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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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"The Battle Over Climate Change is Boiling Over on the Home Front"

Source:
Washington Post
Date:
February 23, 2021
The Washington Post quoted Dr. Yifang Zhu, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of environmental health sciences and senior associate dean for academic programs, about research examining the health risks of long-term exposure to exhaust from gas appliances.
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How Public Health Research can Shape Inclusive Immigration Policies

Source:
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Date:
February 23, 2021
Dr. Steven Wallace, UCLA Fielding School of Public health professor of community health services, and Dr. Maria-Elena De Trinidad Young, a faculty associate at the Fielding School's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and assistant professor of public health at UC Merced, were interviewed about the Biden Administration's policies regarding public health and immigration.
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"New Covid-19 Strains: What We Know"

Source:
Rolling Stone
Date:
February 22, 2021
Rolling Stone interviewed Dr. Karin Michels, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor and chair of the Department of Epidemiology, about the best response to new strains of COVID-19.
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The Persistent and Evolving HIV Epidemic in American Men Who Have Sex With Men

Source:
The Lancet
Date:
February 19, 2021
Dr. Matthew Mimiaga, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology, co-authored a research piece in the journal The Lancet on the ongoing HIV epidemic in this population, using a social-ecological perspective.
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"Did L.A.’s COVID-19 Hospital Surge Cause Unnecessary Deaths? ‘The Public Deserves an Answer.’ "

Source:
Los Angeles Times
Date:
February 18, 2021
The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and community health sciences, about whether the hospital overcrowding seen during Los Angeles County’s winter surge may have contributed to the case-fatality rate.
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What is Behind the Lingering Effects for Some People who Contracted COVID-19?

Source:
UCLA Health
Date:
February 18, 2021
Dr. Joann Elmore, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, was interviewed about what has become known as “long COVID” or “long-hauler syndrome.”
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"Homebound Residents Over 65 are Struggling to get Vaccinated"

Source:
KCBS-TV
Date:
February 18, 2021
KCBS-TV interviewed Dr. Vickie Mays, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, about whether using neighborhood clinics would be the best strategy to get vaccines to medically fragile and elderly residents currently being cared for in their homes.
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"How can the Public Health Care System Build Trust Among African Americans?"

Source:
KRCW-FM
Date:
February 16, 2021
KCRW-FM interviewed Dr. Chandra Ford, Fielding School professor of community health sciences and founding director of FSPH's Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice & Health, about how the public health care system can build trust among Black Americans.
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"COVID-19 Cases are Falling in the U.S. It Could be a Calm Before a Variant-driven Storm"

Source:
STAT
Date:
February 10, 2021
STAT interviewed Dr. Karin Michels, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor and chair of the Department of Epidemiology, about if the current decline in confirmed COVID-19 cases may just be temporary.
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