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Protected status for 350,000 Venezuelans may end | Los Angeles Times
“This is the largest single action stripping any group of non-citizens of immigration status in modern U.S. history,” said Ahilan Arulanantham, co-director of the Center for Immigration Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law, and a counsel for plaintiffs. (Arulanantham was also featured by CNN, Time and NPR’s “All Things Considered.”)
Trump allies suggest Biden hid cancer diagnosis | NBC News
“Prostate cancer is something that a lot of men live with for years,” said Dr. Jesse Mills, the director of the Men’s Clinic at UCLA Health. “In no way would this have any impact on his ability to govern, even if he were still president today.” (Also: UCLA’s Dr. Mark Litwin was quoted by the Los Angeles Times.)
First-ever human bladder transplant | United Press International
Surgeons in southern California successfully completed the world’s first-ever human bladder transplant in what’s being called a potentially “game-changing” new surgical method for victims of bladder dysfunction. Oscar Larrainzar, a father of four in his 40s who lost most of his bladder during a tumor removal process, saw a successful medical procedure May 4 by surgeons from the University of California at Los Angeles and the University of Southern California’s Keck school of Medicine in a surgery completed at UCLA’s Ronald Reagan Medical Center. (UCLA’s Dr. Nima Nassiri was quoted. Also: New York Post.)
How governors are fighting climate change | The Conversation
(Commentary by UCLA’s Mary Nichols) When the annual U.N. climate conference descends on the small Brazilian rainforest city of Belém in November 2025, it will be tempting to focus on the drama and disunity among major nations. Only 21 countries had even submitted their updated plans for managing climate change by the 2025 deadline required under the Paris Agreement. The U.S. is pulling out of the agreement altogether.
Transgender Americans traveling less | Los Angeles Times
In a newly released survey of transgender Americans by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law, nearly a third of respondents said they were traveling less frequently as a result of the 2024 election. Nearly 70% said they were less likely to go on vacation to states they viewed as more hostile to transgender people, particularly politically conservative states in the South and Midwest. (UCLA’s Abbie Goldberg was quoted.)
Capuchin monkeys ‘abducting’ baby howler monkeys | Smithsonian magazine
Susan Perry, a primatologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, who has studied social behaviors among capuchins and was not affiliated with this research, suggests the carrying behavior stems from how capuchin males sometimes alloparent other capuchin infants, or take care of babies that are not their own offspring. (Also: Live Science.)
What’s driving skyrocketing insurance costs | CalMatters
In a March report outlining a road to recovery from the Los Angeles wildfires, researchers at UCLA and the University of Southern California called for more reliable data and stronger coordination between government agencies, the insurance sector and individual households. They argued for substantial investments in climate resilience and urged that those investments be incorporated into insurance models.
States considering laws to make oil pay for climate change | Grist
In California, environmental groups are optimistic about the chances of a bill passing this year. This is the second year a climate Superfund bill has been introduced in the state, and the sponsors of the new bill have focused on building a broad coalition of environmental, community, and labor groups around the proposal, said Sabrina Ashjian, project director for the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the UCLA School of Law.
