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November 3, 2022
"Experts say the COVID-19 emergency could end this year"

ABC News interviewed Dr. Timothy Brewer, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology, about whether 2022 could be the year COVID becomes an endemic disease.

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October 20, 2022
"They inhaled asbestos for decades on the job. Now, workers break their silence"

NPR interviewed Dr. Rachael Jones, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor and chair of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, about environmental health practices

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October 20, 2022
"A single, devastating California fire season wiped out years of efforts to cut emissions"

The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Michael Jerrett and Dr. Miriam Marlier, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health environmental health sciences professors, about the public health impact of wildfires.

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October 15, 2022
"Get your flu shot in 'sweet spot' season before mid-November"
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October 10, 2022
"California doesn’t know how many people died in record summer heat wave"

The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. David Eisenman, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of community health sciences, about how California tracks mortality during extreme heat events.

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October 10, 2022
"Congenital syphilis rates soar across California as public health funding dwindles"

CalMatters interviewed Dr. Jennifer Wagman, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health associate professor of community health sciences, about research that found California has the sixth-highest rate of congenital syphilis in the U.S.

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October 5, 2022
"Sexual and reproductive health needs of Asian women will be focus of $3 million UCLA study"

NPR interviewed Dr. May Sudhinaraset, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health associate professor of community health sciences, about a $3 million, 5-year-long study of the reproductive health of Asian immigrant women.

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October 3, 2022
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researchers study the toll of COVID-19 on multiple communities

New work illustrates the impact of pandemic on Blacks, American Indian/Alaska Natives, and Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders

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October 3, 2022
"‘The pandemic is over,’ some declare. It again misses larger point of COVID-19, experts say"

The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and community health sciences, about how the World Health Organization decides if a pandemic has ended.

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October 1, 2022
"Should I still be worried about monkeypox?"
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September 23, 2022
"Voters (to) decide whether they want to ban flavored tobacco products"
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September 22, 2022
"Undocumented Latinos are aging without savings, government care"
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