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Where one long-banned pesticide is still showing up | Los Angeles Times
However, researchers from UCLA and UC Irvine recently found that methyl bromide remains in use in 36 of 58 California counties, according to data collected by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation over the last decade. From 2016 to 2023, more than 12 million pounds of the pesticide were applied in these counties, according to those data.
New clue links obesity to dementia risk | Washington Post
“The public health message is clear. Controlling blood pressure in people with obesity may actually help prevent dementia,” said Dr. John Mafi, an internist and associate professor of medicine at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine who was not involved in the study. “It’s a huge problem, and yet, it’s not 100 percent clear what proportion of it is preventable.”
A particularly nasty strain of flu is surging | KCRW 89.9-FM’s “Press Play”
Flu is surging in California, and it’s even worse nationwide. The CDC says it’s the worst flu season in 30 years. “This particular strain started to peak in late October-early November in parts of the world,” says Dr. Tara Vijayan, who specializes in infectious diseases at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine.
Anti-DEI case dropped, but ‘damage has already been done’ | EdSource
The latest development is a legal victory that establishes support for the values of equity and inclusion, said John Rogers, a professor at UCLA’s School of Education and Information Studies. But he says the Trump administration’s tactics were successful in disrupting education over the last year.
Fact-checking Trump’s Davos speech on Greenland, U.S. economy | Politifact
Non-NATO members, including Russia, also supported the U.S. after Sept. 11, said Marc Trachtenberg, a UCLA political scientist who studies international relations. The benefit of NATO for the U.S. during the Cold War was that the Soviets were prevented from “harnessing its vast resources to their war machine” and that was accomplished without West Germany arming itself with nuclear weapons, Trachtenberg said. “What we ‘got’ was a political system both sides could live with — an extraordinary accomplishment.”
