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Healthwashing is here to screw with our well-intentioned eating plans

Source:
Well + Good
Date:
February 19, 2019
Dana Hunnes, PhD, MPH, senior dietitian at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and adjunct assistant professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, was quoted in a Well + Good article about food brands using buzzwords to make their products seem healthier than they are
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The e-cigarette epidemic — recognizing Big Tobacco's Trojan horse

Source:
The Hill
Date:
February 11, 2019
In a recent opinion piece published in The Hill, Dr. Jonathan Fielding, distinguished professor of health policy and management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, states that "an addiction epidemic caused by nicotine products targeting our kids is irrefutable."
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The FDA will finally crack down on dietary supplements—Here's what experts have to say

Source:
SELF
Date:
February 11, 2019
William McCarthy, adjunct professor of health policy and management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, was quoted by SELF in an article about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s announcement to increase regulations on dietary supplements.
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‘Pit of Infection’: A border town’s crisis has nothing to do with migrants

Source:
The New York Times
Date:
February 9, 2019
The New York Times quoted asthma data from the California Health Interview Survey, administered by the Fielding School's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, in a story about extreme pollution in Calexico, a California town on the border of Mexico.
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California made it hard to avoid vaccinating kids. Medical waivers have tripled. Now what?

Source:
CALmatters
Date:
February 7, 2019
Robert Kim-Farley, professor-in-residence of epidemiology and community health sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, was quoted in a CALmatters article about an increase in the number of medical waivers for vaccinations.
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Trump called for an end to HIV in the US by 2030. That’s totally realistic.

Source:
Vox
Date:
February 6, 2019
Dr. Jeffrey Klausner, adjunct professor of epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, was quoted in a Vox article about President Donald Trump's proposal to end the spread of HIV in the U.S. by 2030.
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Here’s how a 10-mile commute can hurt your health

Source:
Healthline
Date:
January 29, 2019
Dr. Richard J. Jackson, professor emeritus of environmental health sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, was quoted in a Healthline article about the health impacts of a long commute to work.
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$91 million case against nation's largest insurer is a 'clear win' for patients

Source:
CNN
Date:
January 28, 2019
Jack Needleman, the Fred W. and Pamela K. Wasserman Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, was quoted in a CNN article about a California Supreme Court decision that paved the way for the state to collect $91 million in fines from the UnitedHealthcare Group.
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Vitamin D supplements aren’t living up to their hype

Source:
Science News
Date:
January 27, 2019
Dena Herman, adjunct assistant professor of community health sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, was quoted in a Science News article about vitamin D supplements.
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Mexico’s murder rate is so high it has altered the life expectancy of men

Source:
Newsweek
Date:
January 24, 2019
Newsweek featured a new study co-authored by Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez, associate professor of community health sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.
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