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Urban wildfire follow-up (Zhu)
March 28, 2025
Scientific American | "Urban wildfire smoke sensors miss some harmful chemicals"

Scientific American quoted Dr. Yifang Zhu, professor in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Department of Environmental Health Sciences, about research into how best to measure toxins released into the air during urban wildfires, including the recent blazes in Los Angeles County.

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LAT story on LA Fire Health Study
March 27, 2025
Los Angeles Times | "Palisades and Eaton firefighters had elevated blood levels of mercury and lead, according to an early study"

The Los Angeles Times cited research conducted as part of the longer-term LA Fire Health Study.

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March 27, 2025
Science | "After wildfires burned houses and brush alike in Los Angeles, researchers have mobilized to understand the health risks posed by urban conflagrations"

Science interviewed Dr. Rachael M. Jones and Dr. Yifang Zhu, both professors in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Department of Environmental Health Sciences, about their work on the L.A. Fire HEALTH Study.

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March 27, 2025
NPR (KPCC-FM) | "HHS plans to cut 10,000 jobs as part of a major health agency overhaul"

KPCC-FM interviewed Dr. Timothy Brewer, professor of Epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and of Medicine, and a member of the Division of Infectious Diseases, at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

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March 26, 2025
CalMatters | "Applying for CalFresh food aid is complicated. California colleges are trying to make it easier"

CalMatters cited a report by researchers with the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research that found students at California's public universities and colleges face problems accessing federal and state food assistance programs.

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Spinach and diet questions
March 19, 2025
Washington Post | "What to know about the spinach health hack"

The Washington Post referenced UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's faculty member Dr. Dana Ellis Hunnes in a report about spinach and diet.

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post-fire debris
March 17, 2025
New York Times | Drs. Michael Jerrett, Yifang Zhu address wildfire health risks

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health environmental science professors Dr. Michael Jerrett and Dr. Yifang Zhu were quoted in the New York Times about the potential long-term health risks to residents in the southern California communities destroyed by wildfires in 2025.

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UCLA FSPH Dr. Anne Rimoin KTLA-TV interview 03-11-2025
March 17, 2025
Dr. Anne Rimoin talks the aftereffects of COVID-19

Dr. Anne Rimoin, UCLA Fielding School professor of epidemiology and director of UCLA's Center of Global and Immigrant Health, was interviewed by KTLA-TV in Los Angeles about impact of the pandemic and the risks of infectious disease.

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NBC News Jacobs cancer study
March 14, 2025
NBC News | "His cancer treatment was failing. A fecal transplant turned it around."

NBC News interviewed Dr. Jonathan Jacobs, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor-in-residence of epidemiology and a gastroenterologist and microbiome researcher, about the results of fecal transplants in cancer treatment trials.

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NBC News KFF Vargas-Bustamante Medicaid
March 13, 2025
NBC News | "With Medicaid cuts looming, misinformation spreads on social media"

NBC News quoted Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, about the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) systems.

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LADN Measles story Brewer
March 12, 2025
Los Angeles Daily News | "Measles has returned to Southern California; here’s what you need to know"

The Los Angeles Daily News interviewed Dr. Timothy Brewer, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and a professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, about the outbreak of measles in the United States.

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Pancreatic cancer study
March 3, 2025
Chronic stress and obesity work together to accelerate pancreatic cancer development and growth, study finds

Dr. Gang Li, UCLA Fielding School professor of biostatistics, co-authored research that finds chronic stress and an unhealthy diet may work together to fuel the early development of pancreatic cancer.

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