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Central Florida is experiencing a leprosy outbreak, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

LOS ANGELES – A new report from the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute (UCLA LPPI) reveals a severe underrepresentation of Latina physicians in the U.S. and California, emphasizing the need for immediate action to address this critical issue.

UCLA researchers, in collaboration with EMERGEncy ID NET, a CDC-supported US emergency department (ED)-based network for study of emerging infection led by Dr. David Talan, a professor of emergency medicine and of medicine/infectious diseases at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, have been awarded funding from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to conduct surveillance of Mpox (formerly known as Monkeypox). Summer 2022’s international Mpox outbreak drastically receded by the fall after widespread public attention and vaccination of high-risk individuals.

The 2023 UCLA Fielding Student Academic Honors & Awards ceremony — a celebration of students' outstanding achievements — was held on Wednesday, June 14, and awards were conferred by Dr. Ron Brookmeyer, dean of UCLA Fielding, as well as faculty from across the school.

The ceremony honored exemplary individuals, including:

The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health celebrated 318 graduating students at the 2023 Commencement ceremony in Royce Hall on Friday, June 16. Degrees were conferred by Dr. Ron Brookmeyer, dean of the UCLA Fielding School and a distinguished professor of biostatistics.

Millions of people across the African continent are at risk of contracting COVID-19 because of a lack of the most basic public health tools to protect themselves - including the essentials of soap and water.

During a four-month-period in the fall of 2020, confidence levels of front-line healthcare and emergency services workers in a vaccine program roughly doubled.

The findings, by a UCLA Fielding School of Public Health-led team, are published today by the peer-reviewed journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, a research publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

A team of researchers co-led by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health epidemiology professor Dr.