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More Californians attend therapy remotely than in person | KFF Health
Almost half of the roughly 4.8 million adults who visited a medical professional for mental health or substance use disorders in 2023 did so exclusively through teletherapy, according to a KFF Health News analysis of the latest data from UCLA’s California Health Interview Survey.
FDA approves at-home HPV test to screen for cervical cancer | NBC News
(Article written by UCLA’s Dr. Akshay Syal) The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first at-home test to screen for cervical cancer. Currently, cervical cancer screening is done in a doctor’s office during a pelvic exam, a process some women find uncomfortable and even painful.
Trump’s policies so far closely align with Project 2025 | Los Angeles Times
Jon Michaels, a constitutional law professor at UCLA and co-author of a new book on right-wing authoritarianism under Trump, said the influence of Project 2025 and the conservative coordination that went into producing it is clear, especially in “the speed and effectiveness with which the second Trump administration is acting compared to the first.”
Most Californians favor proving citizenship to vote, poll finds | L.A. Times
Rick Hasen, a voting rights expert at UCLA Law School, said the poll results — including Californians’ overall confidence in the state’s election system, disbelief in prevalent fraud and opposition to federal takeover — were in line with other polling and what he’d expect. “Most people in most states believe that their own state’s election system is run well, and that if there is any kind of problem, it’s elsewhere,” he said.
Are you curious? It might help you stay sharp as you age | Medical Xpress
What is the trick to aging successfully? If you're curious about learning the answer, you might already be on the right track, according to an international team of psychologists, including several from UCLA. (UCLA’s Alan Castel was quoted.)
