More than 100,000 Americans died from diabetes in 2021, marking the second consecutive year for that grim milestone and spurring a call for a federal mobilization similar to the fight against HIV/AIDS.
On the cusp of the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States is battling back the biggest surge of the virus yet with the omicron variant.
Cases, even while receding in some places, are near record levels. And daily deaths, while lower than the peak of last winter, are still averaging more than 2,000 nationwide.
Despite pitched battles over masks and vaccines, life appears somewhat normal in many respects -- kids are going to school, people are going into work and large indoor gatherings and events are being held.
CNN interviewed Dr. Anne Rimoin, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and the Gordon-Levin Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases and Public Health, about the new strain of the Omicron variant called BA.2.
People who reported always wearing face masks or respirators, such as N95 masks, in public indoor settings were significantly less likely to later test positive for the coronavirus than people who said they never wore masks in such places, researchers at the California Department of Public Health reported Friday.
The study, a phone survey conducted before omicron became the dominant variant in the United States, also suggested that surgical masks and N95 or KN95 respirators provided better protection than cloth masks.
COVID-19 transmission rates remain high, but masks, vaccination and physical distancing continue to reduce risk. With the big game in L.A.’s backyard and the hometown team taking the field, Super Bowl festivities are sure to fill the city.
From sports bars to family living rooms to SoFi Stadium, fans of the Los Angeles Rams, Cincinnati Bengals, halftime shows and game-day grub are ready to gather and celebrate, despite the continued spread of the ultra-infectious COVID-19 Omicron variant.
Over the course of five decades as an epidemiologist and infectious disease specialist, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health distinguished research professor Dr. Roger Detels has addressed numerous public health crises, from HIV/AIDS in the 1980s to COVID-19 today.
Super Bowl LVI is arriving as a nationwide coronavirus surge wanes, yet Californians are feeling more cautious about game-day protocols than much of the rest of the country. Some fear the massive sporting event in Inglewood could spark a new outbreak and set back the region’s progress against the pandemic.
Dr. Roch Nianogo, an assistant professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, has been named a 2022 recipient of the Karen Toffler Charitable Trust’s Toffler Scholar Award for his ongoing research into preventing Alzheimer’s disease in vulnerable populations.
At a time when public and private agencies and the legal system are grappling with how to best assist people who live at the intersection of homelessness and mental illness during a global pandemic, UCLA researchers have found mental health conservatorships for people with disabling, severe mental illness who are also homeless can result in lengthy psychiatric hospitalizations.
UCLA Research Brief Findings
A new study by UCLA researchers and colleagues demonstrates that the Ebola vaccine known as rVSVΔG-ZEBOV-GP results in a robust and enduring antibody response among vaccinated individuals in areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that are experiencing outbreaks of the disease. Among the more than 600 study participants, 95.6% demonstrated antibody persistence six months after they received the vaccine.