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New, long-term health effects from the LA fires | KABC-TV

UCLA is working with Harvard and other top universities on one of the largest disaster research projects in history. UCLA recently hosted the first annual LA Fire Research Conference. “New diagnoses that we’ve never imagined after wildfires were increasing after the wildfires,” said UCLA’s David Eisenman (approx. :50 mark).

You're asked to prove you're a U.S. citizen. Is that legal? | KNBC-TV

We sat down with Ahilan Arulanantham, professor and co-director of UCLA School of Law’s Center for Immigration Law and Policy, to find out. Legally, the only time U.S. citizens must show proof of citizenship is when they are entering the country or when they are applying for certain jobs for which it is a requirement, he said. If a law enforcement officer approaches someone on the street and has no reason to believe that person has committed a crime, he or she has no obligation to show any identification, he said. 

Trump policies could have lasting economic consequences | New York Times

“We’re weakening the special sauce that made America so great,” said Kimberly Clausing, an economist at UCLA, School of Law. Clausing worked in the Treasury Department in the Biden administration. But her concerns are shared by many economists on the right, including some who have worked for Mr. Trump.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, celebrated | CNN

“The day means that I have the opportunity to actually sit with what Martin Luther King's legacy really was, in contrast to the mythology about Martin Luther King,” said UCLA’s Kimberlé Crenshaw (approx. :45 mark).

The split over diagnosing postpartum psychosis | New York Times

Carrie Bearden, a professor of psychiatry at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, said members of the Serious Mental Disorders Committee, which she chairs, agreed that “treatment of this condition is of paramount importance,” but was split on whether creating a separate diagnostic category was the best way to ensure it.

Is it anxiety or hyperthyroidism? Here’s how to tell the difference | Self

That’s a red flag, says Angela Leung, MD, an endocrinologist who specializes in thyroid disorders at UCLA Health. “Symptoms that don’t go away or that are not situational may point to the thyroid,” she says.

Office created to examine jail deaths has completed no reviews | Star-News

“So many of the families that are impacted by these jail deaths have to spend their whole lives, have to spend every waking moment, doing their own investigations,” said Nick Shapiro, a UCLA assistant professor who studies Los Angeles County’s jails.

What kids value the most | KTTV-TV

A new survey from UCLA Center for Scholars and Storytellers finds young people between the ages of 10 and 24 value safety the most. “School safety and gun violence in schools continues to be a concern for them and their parents on a daily basis,” said UCLA’s Alisha Hines (approx. :45 mark).

FDA clears first at-home brain device for depression | Fox News

In 2025, researchers at UCLA Health developed another experimental brain-stimulation approach, signaling rapid growth in this field. Together, these advances suggest that at-home neuromodulation may soon become a standard part of depression care rather than a fringe option.

5 alternatives plans amid rising Affordable Care Act premiums | Healthline

“A lot of people are going to lose coverage,” said Naomi Zewde, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, as well as a fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. “There’s a big difference in your medical premiums going from zero to several hundred dollars a month,” she told Healthline. “The math on that isn’t going to add up for a lot of families.”