Science interviewed Dr. Anne Rimoin, professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Epidemiology and the Gordon-Levin Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases and Public Health, about research into game animals and the spread of Mpox infections in Central Africa and West Africa.
KTLA-TV in Los Angeles interviewed Dr. Anne Rimoin, professor in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Department of Epidemiology and the Gordon–Levin Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases and Public Health, about COVID-19 variants.
"Six years after the COVID-19 national emergency was declared, health officials are beginning to monitor a new, heavily-mutated variant, known as “Cicada.”
The Los Angeles Daily News interviewed Dr. Kirsten Schwarz, associate professor in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Department of Environmental Health Sciences, about soil contamination in southern California.
The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health will host a series of student-led events tied to National Public Health Week, April 6-12.
A team of UCLA medical and public health researchers have been instrumental in pioneering work by the World Health Organization (WHO) to demonstrate how lifelong health and well-being depends greatly on an individual’s earliest years.
Spectrum News interviewed Dr. Kayla de la Haye, professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, about food access issues in Los Angeles County.
“They’re really struggling to make ends meet," she said. "The other thing that we know matters a lot is food access. So what do you have access to in your neighborhood environment or the community that you live in?”
The New York Times interviewed Dr. Yoshira Ornelas Van Horne, assistant professor in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Department of Environmental Health Sciences, about how individuals can reduce the risks of exposure to pesticides.
Faculty and staff at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health are using national Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month to urge the public to be aware of the risks of colorectal cancer and understand that early diagnosis is important.
Extreme heat is hitting southern California this week, in a rare early season heat wave that poses health risks to many communities. Record high temperatures have already been broken on the first day of the heat wave, which is expected to continue throughout the week.
CalMatters interviewed Dr. David Eisenman, a physician and professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health whose work include the UCLA Heat Maps project, about responses to extreme heat.