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Medicare for All plan highlighted

Source:
CNN
Date:
July 18, 2019
Gerald Kominski, professor of health policy and management, and senior fellow at the Center for Health Policy Research, was quoted in a CNN article about U.S. senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ health care plan.
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Women who work for a salary see slower memory decline in old age, reducing their risk of dementia, a new study suggests

Source:
The Washington Post
Date:
July 16, 2019
The Washington Post covered a study led by Elizabeth Rose Mayeda, assistant professor of epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, reporting that participation in the paid labor force may help prevent late-life memory decline among women in the United States.
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Here’s how it works if you’re undocumented and need health care

Source:
NPR's Marketplace
Date:
July 9, 2019
Steven Wallace, a professor of community health sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and associate director of the Fielding School’s Center for Health Policy Research, was interviewed by NPR about health insurance for undocumented immigrants.
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Making sure that your place in the sun is a safe one

Source:
The Hill
Date:
June 29, 2019
In an opinion piece published in The Hill, distinguished professor of health policy and management Dr. Jonathan Fielding discusses developments in sunscreen-related research and best practices to protect oneself from the sun.
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Fielding School study finds declines in health equity in U.S. over 25 years

Date:
June 28, 2019
Frederick Zimmerman, professor of health policy and management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, and Nathaniel Anderson, a PhD student in the Fielding School’s Department of Health Policy and Management, authored a study published in JAMA Network Open about the trends in health equity in the U.S. between 1993 and 2017.
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California regulators mull penalties over huge 2015 gas leak

Source:
Associated Press
Date:
June 27, 2019
The Associated Press referenced a study by Michael Jerrett, professor and chair of the Fielding School of Public Health's Department of Environmental Health Sciences, and Diane A. Garcia-Gonzales, a postdoctoral scholar at the Fielding School, in an article about an investigation by California regulators to consider penalties against a gas company that experienced a blowout in 2015 at their Aliso Canyon gas well.
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What if the Earth had a fatal heart attack?

Source:
The Lancet Planetary Health
Date:
June 19, 2019
Dr. Jonathan Fielding, distinguished professor of health policy and management, co-authored a commentary published in The Lancet Planetary Health about the need for improved communications regarding the risks ensuing from climate change.
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America’s skies have gotten clearer, but millions still breathe unhealthy air

Source:
The New York Times
Date:
June 19, 2019
Beate Ritz, professor of epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, was quoted in a New York Times article about how America’s air is much cleaner than it used to be, but recent data suggests that air pollution is ticking back up.
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Healing the sick among LA's homeless

Source:
Contagion®
Date:
June 19, 2019
Dr. Jeffrey Klausner, adjunct professor of epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, was quoted in a Contagion® article about solutions to address the public health challenges faced by Los Angeles' homeless population.
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2019 UCLA FSPH Commencement

Date:
June 17, 2019
The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health celebrated more than 225 graduating MPH, MS and PhD students in a ceremony at Royce Hall attended by family, friends,students, alumni, faculty and staff.
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