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When reproductive rights are less restrictive, babies are born healthier

Date:
October 13, 2020
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health led-research finds women, particularly US-born Black women, in states with restrictive reproductive rights policies deliver more low birth weight babies and experience greater health inequities.
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UCLA Fielding School of Public Health to host international competition for health care management scholars

Date:
October 13, 2020
The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health will host the second annual “Healthcare Management Case Competition,” pitting teams of graduate students against each other to solve a real health care challenge presented by UCLA Health, the premier sponsor.
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UCLA Fielding School of Public Health to Co-host Discussion on Sexual Violence Prevention in Sports

Date:
October 12, 2020
The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and UC Speaks Up (a public health violence prevention initiative of the University of California) will co-host an event focusing on sexual violence awareness and prevention among college communities.
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UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Welcomes Nine New Faculty Members

Date:
October 12, 2020
The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health welcomes nine new faculty members, in four different academic departments.
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UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researcher’s work opens doors to understanding COVID-19’s early spread

Date:
October 12, 2020
A UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researcher’s work on two related research projects published in the past month suggests that in both the United States and in Europe, sustained transmission networks of SARS-CoV-2 became established only after separate introductions of the virus that went undetected.
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UCLA Fielding School of Public Health to host conference on addressing health care inequities

Date:
October 8, 2020
Fielding School’s UCLA Center for Health Policy Research sponsoring annual E.R. Brown Symposium: Healing a Fractured Society: Health Care as a Right
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Number of Californians with mental health distress sharply increased from 2014 to 2018

Date:
September 30, 2020
From 2014 to 2018, the number of California adults who reported that they had experienced serious psychological distress in any given year increased by 42%, according to a policy brief published by the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
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Research into SARS-CoV-2 mutation “hotspots” raises implications for vaccines and therapeutics

Date:
September 29, 2020
Christina Ramirez, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of biostatistics, co-led study that found at least 10 distinct “hotspot” mutations in more than 80% of samples of the viruses’ genomes
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Are people who vote healthier than those who don’t?

Date:
September 17, 2020
A new policy brief by the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research shows that California adults who in are good health with little psychological distress are more likely to consistently vote in local, state and national elections than those with physical or psychological health issues.
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UCLA and the Association of Pacific Rim Universities to co-host event on crisis management and the pandemic

Date:
September 17, 2020
On Sept. 29, UCLA and the Association of Pacific Rim Universities will co-host an event on crisis management and the COVID-19 pandemic. The event, “Perspectives of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Epidemiology, Prevention and Control in Pacific Rim Region,” (which will begin at 5:00 PM PDT), has been organized in coordination with Peking University, National University of Singapore, and University of Sydney, and will include presenters from all four universities,
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