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A turning point in colon cancer | Wall Street Journal
A trial of more than 20,000 people in the same age bracket was published by a separate group of researchers, showing that testing uptake increases when people are mailed stool tests by default, versus when they are asked if they want a test or a colonoscopy … “We probably shouldn’t be wasting time asking patients first; we should send them what they need,” said Dr. Folasade May, the trial’s senior author and a gastroenterologist at the University of California, Los Angeles. “We have a long way to go.”
Wildfire smoke is like smoking ‘half a pack a day’ | National Public Radio
May-Lin Wilgus, a pulmonologist and professor at UCLA, compares breathing wildfire smoke to smoking cigarettes — a lot of cigarettes … On a smoky day, when AQI levels reach 100 to 200, “the exposure to the fine particulate matter, the air pollution, is similar to smoking a quarter to half a pack a day,” Wilgus says.
Majority in China backs LGBTQ+ rights | Edge Media Network
A comprehensive new survey released by the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law has found that more than half of China’s population supports LGBTQ+ rights, marking a notable development in one of the world’s most populous countries. The poll, published on August 4, 2025, reveals that 53 percent of respondents believe LGBTQ+ people should be accepted in society, with similar numbers expressing support for same-sex marriage and the rights of same-sex couples to parenthood. (UCLA’s Ilan Meyer was quoted.)
Minimum wage in L.A. could rise to $30 an hour | New York Times
Chris Tilly, a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, who studies labor markets and inequality, said that wages needed to increase to keep up with inflation. But he notes that raising them too high, too quickly can lead to job losses. The trick is identifying the tipping point.
The Supreme Court has finally found a president it likes | New York Times
In an email, Joseph Fishkin, a law professor at UCLA, wrote in support of Bonica’s argument: “It would take a fine legal mind indeed to explain why, for instance, Biden’s student loan relief plans so dangerously exceeded statutory authority that the court had to stop them immediately by injunction, whereas the court upheld Trump’s evisceration of that entire department, in contravention of the statute Congress passed.”
2,300 ‘Dreamers’ are about to lose their health care coverage | CalMatters
That’s because when younger and healthier people sign up for insurance, their low-cost coverage helps balance the high cost of covering individuals who are sicker and older, said Arturo Vargas Bustamante, professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. So when fewer young people enroll in coverage, premiums tend to go up for everyone. “Then sick people who really need to get coverage pay the price,” Vargas Bustamante said.
