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Aliso Canyon disaster was a wake-up call | Los Angeles Times

A study published by UCLA researchers last month found that women in their final trimester of pregnancy who were living within 6.2 miles downwind of the blowout in 2015 had a nearly 50% higher-than-expected chance of having a low birth-weight baby. (Also: Daily Breeze.)

Did climate change make L.A. fires worse? | LAist

There’s a clear scientific consensus that climate change is associated with hotter temperatures, which can cause plants to dry out faster than they otherwise would. However, there’s less certainty around other factors that played a role in January, according to Park Williams, a professor in the department of geography at UCLA, whose work was cited in the study but who did not participate in it.

A podcast inspired Florida’s cancer research focus | Washington Post

John Mafi, a primary care physician at UCLA, said a longtime patient with metastatic cancer told him earlier this year that they were taking a high-dose combination of ivermectin and fenbendazole. Mafi urged the patient to consider more standard therapies for their cancer and explained that it was a clinically unproven combination that could be toxic in certain doses.

Teens want friendship in stories on YouTube | Forbes

Skip the sex scenes and focus on stories where friendship is the core of a relationship, the latest version of a study focusing on how teens use their screens, and what they want to see on them. Also, skip the love triangle storyline; it’s cringe. Other findings in the Teens & Screens study found that YouTube remains the most “authentic” platform they use, which matters in an era where AI may be about to transform content creation on just about every outlet. (UCLA’s Yalda T. Uhls was quoted. Also: Rolling Stone and KTLA-TV.)

Those seeking money for misconduct face long odds | New York Times

Joanna C. Schwartz, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, called the Federal Tort Claims Act a “hyper-technical statute riddled with exclusions” that made it difficult to win even when federal law enforcement engaged in clear wrongdoing.

You can’t ‘boost’ your immune system. Do this instead | GQ

For people with specific documented nutrient deficiencies, supplementing can help pick up the slack. “There are certain supplements that have proven effects when there’s a deficiency,” says Dr. Ernst von Schwarz, a clinical professor of medicine at UCLA.

Is it safe to get COVID and flu shots at once? | US News & World Report

“Both vaccines not only prevent serious complications from the flu and COVID-19, but play an important role in preventing ongoing transmission,” says Dr. Tara Vijayan, an infectious disease specialist at UCLA Health.

5 mistakes that are making your soups less healthy | Health

Soups not only provide comforting warmth but can also be highly nutritious, offering a “great way” to add more vegetables to your diet in a low-calorie package, said Dana Ellis Hunnes, a dietitian with Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and author of “Recipe for Survival.”