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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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September 22, 2022
"(As) schools try to address the mental health crisis, vulnerable students suffer"
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September 18, 2022
"COVID is still killing hundreds a day, even as society begins to move on"
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September 2, 2022
"Extreme heat waves are making firefighters sick, adding new dangers to job"
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September 2, 2022
"The monkeypox outbreak may be slowing in the U.S., but health officials urge caution"
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August 17, 2022
"The case for Medicare for all: Congress passes an inflation bill but is it enough?"

USA Today interviewed Dr. Gerald Kominski, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor emeritus of health policy and management, about why 25 million Americans, in a population of 329.5 million, still remain without health insurance.

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August 12, 2022
"World ignored monkeypox threats, including signs of sexual transmission"

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 her team's research, published in 2010, that predicted a monkeypox outbreak.

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August 3, 2022
"Southern California turning the corner on latest COVID-19 wave"

The Los Angeles Daily News interviewed Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and community health sciences, about an apparent drop in COVID-19 cases in southern California.

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