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"Trial Highlights America's Racial Divide After George Floyd's Death"

Source:
USA Today
Date:
March 10, 2021
USA Today quoted Dr. Vickie Mays, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, about her study in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health that found that Black men of all income levels reported experiencing higher levels of discrimination than white men.
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"We Should all be Able to Have Babies Like White People"

Source:
The Nation
Date:
March 8, 2021
The Nation referenced Dr. Chandra Ford, founding director of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice & Health and professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, and Dr. Gilbert Gee, Fielding School professor of community health sciences, in a story about the cost of IVF treatments, poverty, and health equity
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"States Give in to Lure of Reopening, Defying Health Warnings"

Source:
Bloomberg News
Date:
March 4, 2021
Bloomberg interviewed Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and community health sciences, about the potential risks of the decisions by state governors to remove protective measures designed to fight the pandemic.
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"Equity in Vaccine Distribution"

Source:
KPCC-FM (NPR)
Date:
March 4, 2021
KPCC-FM (NPR) interviewed Dr. Kristen Choi, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health assistant professor of health policy and management, about plans to reserve 40 percent of vaccines to areas that are hardest hit by the pandemic to help address racial disparities.
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COVID-19: What are Potential Side Effects to Receiving the Vaccine?

Source:
UCLA Health
Date:
March 3, 2021
UCLA Health and the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health are pleased to share background information and frequently asked questions regarding potential side effects of the COVID-19 vaccines.
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Breslow Lecturer Calls for Evidence and Empathy in Public Health Communications

Date:
March 3, 2021
Dr. Harvey V. Fineberg, president of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, called for public health specialists to focus on evidence, but go beyond dry facts, when communicating with the public as the speaker at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s 46th Lester Breslow Distinguished Lecture
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"1 in 4 Immigrants in California Avoided Asking for Help Because of the 'Public Charge' Rule"

Source:
La Opinion/EFE
Date:
March 2, 2021
La Opinion/EFE quoted Dr. Ninez Ponce, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management and director of the Fielding School’s UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, about immigrants’ user of public services.
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UCLA LiveWell: "Translating COVID-19 Research"

Source:
Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center at UCLA
Date:
March 1, 2021
Dr. Wendy Slusser, associate vice provost for the Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center at UCLA and host of the UCLA LiveWell podcast, interviewed the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Dean Ron Brookmeyer, Dr. Deborah Glik, and Jessica Arzola, RN, a student in the Fielding School's Executive Master of Public Health program, about translating COVID-19 research to our everyday lives
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Opinion: "Here’s How We Can Create a More Equitable Vaccination System"

Source:
San Diego Union-Tribune
Date:
February 24, 2021
The San Diego Union-Tribune published a commentary by Tram-Elayne Nguyen, a UCLA Fielding School of Public Health MPH student in the Department of Community Health Sciences, on the need to help elderly non-English speakers get vaccinated
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"California's Slow Vaccine Rollout Leaves Essential Workers Exposed"

Source:
The Guardian
Date:
February 23, 2021
The Guardian interviewed Dr. Shira Shafir, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health associate professor of epidemiology and community health sciences, about the pace and priorities of California’s vaccination campaign.
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