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Heat makes you dumb, in four charts

Source:
The Washington Post
Date:
July 17, 2018
The Washington Post featured two studies co-authored by R. Jisung Park, professor of environmental health sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, in an article about recent research showing the effect of heat on cognitive performance.
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States Attacking ACA Would Suffer Most If Preexisting Conditions Shield Gets Axed

Source:
Kaiser Health News
Date:
July 17, 2018
Gerald Kominski was quoted in a Kaiser Health News story about the potential effect of courts striking down the ACA's pre-existing condition protections.
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Many breast cancer patients don’t get recommended follow-up, study finds

Source:
The Wall Street Journal
Date:
July 16, 2018
Dr. Patricia Ganz, distinguished professor of health policy and management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, was quoted in The Wall Street Journal. Dr. Ganz commented on a new study reporting that many women who have been treated for early-stage breast cancer don’t get recommended follow-up mammograms.
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Why you really need to stay inside for ‘spare the air’ days

Source:
Healthline
Date:
July 16, 2018
Yifang Zhu, professor of environmental health sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, was quoted in a Healthline article about how wildfire smoke, pollution and heat can create dangerous air conditions during the summer.
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The Hill: "Chickenpox shows how unprepared we are at the border"

Source:
The Hill
Date:
July 2, 2018
In his latest op-ed for The Hill, Dr. Jonathan Fielding, professor-in-residence of health policy and management, shares his thoughts about "our government’s responsibility toward those whom they detain or deport and all those with whom they interact."
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Are Antibacterials Scarier Than Bacteria? Great Question

Source:
Bloomberg News
Date:
June 29, 2018
Sander Greenland, professor emeritus of epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, was cited in a Bloomberg opinion piece about the risks and benefits of antibacterial products, GMO foods and nonstick coatings.
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High-Resolution Snapshot of Zika Virus Reveals Clues to Fighting It

Source:
The New York Times
Date:
June 26, 2018
Dr. Peter Katona, an adjunct professor of epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and a clinical professor of medicine in infectious diseases at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, was quoted in The New York Times about research capturing the clearest and most detailed images yet of Zika.
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FSPH professor & colleagues awarded grant to study sexual violence in Kenya

Date:
June 21, 2018
Paula Tavrow, associate adjunct professor of community health sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, and colleagues have been awarded an 18-month grant of $25,000 to measure and address sexual violence at a large public university in Kenya
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The Hill: "Fighting pandemics abroad is in our own best interest"

Source:
The Hill
Date:
June 21, 2018
In his latest op-ed for The Hill, Dr. Jonathan Fielding, professor-in-residence of health policy and management, shares that the United States needs to increase funding for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department for Health and Human Services to help those agencies contain the spread of epidemics.
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A Milestone for the Americas: Paraguay Is Malaria Free

Source:
Univision
Date:
June 17, 2018
Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, professor-in-residence of epidemiology and community health sciences, was quoted by Univision in an article about the World Health Organization certifying Paraguay as malaria free.
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