In its second year the UCLA Center for LGBTQ Advocacy, Research, and Health is expanding its work into myriad focuses of inquiry, from HIV and mental health to substance use issues. It is also conducting trainings about LGBTQ health for medical professionals and others interested in learning about the topic.
The center, also known as C-LARAH, has formed a partnership with the Los Angeles LGBT Center to work co-jointly on research projects. It is also being asked to provide expert testimony in court cases related to transgender health and aspects of LGBTQ health.
MSNBC 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 health risks of a federal court decision to void the U.S. national mask mandate covering airlines and other public transportation.
A new mask-optional phase of the pandemic is arriving, sparking concern from some experts that the shift is occurring too soon.
For months, local officials have been easing mask rules in public places, such as supermarkets and shopping malls. But a federal court ruling Monday striking down the federal mask-wearing order on public transportation systems accelerated the trend, with Uber, Lyft, many airlines and transit agencies making face coverings optional.
Lu Muying died on April 1 in a government quarantine facility in Shanghai, with her family on the phone as doctors tried to resuscitate her. She had tested positive for COVID-19 in late March and was moved there in line with government policy that all coronavirus cases be centrally isolated.
In a statement, the CDC said that “at this time an order requiring masking in the indoor transportation corridor remains necessary for the public health. CDC will continue to monitor public health conditions to determine whether such an order remains necessary. CDC believes this is a lawful order, well within CDC’s legal authority to protect public health.”
Bloomberg News 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, for the "Balance of Power" program (begins at 25:04) about the state of the pandemic in the United States.
Two UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professors have been recognized with the UCLA School of Law's Williams Institute “Impact Award” for their research into LGBTQ health disparities.
A team led by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researchers has been awarded a $1.27 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study how expectant mothers made decisions about vaccinations during the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of those decisions.
Daily Covid cases in Riverside County, California, rose 76 percent in two weeks as tens of thousands of people gathered there for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival over the last two weekends.
Though most Coachella events were outside, the festival did not require visitors to wear masks or present proof of vaccination or a recent negative Covid test.
When Grant Cho entered UCLA as an undergraduate, he was on the pre-med track. But in Cho’s second year, a friend introduced him to Public Health Initiative: Leaders of Tomorrow (PILOT), a student-run organization for UCLA undergraduates interested in learning about public health. “That got me to realize that a health career didn’t have to involve one-on-one clinical interventions,” Cho says. “I found out UCLA had a public health minor, and quickly realized this was the field for me.”