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AP WPAC Sprague
March 22, 2025
Associated Press | "More states requiring paid medical or sick leave"

The Associated Press quoted Aleta Sprague, director of legal analysis and communication with the UCLA Fielding School's WORLD Policy Analysis Center, about how the U.S. compares to the rest of the world in terms of paid medical or sick leave.

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PBS (WTTW-TV) asthma Pourat
March 21, 2025
PBS | "New rules for asthma treatment pit insurer against some patients, providers"

WTTW-TV (Chicago) interviewed the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Dr. Nadereh Pourat, professor of health policy and management and associate director at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, on changes to asthma coverage by an Illinois-based insurer.

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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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May interview re research on NPR
March 18, 2025
National Public Radio | Fielding School alum Dr. Fola May interviewed on "All Things Considered” about health disparity research

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health alum Dr. Fola May was interviewed on NPR's "All Things Considered" about health disparity research.

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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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Diesel exhaust study Araujo
March 3, 2025
Diesel exhaust exposure led to disarray in liver function, study finds

Dr. Jesus Araujo, associate professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Environmental Health Sciences, co-authored the research.

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Elmore breast cancer JAMA
March 3, 2025
New federal mandate on breast density: Experts provide essential guidance

Dr. Joann Elmore, professor in the UCLA Fielding SChool's Department Health Policy and Management, co-authored the article.

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