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U.S. News & World Report: The High Cost of Rising Drug Prices

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U.S. News & World Report
Date:
December 21, 2017
Dr. Jonathan Fielding, professor-in-residence in FSPH's Department of Health Policy and Management, wrote an op-ed published December 21 by U.S. News & World Report about the public health consequences of rising drug prices.
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Science Magazine: Forty years later, Ebola survivors are still making antibodies to the lethal virus

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Science Magazine
Date:
December 14, 2017
Science Magazine featured an article about Dr. Anne Rimoin, associate professor in FSPH's Department of Epidemiology, and her team of researchers who published a study on the effect of Ebola, four decades after infection, which led to findings that indicate Ebola survivors may be able to stave off future infections.
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Mic: Alzheimer’s is already a serious problem in the US — and numbers will double by 2060

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Mic
Date:
December 12, 2017
Dr. Ron Brookmeyer, professor of biostatistics at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, was quoted December 12 by Mic about the FSPH-led study that revealed the estimated numbers of Americans with preclinical Alzheimer’s disease or mild cognitive impairment.
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The New York Times: Does an A.D.H.D. Link Mean Tylenol Is Unsafe in Pregnancy?

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New York Times
Date:
December 4, 2017
Dr. Zeyan Liew, postdoctoral scholar in FSPH's Department of Epidemiology, was quoted by the New York Times about possible long-term effects of pregnant women's heavy acetaminophen use on fetuses brain development.
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Los Angeles Times quotes Dr. Gerald Kominski about the CVS-Aetna merger’s implications for consumer costs

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Los Angeles Times
Date:
December 3, 2017
Dr. Gerald Kominski, professor of health policy and management and director of FSPH's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, was quoted December 3 by the Los Angeles Times about the cost implications for patients following the merger of CVS Health Corp., the U.S. largest pharmacy chain, with Aetna Inc., a major health care insurer.
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BuzzFeed News: Mysterious Illnesses Are Plaguing People In California After A Massive Gas Leak

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BuzzFeed News
Date:
December 2, 2017
Dr. Michael Jerrett, chair of FSPH environmental health sciences department is quoted about his work in Porter Ranch in March 2015, after the largest methane gas leak in U.S. history.
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Fortune: When Sexual Harassment is Legal

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Fortune
Date:
November 17, 2017
FSPH Dean and WORLD Policy Analysis Center founding director Dr. Jody Heymann co-wrote an opinion piece for Fortune about the 424 million working-age women who live in countries with no legal protections against sexual harassment at work.
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U.S. News & World Report: Our Lifestyles Are Killing Us

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U.S. News and World Report
Date:
November 16, 2017
Dr. Jonathan Fielding, professor-in-residence in FSPH's Department of Health Policy and Management, wrote an op-ed published November 16 by U.S. News & World Report about the role of poor exercise and diet in the Type 2 diabetes epidemic.
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Business Insider (Reuters Health): Parental Exposure to Hazardous Agents Tied to Eye Tumors in Offspring

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Business Insider
Date:
November 7, 2017
Associate professor of Epidemiology, Julia Heck was quoted about a correlation between parents' exposure to chemicals and eye cancer in children.
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KCET: Virus Hunter

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KCET
Date:
November 7, 2017
Epidemiology professor Dr. Anne Rimoin, was featured on KCET's "Socal Connected" news magazine regarding her work in remote areas like the Democratic Republic of Congo to identify and stop pandemics.
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