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LGBTQ+ Youth Town Hall
June 1, 2022
"LGBTQ+ youth health and mental health"

KABC-TV interviewed Dr. Matthew Mimiaga, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology director of the UCLA Center for LGBTQ+ Advocacy, Research & Health (C-LARAH), about mental health issues related to LGBTQ+ youth.

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African doctor
June 1, 2022
"Monkeypox is a new global threat. African scientists know what the world is up against"

Science 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 where the current monkeypox outbreak started.

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Sleeping patient in hospital bed
June 1, 2022
"Lives cut short: COVID-19's heavy burden on older Latinos"

U.S. News & World Report interviewed Dr. Michael Rodriguez, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of community health sciences, about how the pandemic has eaten away at the Latino edge in life expectancy.

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Dr. Zunyou Wu at the 75th World Health Assembly
May 27, 2022
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor honored with World Health Organization award

Dr. Zunyou Wu has been honored with the Nelson Mandela Award for Health Promotion on May 27 by the World Health Organization for his work to prevent HIV/AIDS in China.

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Dr. Anne Rimoin
May 26, 2022
What do we know – and need to know - about monkeypox?

Dr. Anne Rimoin as been studying monkeypox for two decades, including as director of the UCLA Center for Global and Immigrant Health and founder/director of the affiliated UCLA-DRC Health Research and Training Program, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

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May 26, 2022
"The difference in treating child victims of gun violence versus adults"

ABC News interviewed Dr. Michael Rodriguez, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of community health sciences, about the realities of treating gunshot victims, including children and those shot multiple times.

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Scientist using a pipette
May 26, 2022
"Who is protected against monkeypox?"

The New York Times 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 whether the current monkeypox outbreak is likely to swell into a large epidemic.

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Opioids
May 23, 2022
Opioid addiction crisis in United States linked to poor working conditions and unemployment

Research led by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health scholars finds strong associations between drug misuse and employment status.

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Mask on sand
May 22, 2022
"COVID cases are surging again - Here's what to expect this summer, experts say"

CNBC interviewed Dr. Timothy Brewer, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology, about the importance of vaccination and boosters as COVID-19 case reports rise.

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Data
May 19, 2022
What is the COVID-19 death total in the U.S.? And how important is an accurate count?

Dr. Vickie Mays, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, addresses discrepancies in COVID-19 mortality records.

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May 19, 2022
"Acts of racial violence don’t happen in a bubble — They happen in America"

The Sacramento Observer quoted Dr. Chandra Ford, founding director of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice & Health and professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, about racism’s impact on public health.

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Gloved hand holding a pipette
May 18, 2022
"What is monkeypox, the rare virus now confirmed in the U.S.?"

The Washington Post 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 rare and sometimes serious viral illness called monkeypox.

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