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14 million lives could be lost due to Trump aid cuts | National Public Radio

“Is [USAID] a good use of resources? We found that the average taxpayer has contributed about 18 cents per day to USAID,” says James Macinko, a health policy researcher at UCLA and study co-author. “For that small amount, we’ve been able to translate that into saving up to 90 million deaths around the world.”

Volunteers: Study the effects of wildfire smoke on birds | KNX 97.1-FM

The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and UCLA scientists need volunteers as they study the effects of wildfire smoke on birds. Doctor Olivia Sanderfoot with UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science told KNX News’ Karen Adams they’re looking to get up to 1,000 volunteers to commit 10 minutes a week to birdwatch from now through November.

New data tool reveals environmental health disparities | Los Angeles Times

The UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute has a new data tool helping folks understand how extreme heat factors into health for California’s Latino population.

Lawmakers struggle to counter immigration raids | Los Angeles Times

Ahilan Arulanantham, co-director of the UCLA Center for Immigration Law and Policy and former senior counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union in Los Angeles, said stopping the Trump administration from sending masked and unidentified immigration agents to snatch people off the street is proving difficult.

What therapists treating immigrants hear | The New Yorker

Erica Lubliner is a psychiatrist at the University of California, Los Angeles, who directs a clinic that offers mental-health services to Latinos. She provides care to a wide range of patients: first- to fourth-generation immigrants, including undocumented immigrants, and undergraduate and graduate students at UCLA, many of whom are the first in their families to go to college. (Lubliner was quoted.)

Why doesn’t the U.S. guarantee children’s rights? | The Guardian

“The right to healthcare is critical and it’s very much under threat in the United States right now for children, and for adults,” said Dr. Elizabeth Barnert, a pediatrician and professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. Because children don’t vote, she fears they are often forgotten in policy, but says the health ramifications of poor access to healthcare “are lifelong and generational.”

Gender-affirming care funding ban avoids bill, but still harmful | Advocate

About 15 percent of LGBTQ+ adults — nearly 2.1 million people, including 250,000 trans individuals and 1.3 million lesbian and bisexual women — received SNAP benefits in the past year, according to a new report by the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law, compared to 11 percent of non-LGBTQ+ adults. SNAP is the largest anti-hunger program in the U.S., supporting over 42 million people monthly.

Housing could rise in California cities, but barriers remain | New York Times

Jonathan Zasloff, who teaches land use and environmental law at the University of California, Los Angeles, said the changes were welcome but modest. While they will certainly speed up the timeline for a housing project to be approved, he said, waiving CEQA does not override zoning in a city that, for example, might forbid apartment complexes.

Musk learns that bullies aren’t your friends. Now what? | Los Angeles Times

“This culture of weaponizing the law to go after enemies, it’s something that is against our founding principles,” Ben Radd told me. He’s a professor of law and an expert in political science at UCLA. “It is very much an abuse of executive power, but [Trump] gets away with it until there’s a legal challenge,” Radd said.

How to make the most of ulcerative colitis appointments? | HealthCentral

(Commentary by UCLA’s Dr. Mona Rezapour) Patient-centered care is the cornerstone of high-quality care in ulcerative colitis. And the core of patient-centered care is effective and honest communication. Open communication and shared decision making can often lead to greater treatment adherence and ultimately better disease outcomes.  

Healthcare workers protest megabill, cuts to healthcare | Los Angeles Times

“I don’t know why they call it beautiful, because there’s nothing about it that’s beautiful. It’s harmful, it’s reckless, and it’s cruel, and it’s going to hurt people,” said Melody Mendenhall, a nurse at UCLA who is active with the California Nurses Assn., which was among the groups that organized the protest.