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"COVID-19 Cases are Falling in the U.S. It Could be a Calm Before a Variant-driven Storm"

Source:
STAT
Date:
February 10, 2021
STAT interviewed Dr. Karin Michels, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor and chair of the Department of Epidemiology, about if the current decline in confirmed COVID-19 cases may just be temporary.
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A Window of Opportunity Is Opening to Improve Immigrant Health: A Research and Practice Agenda

Source:
American Journal of Public Health
Date:
February 10, 2021
Dr. Steven Wallace, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of community health sciences, co-authored a commentary in the American Journal of Public Health on the Biden Administration's immigration policies and public health.
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"By Tracking Coronavirus Mutations, Scientists aim to Forecast the Pandemic’s Future"

Source:
Los Angeles Times
Date:
February 7, 2021
The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Marc Suchard, UCLA Fielding School professor of biostatistics, about the new National SARS-CoV-2 Strain Surveillance program — a Biden Administration initiative tasked with the job of detecting new variants of the virus.
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"More Women are Reporting ‘Long-haul’ COVID Symptoms. Doctors Aren’t Sure Why"

Source:
The Washington Post
Date:
February 5, 2021
The Washington Post interviewed Dr. Joann Elmore, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, about why more women than men are reporting ‘long-haul’ COVID symptoms.
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Free interactive sessions created by UCLA experts to guide principals and administrators in best practices.

Source:
UCLA School of Education and Information Studies
Date:
February 4, 2021
UCLA School of Education and Information Studies and the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health to Provide Training for Schools in COVID-19 Risk Communication
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"Why U.S. Vaccine Numbers Took a Dip and Why it Might Not Mean Much"

Source:
The New York Times
Date:
February 3, 2021
The New York Times interviewed Dr. Timothy Brewer, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology, about why the seven-day average for daily new reported vaccinations given to Americans declined, to about 1.32 million from roughly 1.35 million, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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"The Five Things to Get Right Before the Next Pandemic"

Source:
Bloomberg Businessweek
Date:
February 3, 2021
Bloomberg Businesweek interviewed Anne Rimoin, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology, about preparing for the next epidemiological crisis.
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"Is Seeing That Renoir Essential? In the Pandemic, Cities Differ"

Source:
The New York Times
Date:
February 2, 2021
The New York Times interviewed Anne Rimoin, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology, about the risks of infection inherent in having museums being open to the public during the pandemic.
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The Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Cancer Detection Among the Near-Elderly

Source:
Health Affairs
Date:
February 1, 2021
Gerald Kominski, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, co-authored a research piece in the journal Health Affairs on the the effects of the Affordable Care Act on cancer detection in the near-elderly population (ages 60–64).
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"Latino Californians are Being hit Hard"

Source:
CNN
Date:
January 31, 2021
CNN interviewed David Hayes-Bautista, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, about the impact on the pandemic on Latino Californians.
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