Whenever someone tells Jamie Chong that COVID-19 isn’t a serious threat to children, she reminds them that the common cold can send her child to the hospital.
Her son, Asher, who is nearing his third birthday, has cerebral palsy and issues with his respiratory and gastrointestinal systems, putting him at higher risk from the coronavirus.
Chong has been caring for him in their Simi Valley home during the pandemic and strictly limiting who can enter. Sometimes, when cases have surged, she has even decided to turn away his home nurses.
Before the pandemic, America's public health system was the envy of the world.
In late 2019, the Globe Health Security Index ranked the United States best among 195 nations in terms of being prepared to handle a public health crisis, well ahead of the next best country, the United Kingdom.
That changed fast. A study published by the National Center for Biotechnology Information less than a year later found the United States ranked "worst globally" in terms of numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths.
Dr. Ron D. Hays was named one of the world’s most influential scientific researchers in 2019 by the Web of Science Group.
If staring at your face all day in Zoom meetings has you thinking your appearance could use a little refresh, you’re not alone.
Interest in cosmetic procedures — from fillers to facelifts — has spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic and shows no signs of slowing.
How was the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) team able to release early data for the first time in the survey’s history?
Research published in this month's edition of the American Journal of Public Health looks at how CHIS was able to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic by releasing timely data on how Californians navigated the pandemic’s conditions and challenges.
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.
Researchers at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, led by Dr.
Two articles by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researchers have been recognized as among the "Top 10" in 2021 by the scientific journal Health Affairs.