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"So much is unknown about the pandemic because the government keeps a lid on it"

Source:
Los Angeles Times
Date:
April 15, 2020
The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Richard Jackson, professor emeritus of environmental health sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, on the importance of transparency in a public health crisis.
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"A 2020 timeline: This is how California could reopen, from restaurants and schools to offices and sports"

Source:
Los Angeles Times
Date:
April 14, 2020
The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor-in-residence of epidemiology and community health sciences, on a possible timeline for relaxing physical distancing restrictions in California.
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"Newsom’s mask deal shows tendency for big plans, few details"

Source:
Associated Press News
Date:
April 14, 2020
The Associated Press interviewed Karin Michels, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and chair of the department, on how the California state government has dealt with the pandemic.
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"COVID-19 reveals the shortcomings of the U.S. private healthcare system"

Source:
Público
Date:
April 13, 2020
Público interviewed Ninez Ponce, professor of health policy and management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and director of the Fielding School’s UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, on access to health care issues for low income, undocumented individuals.
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"NewsConference: Battling COVID-19, California Staying the Course"

Source:
KNBC-TV
Date:
April 12, 2020
KNBC-TV interviewed Anne Rimoin, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology on the flagship “NewsConference” program, along with University of California President Janet Napolitano and California Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, on the state of the pandemic.
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"California’s coronavirus curve: Fewer deaths but a longer stay-at-home requirement"

Source:
Los Angeles Times
Date:
April 9, 2020
The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor-in-residence of epidemiology and community health sciences, on the apparent success of the state’s “safe at home” orders.
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"A virus stalks a county with one of the highest death rates in US: 'People are dropping like flies'"

Source:
The Guardian
Date:
April 7, 2020
The Guardian interviewed Michael Jerrett, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of environmental health sciences, about the links between air pollution and disease.
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“Normal” Requires Vaccines, Therapeutics and Widespread Testing

Source:
CNN
Date:
April 7, 2020
CNN interviewed Anne Rimoin, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and director of the Fielding School’s UCLA Center for Global and Immigrant Health, on what it will take for the U.S. to get to a new normal.
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Dr. Jonathan Fielding: "Fighting pandemics abroad is in our own best interest"

Source:
The Hill
Date:
April 5, 2020
In June 2018, Dr. Fielding authored an opinion article for The Hill titled, Fighting pandemics abroad is in our own best interest. In April 2020, the United States is keenly aware of the toll that lack of preparedness, and funding for preparedness, can have in combating a pandemic.
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Coronavirus: When Will It Peak In California?

Source:
CBS
Date:
April 3, 2020
CBS interviewed Anne Rimoin, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology, about a potential timeline for COVID-19 cases in California.
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