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Navy hospital ships bring capabilities to Los Angeles, New York City for the fight

Source:
MSNBC
Date:
March 29, 2020
MSNBC interviewed UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor Dr. Robert Kim-Farley about the pandemic, including the deployment of the US Navy hospitals' ships Mercy and Comfort to Los Angeles and New York City, respectively.
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How Can You Safely Grocery Shop in the Time of Coronavirus? Here's What Experts Suggest

Source:
Time Magazine
Date:
March 27, 2020
Time Magazine interviewed UCLA Fielding School of Public Health distinguished professor Dr. Jonathan Fielding on how to shop safely during the pandemic, including wiping credit and debit clean both before and after use.
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Understanding sick leave amid the Family First Coronavirus Response Act

Source:
KTLA
Date:
March 25, 2020
KTLA interviewed Dr. Jody Heymann, founding director of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s WORLD Policy Analysis Center and a UCLA distinguished professor of public health, public policy and medicine, for a special report on sick leave and the Family First Coronavirus Response Act.
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Relaxing physical distancing restrictions “just doesn’t make any sense”

Source:
CNN
Date:
March 24, 2020
CNN interviewed UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor and epidemiologist Anne Rimoin about the pandemic, including regarding proposals to relax physical distancing restrictions.
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Financially strained and low on supplies, community clinics help fight the coronavirus

Source:
LA Times
Date:
March 24, 2020
The Los Angeles Times interviewed Steven Wallace, associate director at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, on the role of community clinics in fighting COVID-19.
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Relaxing physical distancing restrictions “a very dangerous strategy”

Source:
MSNBC
Date:
March 24, 2020
MSNBC interviewed UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor and epidemiologist Anne Rimoin about the pandemic, including regarding the federal administration proposals to relax physical distancing restrictions by Easter Sunday.
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Is New York City’s experience a warning for Los Angeles?

Source:
KPCC
Date:
March 24, 2020
KPCC interviewed UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor Dr. Robert Kim-Farley on the parallels and the differences between New York’s – where the infection rate is doubling every three days – and California’s fights against the pandemic.
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Coronavirus hospitalizations climbing sharply in L.A., likely the approaching wave

Source:
Los Angeles Times
Date:
March 24, 2020
The Los Angeles Times interviewed UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor Dr. Robert Kim-Farley on the expected surge in hospitalization needs in Los Angeles County.
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Epidemics and Pandemics as Transnational Issues: The Challenge of the Novel Coronavirus

Source:
Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
Date:
March 23, 2020
In an article published in the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, Dr. Robert J. Kim-Farley, professor of epidemiology and community health sciences for the Fielding School, addresses COVID-19 in the context of epidemics and pandemics.
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Coronavirus: Why India's busiest rail network is being shut down

Source:
BBC News
Date:
March 22, 2020
The BBC quoted UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor Dr. Timothy Brewer about transmission issues in public transportation. BBC quoted.
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