, by culturing animal cells

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November 9, 2022
Aliso Canyon gas blowout: UCLA to study health impacts of one of the worst environmental disasters in Southern California

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has selected a UCLA team to conduct the $21 million Aliso Canyon Health Research Study

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November 7, 2022
"Little to no correlation found between immigrant entry and COVID-19 infection rates in the United States"

Health Affairs published research led by Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, and doctoral student Joseph Nwadiuko, that found no statistically significant relationship between border entries by visa-holders issued through the Department of Labor’s seasonal guest worker program and COVID-19 rates in 2020-21

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November 4, 2022
UCLA FSPH at the 2022 APHA Meeting

Attend presentations by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health faculty, students, staff, and graduates at the 2022 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting

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